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<br />"outh"-eocr~l part of the basi" to serve the a<.ltomatic oet.."rks. Two
<br />repeater gca~io~s ,",,,,id be used tn the cage of voice radIo net",ork8;
<br />one should be <I: a htgh potnt lnthe"'iddlereachofthePo<.ldreCanyon.
<br />The auto"'aUc station trafl8r.Ht~rs can he "",re eadly located on favor-
<br />able hilts, ",hilc voice radtos may need to b~ located ;It ob~erver's
<br />ho""," In the c""yon bottoms. EKpertence ",tth the 3ould"r flood ""uni"g
<br />syste" Indicates that ltne-of-sIght tra[\sml,slon is not necessary. For
<br />the ~leven auto~~tLc gages In the BOulder Creek basin, only one repeater
<br />tn the mo"nta:lns tsu.ed to relay to Bouldet. The g"gell have directional
<br />anteana..
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<br />, "~"^.~ . -"'-o.,uter of sufftcIent capactty
<br />~Inicomputer an ~o 'w'uc. ",." ~
<br />. C~~M .'"~ "...~".tc r..tn "r rab and
<br />COllld be f"d \oIlth iacoLulng uata "u,. ,"~ ~u.v'" "
<br />,. ,,~r,..._. -~d"l of the has:Ln <:"ntdned in the
<br />Stream gage net",ur~s. ~ .vC w, ..v
<br />dnlcomputer could Beoerate contlolt"ny sc1f-"dJ\l~Ung predictions of
<br />"trea",f1o\ol at various ~o!nt,. In the b<ldn. Such a ",odel ",ould probably
<br />be justified only for a b~sin ",Lth a co~plete autom~tlc rain gage
<br />net",ork. In addttion to a .uff:LcIent number of gages, a fairly ~elt
<br />defined rela~ionship of basin rainfall to runoff is fle"ded for the
<br />~odei to ~ke ~eaningful predictions of dtscharge. At Boulder, a da~a
<br />receiver accepts signals fr~ the repeater in the ~ount~lns, A ~inl-
<br />co~?uter connected to ~he data rec"iver, display" the data, The ~int-
<br />compu~er activ~te" a printer. Analy,is of data is donc directly from
<br />the ~intcomputer scr"ea or th" printer. Xe~ soft",are available fro~
<br />the X~S Sacra.uento RfC ",ill analy~e the data and make predictLons of
<br />runoff. The soft\olare is aVatl~ble ",tthout Cbar6e to governme[\tal
<br />.", , " ,~ ~@ "sed :Ln the base station lit
<br />bodies. u. e'lu pment ",as U"u"'''u v ~ ~
<br />Fort Cotli~~, The nintcomputer Can accommodate chang"s in the data
<br />net",ork and could b.. used for other purpose' durin8 the non-flood season.
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<br />Data Receiver, Printer and Display. For auto",aUc rain ot sHearn
<br />gage networks, d<lu displays ~ould be used at the ba"e station. One
<br />system that is available "'ould requtr~ s we<lther data receiver, "'eather
<br />d~ta ter~inal, prtnter, and a basin display bo~rd ~ith <I lighted number
<br />d<lt"displ<lY for each gage location. The prtnter.1l1d board "'ollld soo'"
<br /><~c~."mul<lted r,dnfllll for various time periods at each gage or indicate
<br />strea", levels, Prede terrlllned ala!1lls rlHY be ~~t. Exper tellc~_ a~ :;oulder
<br />indtcahs II dLs~lay hoard ts not necessary. for infor"'''tion ~<.lrpo'es,
<br />::his hem Is preM,"ted In the cost SUf'l-'!l.Hy I" Uble 15.
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<br />Weather consultant, Lartmer COUl1ty hil. employed a \oI""ther consul-
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<br />ta[\t.
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<br />,\ co,sult3nt c:1n pc"vl<le improved liaison bet~een the ~~"s and
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<br />Rauar R~c~Lv...r, i."~dl Lr.E.~"~~..s ~"ulJ <lOt"l., .. ~ulur raJdr
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<br />local tnterests, coordinate and roceiv" Ja~~ frv~ sputter ~ct~orks,
<br />",onitor a ".dar rece:L~"r ",lth 'l"aHH.,d personnel, prov:L.e forecasts
<br />~a 110 red to Lar imer Couo ~y 's noed s, and prov ide in t e rp re ~a t ;. on and
<br />guidance O~ f13Sh flood ~"rning. To avoid conf11c~, the ~v~ and pri-
<br />vate c"nsult8nts sh'",ld h8ve;<n auaog,,-:nent SllllllH to th<lt esublhhed
<br />,< '^'~r""-tion, this alternative is i<lcL"deJ tn
<br />At Denver. l'orpllpos"suc ."',,
<br />for~ulatton. CO"ts for thl" alternattv~ \oIer~ obtaLn~d froa another
<br />co",ultant and m<lY vary.
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<br />receiver "uch as BouLder Comity has acqui<ed. It c"asbt~ e~sentL.llly
<br />of a l~ inch telev:Lsion set 'lith accessory controh. lllla"es fro," the
<br />Cheyenne ~WS rad~r could he ~:Le"'ed dIrectly by off:Lciai5 tn ~ort
<br />Collins. '.'adatlons Ln ralnhlt intensittes over ~he Ca<:he b Poudre
<br />';{iver has!n "ould be dl"play~d by a range of color.. An intnrfate
<br />devic" would l1",~d to b~ attached to th.~ Chey~nn~ r..,IH .."ld " d~dtc>"d
<br />phone UnG frmll th" Cheyonne rad~r to Fort ColU<ls "'e<lld be required.
<br />Ih~ r"cetver .,,,,,ld not control th>> Ch~yenn'" cad"r ptct<lre anJ lIould not
<br />rcceiv" i! the C!leyenne raJdr were turned off. .\ color f,..iar r~cei'..er
<br />l6 111rea.i, La use hy Larl'''''-'r Go",,~y's ",~ati1..r cn,,",jlt,lnt.
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<br />Coordtnator. A flood w"rning coordinator .hn"ld be loc,.ted at ~he
<br />. d ,,_ ~.n_""",. ." oo'~IJer, t~!. func:ioc, "ould ",'.-
<br />ha"" H,,~t<,.,. oa"" ".~e-'- ~ ~"~
<br />'lu1 te ,'., ",I"i'[["," ,1E ,)n" p,,""on Eull-tLne durinl;': t~" ll~.h floo,; .e,,>QO,
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