Water Resources Research Act Program

Details for Project ID 2007WY40B

Weather Modification Impacts and Forecasting of Streamflow

Institute: Wyoming
Year Established: 2007 Start Date: 2007-03-01 End Date: 2010-02-28
Total Federal Funds: $24,700 Total Non-Federal Funds: $244,267

Principal Investigators: Glenn Tootle, Thomas Piechota

Project Summary: The proposed three-year research project will evaluate the impact of weather modification on streamflow, including the impacts from watershed antecedent moisture conditions (soil moisture) and air temperature. Statistically (regression) based relationships will be developed for snowpack and streamflow in regions targeted for weather modification, quantifying increased streamflow as a result of increased snowpack due to weather modification. Alternative (non-parametric and regression) statistical methods will be evaluated for forecasting streamflow using snowpack.