WMOD00268

• Applicant: CWCB
• Sponsor Name: USBR
• Project Name: Final Report Weather Damage Mitigation Program
• Title: Numerical Simulations of Snowpack Augmentation for Drought Mitigation Studies in the Colorado Rocky Mountains
• Prepared For: USBR - WDMP
• Prepared By: Curt Hartzell, Dr. William Cotton, Joe Busto
• Date: 9/1/2005
• State: CO
• Weather Modification - Doc Type: Scientific Study

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CSU wanted to keep the Park Range in northwest Colorado within Grid 3.
but needed to move the southern and eastern boundaries so that the target area
for the project was more towards the center of Grid 3 and clearly away from the
grid's boundaries. The RAMS 3-km fine grid domain as set up for the project
was increased to 98 x 98 grid cells. and centered just to the northwest of Vail
(VAl). Colorado. The total areal coverage of the enlarged Grid 3 was 294 km x
294 km (86.436 km'); this Grid 3 is shown in Figure 2.5. The dashed line shows
the target area boundary for Denver Water's 2003-2004 operational cloud
seeding program. In addition to the grid and boundary. the map shows colored
topography, towns (3-letter 10). ground-based seeding generator locations (~).
SNOTEL (X). Snowcourse (+). and combined SNOTEL-Snowcourse (.) sites.

Figure 2,5. RAMS 3-km fine grid with Denver Water Program target area.

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