The Wyoming windshield - an evaluation after 12 years of use in Alaska
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Title | The Wyoming windshield - an evaluation after 12 years of use in Alaska |
Publication Type | Conference Proceedings |
Year of Conference | 1988 |
Authors | Clagett, G. |
Conference Name | 56th Annual Western Snow Conference |
Series Title | Proceedings of the 56th Annual Western Snow Conference |
Date Published | April 1988 |
Publisher | Western Snow Conference |
Conference Location | Kalispell, Montana |
Keywords | Arctic, Precipitation, Snow Surveys, Wyoming Windshield |
Abstract | Wyoming windshields in Alaska indicate a catch efficiency on the order of 80 to 90 percent of total snowfall rather than only 48 percent, as reported by the U.S. Forest Service's Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station (Sturges 1948). Also, Wyoming windshields afford a catch 200 percent greater than National Weather Service's standard unshielded gages during the November to April coldest period of the winter and 100 percent greater for the whole winter. These assertions are based on a fairly small collection of comparable data. But the implication remains firm that the Wyoming windshield provides the best available estimate of snowfall in windy, exposed and remote locations. |
URL | sites/westernsnowconference.org/PDFs/1988Clagett.pdf |