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<br />west of Happy Jack, across the Verde Valley, on the east side <br />of the Black Hills range (see gauge #7 on Figure 2.1). This <br />site was selected for a gauge placement to try to determine <br />whether a gauge at that location (upwind of the main "target" <br />at a relatively high elevation, 2328 m) would be useful as <br />a control gauge in evaluating the effects of seeding within <br />the main target. <br /> <br />Table 3-5 contains a listing of the storm totals averaged <br />for the six other gauges in the network versus the storm total <br />at the Mingus Mountain gauge, for each of the 11 storm periods <br />listed in Table 3-4. The table shows the ratio (R), of the <br />Mingus Mountain gauge precipitation as a percent of the 6-gauge <br />average precipitation for each of the storm periods and also <br />lists the ranking of the Mingus Mountain gauge precipitation <br />total for each storm as well as the other six gauges in the <br />network (ranking is from no. 1, the most storm precipitation, <br />to no. 7, the least storm precipitation). <br /> <br />The table reveals some interesting details about the <br />relationship between the Mingus Mountain gauge and the other <br />gauges in the network. Although the relationship appears <br />rather good for the entire 11 storm periods (84 percent of <br />the 6-gauge average), it varies widely for the individual <br />storms. The percentage of precipitation (R) at Mingus Mountain <br />shows a variance of from 0 to 268 percent within the 11 storm <br />periods, while there is a marked tendency for the Mingus Mountain <br />gauge site to receive either the most or the least precipitation <br />during the storm period. The gauge ranked no. 1 (first) four <br />times and no. 7 (last) five times out of the 11 storm periods, <br />suggesting a precipitation pattern considerably different <br />than most of the other gauges in the network. The only other <br /> <br />3-29 <br /> <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />