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<br />o <br /> <br />,- <br /> <br />,-- <br />~ <br />'.') <br />c::. <br />C) <br /> <br />TABLE I: COMPOST ION OF GLENWOOD <br />(Eisenhaurer, 1983) <br /> <br />SPRINGS <br /> <br />SALINE <br /> <br />WATER <br /> <br />Ion Concentration <br />mgll me/l <br /> <br />+ <br />Na <br />K+ <br />Ca++ <br />Mg~+ <br /> <br />6,458 <br />169 <br />470 <br />91 <br /> <br />280.91 <br />4.32 <br />23.45 <br />7.49 <br /> <br />Total cations <br /> <br />316.17 <br /> <br />HC~3 <br />CI <br />SO 4 - <br /> <br />706 <br />9,900 <br />1,200 <br /> <br />11.57 <br />279.24 <br />24.98 <br /> <br />Total anions <br /> <br />315.79 <br /> <br />TOTAL <br /> <br />18,994 <br /> <br />summer, the prevailing wind direction is from the east <br />southeast. Calm conditions occu~ about 7.6% of the time. <br /> <br />b. Insolation and Temperature Data; <br /> <br />Knapp, et aI, (1980) ~eport monthly and annual temperature and <br />solar flux data for Grand Junction and Eagle, Colorado. The <br />ave~age annual global radiation received at Eagle and Grand <br />Junction respectively are 432.5 and 449.9 Langleys. 74% of the <br />total annual solar flux occurs during the April to October <br />period, according to the data of Knapp, et al. 1980. Annual <br />variations are detailed in Figure 2. <br /> <br />The agricultural growing season averages between six and seven <br />months (191 days) in G~and Junction (Ruffne~ and Bair, 1977), <br />and is about the same in the upper valley around Palisade. <br />Minimum daily temperatures are not expected to drop below <br />freezing from April through October over the region extending <br />from G~and Junction to Eagle (National Weather Se~vice <br />Insolation Data Manual. 1980). Figure 3 provides annual <br />tempe~ature detail. <br /> <br />c. Precipitation and Evaporation Data: <br /> <br />Table II summarizes the precipitation data for Grand Junction, <br />the nearest NOAA station to Glenwood Springs. Maximum monthly <br />precipitation recorded (NOAA, 1982) is 3.48 inches of water; <br />maximum monthly snowfall is 33.7 inches. <br /> <br />5. <br />