Technology Assessment Of Winter Orographic Snowpack Augmentation In The Upper Colorado River Basin Technical Report

Describes a pilot project to evaluate the effectiveness of seeding winter clouds to increase snowfall in mountain areas in western U.S. Technology assessment of WOSA (Winter Orographic Snowpack Augmentation) program. Research results, conclusions and recommendations for further actions are discussed.

The development of water and other natural resources in the Upper Colorado River Basin will continue to have an impact on the ecology of this unique ecosystem. Numerous water-development projects have been completed on the river, others are in progress, and still others are contemplated, to provide water necessary for municipalities, irrigated agriculture, and energy production. Although much information is already available on this river, it is widely scattered in the published literature and unpublished reports of various state and federal agencies. This annotated bibliography contains 1,109 published or readily available unpublished references that should be useful in decisions regarding effective management of the Upper Colorado River Basin. Selected key words were assigned to all references and indexed for ease of locating references on particular subjects.