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<br />conductcd in so many of the watcrsheds in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, finding othcr suitable <br />cOlllrol stations will be a diflicult task. Howevcr, relationships with stronger correlations and <br />smaller standard crrors ofcstimate would yield more precise results. <br /> <br />Table I. Pertincnt information about the opcrational seeding programs sclected for cvaluation. <br />Y cars given are water years. <br /> <br />Targct Start of Target Pcriod of <br />Watershed Sceding Station Lat Lon~ E1ev (ll) Record <br />Lake Almanor 1954 FPR 40.169 121.091 4390 1906-1992 <br />Upper Amcrican 1969 SCU 38.794 120.617 1863 1925-1992 <br />Mokelumne River 1954 MMF 38.390 120.526 2450 1912-2003 <br />Eastern Sicrra 1978 OWL 37.054 118.226 3860 1908-2003 <br />Kings River 1955 KGF 36.831 119.335 970 1901-2003 <br />Kaweah River 1976 KWT 36.412 119.003 475 1901-2003 <br />Kern Ri vcr 1978 KR1 35.639 118.484 2435 1940-2003 <br />Control Control Period of <br />Watershed Station Lat Long Elev (ft) Record <br />Mcrced Rivcr MDP 37.717 119.665 3862 1922-2003 <br /> <br />FPR <br />SCU <br />MMF <br />OWL <br />KGI' <br />KWT <br />KR1 <br />MDl' <br /> <br />Fcather NF Near Prattville <br />Silvcr Crcek At Union Vallcy <br />MF Mokelumnc River at West Point <br />Owens River-Long Valley <br />Kings R-Pine Flat Dam <br />Kaweah R-Terminus Dam <br />Kcrn R-Below Isabella <br />Merced River at Pohono Bridge <br /> <br />Table 2. Correlation coefiicients betwcen the control station, MDP, and each of the targct <br />stations over their respective historical periods. <br />Control <br />Target Watcrshcd MDP <br />Lake Almanor FrR 0.839 <br />Uppcr Amcrican SCU 0.884 <br />MokeluOlne River MMF 0.947 <br />Eastern Sierra OWL 0.862 <br />Kings River KGF 0.936 <br />Kaweah Rivcr KWT 0.907 <br />Kern River KRI 0,860 <br /> <br />3. E,"aluation procedures <br />The evaluation was conductcd in two steps. First an evaluation of the Kings River <br />operational sccding program was conducted using thc historical regression mcthod. as was used <br />in the previously published evaluations of that program, This was done to put the results of the <br /> <br />35 <br />