Item: ELEVATING SNOW RESEARCH AT THE US ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS
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Title: ELEVATING SNOW RESEARCH AT THE US ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS
Proceedings: International Snow Science Workshop Proceedings 2023, Bend, Oregon
Authors:
- Shad O'Neel [ Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory, Hanover, NH, USA ] [ Boise State University, Boise, ID, USA ]
- Naheem Adebisi [ Boise State University, Boise, ID, USA ]
- Tate Meehan [ Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory, Hanover, NH, USA ] [ Boise State University, Boise, ID, USA ]
- Zach Hoppinen [ Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory, Hanover, NH, USA ] [ Boise State University, Boise, ID, USA ]
- Elias Deeb [ Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory, Hanover, NH, USA ]
- HP Marshall [ Boise State University, Boise, ID, USA ]
Date: 2023-10-08
Abstract: In the U.S. Mountain West, climate change is increasing the duration and severity of drought, as well as the frequency of extreme weather events. Although snow forms a primary water source for the region, broad, distributed estimates of snow water equivalent remain out of reach, negatively impacting water forecasting and supply. The US Army Corps of Engineers manages a network of reservoirs in the US for flood risk reduction and drought resiliency. Through the new strategic Research and Development (R&D) program, the agency will be improving consistency and accuracy of how snow is included in reservoir operations. Initial efforts will focus on both data collection and assimilation in models. Here we will give an overarching view of the R&D program as well as our pilot study using lidar, radar and machine learning to understand snowpack distributions at the watershed scale.
Object ID: ISSW2023_P2.09.pdf
Language of Article: English
Presenter(s): Shad O'Neel
Keywords: snow properties, lidar, complex terrain
Page Number(s): 702 - 706
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