WMOD00263 ‎(2)‎

• Applicant: CWCB
• Sponsor Name: USBR
• Project Name: Response to RFP
• Title: Numerical Simulations of Snowpack Augmentation for Drought Mitigation Studies in the Colorado Rocky Mountains
• Prepared For: USBR
• Prepared By: Joe Busto, CWCB
• Date: 8/20/2003
• Weather Modification - Doc Type: Application

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Curriculum Vitae

Curtis L. Hartzell

Certified Consulting Meteorologist
Willmar, Minnesota 56201-2469
Telephone: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]

Recent work at U.S. Bureau of Reclamation until retirement on Mav 31. 2003:

Team Leader. PI or Co-PI for:
(1) Developing NEXt generation weather RADar (NEXRAD) enhanced Agricultural
WAter Resources Decision Support (AWARDS) systems to improve the efficiency of
water management and irrigation scheduling by providing near real-time guidance (via
the Internet) on when and where to deliver water, and how much to apply.
(2) Developing an AWARDS and GIS based riparian (including open water evaporation)
and agricultural evapotranspiration daily water demand estimation toolbox (ET Toolbox)
for input to Riverware, an object-orientated reservoir and river system modeling
framework.
(3) Developing a NEXRAD-based Precipitation Accumulation Algorithm to improve
quantitative precipitation estimates over Reclamation project areas and related
watersheds.
(4) Developing a NEXRAD-enhanced alert system for potential flash-flood events.
(5) Developing tools that will Improve Streamflow Forecasts for Reclamation's Upper
Great Plains Region.

Education:
St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota, B.A., 1960, Major - Mathematics
University of Washington at Seattle 58 quarter credit hours, 1960-61, Major-
Meteorology
South Dakota School of Mines and Technology at Rapid City, M.S., 1969, Major-
Meteorology

Previous Professional Experience:
1984 - 2003: Meteorologist, River Systems & Meteorology Group, TSC, USBR
1977 - 1984: Consulting meteorologist and co-owner of Western Weather Consultants
1969 - 1977: Manager, Applied Meteorology Division, Western Scientific Services, Inc.
1967 - 1969: Graduate Research Assistant, lAS, SDSM&T, Rapid City, SD
1960 - 1967: Weather Officer, USAF

Professional Memberships:
American Meteorological Society, Certified Consulting Meteorologist No. 338
Weather Modification Association, Certified Weather Modification Operator No. 43

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