WMOD00425

• Title: Demonstration of Improved Operational Water Resources Management Through Use of Better Snow Water Equivalent Information
• Date: 9/1/2002
• Weather Modification - Doc Type: Report

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SAA mosaic for ending time of 1200 UTe 6 January 2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 40
Time-height diagrams of reflectivity, RH, and temperature

from top to bottom .............................................. 41

Scatter plot of algorithm-estimated precipitation R versus gauge
precipitation G for SAA (panel a.) and PAA (panel b.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 42
Scatter plot of SAA-estimated R versus PAA-estimated R, with green
and red lines analogous to figure 27 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 42
SAA mosaic for ending time 1200 UTe 30 January 2001 ................. 43
Time-height diagrams of reflectivity, RH, and temperature from

top to bottom ................................................. 44

Relationships of SAA (left panels) and PAA (right panels) radar
estimates divided by gauge readings (RIG) to range (a. and c.)
and gauge readings G (b. and d.) for 24 hours ending 1200 UTe
30 January 2001, radars KFSD (Sioux Falls), KMPX (Minneapolis),
and KDLH (Duluth) ............................................ 45
SAA mosaic for ending time 1200 UTe 8 February 2001 ................. 46
Time-height diagrams of reflectivity, RH, and temperatures from

top to bottom ................................................. 47

Relationships of SAA (left panels) and PAA (right panels) radar
estimates divided by gauge readings (RIG) to range (a. and c.)
and gauge readings G (b. and d.) for 48 hours ending 1200
UTe 8 February 2001, for five radars (KUDX, KABR, KFSD,

KMPX, KDLH) ............................................... 48

Relationships of SAA (panel a.) and PAA (panel b.) radar estimates
to gauge precipitation G for 24 hours ending 1200 UTe
2 November 2000, for seven radars (KGGW, KMBX, KMVX,
KUDX, KBIS, KDLH, KMPX) ................................... 49
Flowchart for SNODAS, including model components, data sources,

flow, and output ............................................... 53

SAA SWE accumulation for 24 hours ending 1200 UTe
7 November 2000, at KMPX ..................................... 57
Same as figure 37, except with P AA output on the grid size of 2 by 2 kIn .... 57

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