Stream Flow Forecasting From Snow Surveys Classic Reprint

Download or read book Stream-Flow Forecasting from Snow Surveys (Classic Reprint) written by R. a. Work and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-28 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Stream-Flow Forecasting From Snow Surveys The water content of the snow cover at a given location is reliably determined by measuring the water content of the snow at several points along a snow course. A snow course consists of a series of observation points, usually 10 011 12 in number or enough to give a dependable sampling average. These points are situated at measured spacings of 50 or 100 feet along a permanently marked and mapped route, usually about feet long. The courses are usually located in small mountain meadows. The samples are taken and water con tent is determined at the same locations on each measuring date, year after year. The work is done by a small, skilled corps of professional snow surveyors trained in mountaineering and 111 travel of all kinds over snow. The snow sampler is a lightweight seamless aluminum tube con sisting of easily coupled 30-inch sections. The bottom section is tip ped with a circular saw-edged cutter for penetrating hard snow or icy crusts. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.