CRDSS_Task2-09-14_WeatherStationReview_UpperColoBasin

• Title: CRDSS Task 2.09-14 - Review of USRB Weather Station and Recommended New Stations for the Upper Colorado River Basin
• Description: In the Phase I CRDSS Task Memorandum 1.14-1, it was recommended that the weather station sites be checked for representativeness. This memorandum will serve to meet that recommendation as it pertains to the upper stem of the Colorado River.
• Decision Support - Doc Type: Task Memorandum
• Date: 12/3/1996
• DSS Category: Consumptive Use
• DSS: Colorado River
• Basin: Colorado Mainstem
• Contract/PO #: C153658, C153727, C153752
• Grant Type: Non-Reimbursable
• Bill Number: SB92-87, HB93-1273, SB94-029, HB95-1155, SB96-153, HB97-008
• Prepared By: Riverside Technology inc.

somewhat surrounded by the irrigated area west of the airport; therefore, its use is recommended for
the remaining area.
Hydrologic Unit 14010006, Garfield County.
The CULR used the Parachute weather station for this unit. The irrigated area in this unit is located
in two stream basins, Parachute Creek basin and Roan Creek basin. The closest weather station to
the Parachute Creek basin is Parachute and its use is recommended. The Altenbern weather station is
located in the Roan Creek basin and is nearer the irrigated area in this creek basin than the Parachute
station; therefore, its use is recommended for the Roan Creek basin.
Hydrologic Unit 14010006, Mesa County.
The CULR used the Parachute weather station for this unit. The irrigated area is in the Roan Creek
drainage; therefore, the Altenbern weather station should be used.
4.0 RESULTS
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration weather stations recom mended for use in
CRDSS are listed in Table 5.
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