WMOD00575

• Title: Suitability of the Upper Colorado River Basin for Precipitation Management
• Date: 10/1/1969
• Weather Modification - Doc Type: Report

Mean
Coefficient of Variation
Spring Runoff
c::::J Remaining Season Runoff
-- -- - Standard Deviation
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2

CSU ID 1073420 - Florida River near
Durango, Colo.

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Fig. Sea) Annual, spring, and monthly runoff (in inches) for stations Florida
River near Durango, Colo. and La Plata River at Hesperus, Colo.
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_ Spring Runoff
C:=J Remaining Season Runoff
_nn Standard Devialion
5

CSU 10 1073448 - Hermosa Creek near
Hermosa Park, Colo.

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CSU 10 1073436 - ,\nimas River at Durango, Colo.

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Fig. S(b) Annual, spring, and monthly runoff (in inches) for stations Hermosa
Creek near Hermosa Park, Colo. and Animas River at Durango, Colo.
Qs/Q represents the ratio of mean spring runoff to mean annual runoff.

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