WSPC06132

• File Number: 8200.700
• Description: Colorado River Basin General Publications - Augmentation-Weather Modification
• State: CO
• Basin: Colorado Mainstem
• Water Division: 5
• Date: 3/1/1983
• Title: Simulation of the Costs of Removing Snow from County Highways in Colorado
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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Section Page
Figures . . . . . . . . . . ii
Tables . . . . . . . . . iii
Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . v
summary and recomnendations . . . . . . . . . vi
Purpose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
We problem in perspective . . . . . . . . . 1
Prior study . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Selection of counties . . . . . . . . . 5
Assessment of available data . . . . . 6
Collection of data for the rooclel . . . . 7
We simulation rooclel . . . . 8
Snowfall data 8
Start times of storms . . . . 11
Duration of storms . . . . . 13
Simulated augmentation of snow amounts . . . 14
General information . . . . . . . . . . 15
Results . . . . . . . . . 18
COsts of removing snow from natural. storms . . . 18
COsts of removing augmented snow . . . . . . . . 30
Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . 35
References . . . . . . . . . . 36
Appendix: RecoIlIlIendations for record keeping . . . . . . 39