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<br />ACKNOWLEDGMENTS <br /> <br />It is no surprise that the efforts of many individuals were required in various aspects of special data <br />collection or analyses which culminated in this report. Jerry Klazura provided outstanding MOU <br />monitoring, often suggesting sources for technical information and assistance. Other NEXRAD <br />Operational Support Facility personnel who were helpful in particular aspects of the research include <br />Joe Chrisman, Tim O'Bannon, Bill Urell, and Colonels Tim Crum and Andy White. <br /> <br />Several National Weather Service personnel from the Albany, NY, Cleveland, OH, and Denver, CO, <br />WFOs made special efforts on behalf of collecting quality observations. Notable among these are John <br />Quinlan (Albany), Bob LaPlante and Frank Kieltyka (Cleveland), and David Imy and Mike Holzinger <br />(Denver). The three WFO MIe's deserve special thanks for allowing their staffs to assist in the snow <br />algorithm efforts. <br /> <br />John Kobar and Neal Lott of the National Climatic Data Center promptly furnished the many Level <br />II data tapes that were requested for snow algorithm development. <br /> <br />The people who were interested enough in this project to collect special snowfall observations all <br />deserve acknowledgement. Those from the Albany area are too numerous to mention because about <br />90 volunteer observers were involved, but their efforts are certainly appreciated. Cleveland area <br />observers, all of whom did a first-rate job, are Mike Bezoski, Doug Brady, David Henderson, Anthony <br />Marshall, and Paul Mechling. The two Denver observers who deserve special mention for providing <br />high quality hourly observations in addition to operating Belfort gages are Malcolm Bedell and <br />Richard Kissinger. Steve Becker and Marc Jones provided quality gage measurements west of Denver. <br /> <br />Special appreciation is expressed to Dr. James Heimbach of the University of North Carolina at <br />Asheville. Besides providing sigI:li.ficant counsel and being the main source of rawinsonde data <br />throughout the field season, Dr. Heimbach found time in his busy schedule to program and rigorously <br />test the optimization scheme used to determine radar equation coefficients, all without any monetary <br />compensation. His considerable and generous help is very much appreciated and will not be forgotten. <br /> <br />Dr. Paul Smith of the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology provided significant expert <br />technical advice to Reclamation scientists. Dr. Smith carefully read the first draft of this report and <br />made many helpful comments that improved it. <br /> <br />Jack McPartland of Reclamation was deeply involved in all aspects of site selection, gage calibration <br />and installation, and observer training. Curt Hartzell of Reclamation coordinated the collection of <br />data needed for future storm partitioning. Ra Aman developed much of the programming for dealing <br />with Level II data on a Sun workstation. Besides writing several programs used in data handling, <br />Anne Reynolds carefully reduced most of the numerous Belfort gage charts and then double-checked <br />them all, an exceptionally tedious job requiring extraordinary care and patience. <br /> <br />Special thanks are due Dave Matthews and Jim Pierce of Reclamation for providing additional <br />resources and a flexible environment for accomplishment of this work. <br /> <br />This work was primarily supported by the WSR-88D Operational Support Facility and the Next, <br />Generation Weather Radar (NEXRAD) Program, with additional support by Reclamation's Technical <br />Service Center. <br /> <br />ii <br />