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<br />EM 1lI0-2-1406 <br />5 Jan 60 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Figure 7. JI,.fean point melt rates for spring/lme snowmelt, ~ased on temperatllTe indexes for open and forest sites. <br /> <br />Much of the variation in point melt rates is cuusf>d Ly the cffE'ct of forest shading. .Figure 7 shO\vs <br />approximate guides for C'stimating springtime snowIllf>lt as a function of mean and maximum air <br />temperature indexes "nd relative forest cover. It will be notrd from this diagram that the degree- <br />day temperature bas,] may vary, depending upon the amount of forest cover and whether mean or <br />maximum temperature indexes arc us('d. <br /> <br />18 <br /> <br />e <br />