Aerial Snowpack Mapping
dc.contributor.author | Warksow, William L. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-08-30T19:52:32Z | |
dc.date.available | 2013-08-30T19:52:32Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1975-04-12 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0272-6106 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10150/300531 | |
dc.description | From the Proceedings of the 1975 Meetings of the Arizona Section - American Water Resources Assn. and the Hydrology Section - Arizona Academy of Science - April 11-12, 1975, Tempe, Arizona | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | Arizona's continued growth and development depends upon sound management of water resources, especially melted snow which is the primary source of water for the 1.1. Million residents of Maricopa county. The method for snowpack information gathering practiced by watershed specialists of the Salt River project in Arizona is described. The method is outlined, describing aircraft reconnaissance, direct enroute mapping of extent and depth of snowpack, and techniques for identifying ice and/or melt conditions. Under optimal conditions, this technique is considered more than acceptable for determining snowpack levels. Limitations of the technique result from the observer's tolerance of vertigo which can arise under flying conditions; cloud cover, which can reduce contrast and shadows thereby reducing accuracy of observation; and vegetation zones where density of plant matter screens much of the snow. | |
dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
dc.publisher | Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science | en_US |
dc.rights | Copyright ©, where appropriate, is held by the author. | en_US |
dc.subject | Hydrology -- Arizona. | en_US |
dc.subject | Water resources development -- Arizona. | en_US |
dc.subject | Hydrology -- Southwestern states. | en_US |
dc.subject | Water resources development -- Southwestern states. | en_US |
dc.subject | Snowpacks | en_US |
dc.subject | Snow surveys | en_US |
dc.subject | Snow management | en_US |
dc.subject | Snow cover | en_US |
dc.subject | Mapping | en_US |
dc.subject | Snow | en_US |
dc.subject | Melt water | en_US |
dc.subject | Snowmelt | en_US |
dc.subject | Runoff | en_US |
dc.subject | Snowfall | en_US |
dc.subject | Watershed management | en_US |
dc.subject | Aerial photography | en_US |
dc.subject | On-site investigations | en_US |
dc.subject | Maricopa County (Ariz) | en_US |
dc.subject | Salt River project | en_US |
dc.title | Aerial Snowpack Mapping | en_US |
dc.type | text | en_US |
dc.type | Proceedings | en_US |
dc.contributor.department | Salt River Project, Phoenix, Arizona | en_US |
dc.identifier.journal | Hydrology and Water Resources in Arizona and the Southwest | en_US |
dc.description.collectioninformation | This article is part of the Hydrology and Water Resources in Arizona and the Southwest collections. Digital access to this material is made possible by the Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science and the University of Arizona Libraries. For more information about items in this collection, contact anashydrology@gmail.com. | en_US |
refterms.dateFOA | 2018-08-30T13:56:59Z | |
html.description.abstract | Arizona's continued growth and development depends upon sound management of water resources, especially melted snow which is the primary source of water for the 1.1. Million residents of Maricopa county. The method for snowpack information gathering practiced by watershed specialists of the Salt River project in Arizona is described. The method is outlined, describing aircraft reconnaissance, direct enroute mapping of extent and depth of snowpack, and techniques for identifying ice and/or melt conditions. Under optimal conditions, this technique is considered more than acceptable for determining snowpack levels. Limitations of the technique result from the observer's tolerance of vertigo which can arise under flying conditions; cloud cover, which can reduce contrast and shadows thereby reducing accuracy of observation; and vegetation zones where density of plant matter screens much of the snow. |