Join Western Water Assessment for Part 2 of our two-part webinar in which we share Snowpack Monitoring in the Rocky Mountain West: A User Guide. Guest speakers Gus Goodbody (NRCS) and Patrick Kormos (CBRFC) will cover applications of snowpack information, particularly runoff forecasting.
Snowpack Monitoring in the Rocky Mountain West: A User Guide is a reference for water managers, decision makers, forecasters, researchers, and others who use, collect, and produce snow information. The guide outlines the fundamental characteristics of the snowpack, the processes that drive its variability over time and space, and the challenges of sampling such a dynamic resource. It describes SNOTEL, snow course, and other networks of point observations and summarizes products that provide spatial estimates of snowpack. Finally, it provides practical guidance on accessing, interpreting, and applying snow data.