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<br /> <br />Figure 1.-8hielded gages in small clearings in a large conifer forest offer nearly ideal conditions for <br />measuring snowfall. This site is on the Grand Mesa in western Colorado with a snowpack of perhaps eight <br />feet. <br /> <br />* * ) <br />wind! * <br /> <br />~*1J <br /> <br /> <br />snow <br />board <br /> <br />)l1f: <br />*Jl. <br />thermal <br />plume <br /> <br />tj <br /> <br />gage <br />capping <br /> <br />D <br /> <br />gage <br />sticking <br /> <br />Meas u remen t <br />concerns <br /> <br />offset <br /> <br />siting <br />ground <br />c:lutter <br /> <br />range <br />bin <br />liliiii <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />range bin <br />--.. 1 km3 <br />~ <br /> <br /> <br />Ic:lelll'llflc:e <br />I (range) <br /> <br />I <br />I <br />o <br />gage <br /> <br />sample volume <br />II sec:) <br /> <br />20 em <br />~I m 3 X 10" km3 <br />gage <br /> <br />Figure 2.-There are numerous concerns,for measuring snowfall for comparison with radar measurements <br />summarized in these sketches. <br /> <br />14 <br />