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<br />Please answer the following questions by indicating your opinion about the importance <br />particular subject areas should have for Reclamation reservoir and river system operations, <br />and for water conservation goals. Use a scale of 1 to 5 where: <br /> <br />1 = little or no importance <br />2: = somewhat important <br />3> = moderately important <br />4 = highly important <br />5 = should have highest priority <br /> <br />Please circle the appropriate number with each question. If you have no opinion about a <br />partiicular question, or it is not applicable to your region, do not circle any number with that <br />question. <br /> <br />Question No.1: Assume that the capability existed to accurately predict 6-hour basin <br />average precipitation amounts over watersheds above Reclamation reservoirs, and that QPFs <br />(Quantitative Precipitation Forecasts) and rain/snow level forecasts were accurate out to <br />3 days in the future. Moreover, these forecasts could be provided automatically by electronic <br />mail network for use with hydrologic runoff models. How important would this capability be <br />in your Region? <br /> <br />1 2 3 4 5 <br /> <br />Question No.2: Assume that the capability existed to significantly improve estimates of <br />snowpack water content accumulation on watersheds above Reclamation reservoirs. How <br />important would this capability be in your Region? <br /> <br />1 2 345 <br /> <br />Question No.3: Assume that the capability existed to significantly improve the accuracy of <br />reservoir evaporation estimates. How important would this capability be in your Region? <br /> <br />1 2 3 4 5 <br /> <br />Question No.4: Assume that the capability existed to provide accurate estimates of daily <br />crop evapotranspiration for areas irrigated with Reclamation-provided water. Further, <br />assume these estimates would be made readily available via newspapers, local radio stations, <br />computer modem, recorded message on a 1-800 phone number, etc. so that water users could <br />use this information in deciding how much irrigation water to apply. (A similar system, <br />Agrimet, has been implemented over the past decade in Idaho.) How important would this <br />capability be in your Region? <br /> <br />1 2 345 <br /> <br />Question No.5: Assume that the capability existed to provide accurate estimates of the daily <br />areal distributions of rainfall and snowfall over watersheds above Reclamation reservoirs, <br />based on NEXRAD data from the new radar network being installed nationwide by the <br />National Weather Service. How important would this capability be in your Region? <br /> <br />1 2 3 4 5 <br /> <br />30 <br />