WMOD00597

• Project Name: Sierra Ecology Project
• Title: The Sierra Ecology Project - Volume II - Workshop IV, Workshop V
• Date: 7/1/1980
• Weather Modification - Doc Type: Report

Table 7.-Snow water content at Tamarack Flat snow course-American River Basin (1996 m
(6550/t)), 1939-1977

Water content

February

March

April

cm

(inches)

_________n_______________n__ Number of years __n_______________________n_

...

Mean

cm
(in)

1 1 0
2 0 0
2 3 1
10 7 9
13 19 29
28 30 39
49.07 63.17 71.98
(19.32) (24.87) (28.34
122.68 143.00 160.53
(48.3) (56.3) (63.2)

"

o
o -13
13 - 25.7
25 .7 - 51.1
>51.1

( 0.0)
(0.1-5.0)
( 5.1-10.0)
(10.1 - 20.0)
(>20.1)

Years ofrecord

Maximum

cm
(in)

.

Table' 8.-Snow water content at Upper Carson Pass snow course-American River Basin
(2590 m (8500/t)), 1930-1977

Water content February March April May
em (inches) ------------------------------- Number of years -------------------------------
0 ( 0.0) 0 0 0 2
0 -13 (0.1-5.0) 2 0 0 1
13 -25.7 ( 5.1-10.0) 7 2 1 3
25 .7 - 51. 1 (10.1 - 20.0) 17 10 4 5
>51.1 (> 20.1) 22 36 43 37
Years of record 48 48 48 48
'~ Mean em 52.76 72.95 86.21 78.49
(in) (20.77) (28.72) (33.94) (30.90)
Maximum em 133.60 170.94 174.24 160.02
(in) (52.6) (67.3) (68.6) (63.0)

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