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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />The installation of an sutomated instrumentation site (Popcorn trade name) in <br />the Pelican Lake area in 198Z is a new SCS endeavor to expand the SNOTEL (Snow <br />Tele~ntry) data collection system. Essentially, the "popcorn" site field <br />inst~ation will be used ~o automatically collect field data to be <br />N transmitted via telecommun1cation to the SNOTEL remote sensing network. The <br />o SNOTEL network, presently used for snow surveys and water (snow-melt) <br />~ forecasting in the West, then transmits field data to computer access <br />00 terminals where data can be recorded, stored, processed and analyzed. <br /> <br />The Popcorn site will collect data which influence evapo-transpiration rates <br />used in irrigation water management scheduling. The unit will collect and <br />transmit hourly readings on wind ~n, solar radiation, precipitation, daily <br />max!mum-minimum-mean temperature, humidity, soil moisture, and soil <br />temperature. Instrumentation of flow measuring devices will also be a part'of <br />the automated data collection process. The information will be used as a part <br />of the monitoring program and will also be used to assist with better <br />irrigation scheduling. <br /> <br />The M&E plans have been developed with a broad cross-section of State and <br />Federal interagency inputs. The activities are to be coordinated with other <br />agencies to avoid duplication and to assure that the data collection and <br />analysis will be complementary to the monitoring efforts of others. <br /> <br />20 <br />