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<br /> <br />Figure 1.-Shielded 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 ei!lht <br />feet. <br /> <br />* -~ ) <br />wind! * <br /> <br />~*lr <br /> <br /> <br />snow <br />board <br /> <br />. * <br /> <br /> <br />EJ <br /> <br />gage <br />capping <br /> <br />U <br /> <br />gage <br />sticking <br /> <br />Meas u remen t <br />concerns <br /> <br />offset <br /> <br />siting <br /> <br />range <br />bin <br />~ <br />~ <br /> <br />range bi n <br /> <br />1;J ~~;11' 1 km3 <br /> <br />ground <br />clutter <br /> <br />I clea....nce <br />I (range) <br /> <br />I <br />I <br />D <br />gage <br /> <br />sample volume <br />(I sec) <br /> <br /> <br />20cm <br />n <br />~I m 3 X 10-11 km3 <br /> <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 />