Catalog Record
Report from S&T Project SNOW-7: Assessing the Utility of New Satellites to Advance State-of-the-Art Snow-Forecasting Capabilities
The Bureau of Reclamation has partnered with the University of New Mexico, University of Washington, and University of Wyoming to analyze how remote-sensing products, such as Sentinel-1 and stereo satellite imagery, can improve the spatial and temporal resolution of snow-water-equivalent (SWE) measurements in the headwaters of the San Juan – Chama Project. The goal for this project is to scale this data and workflow so that it can be used more broadly to inform Reclamation’s water managers at an agency level. This report covers Year 1 of this project, which has promising results to date. This report serves as a transmittal document for two technical reports from the University of Wyoming and the University of New Mexico, and the University of Washington on their work in this pursuit. This project is further funded for Years 2-4 under Reclamation’s Science and Technology Program. A final report for this project in its entirety is expected in late 2025.
Generation Effort
S&T Project SNOW-7: Assessing the Utility of New Satellites to Advance State-of-the-Art Snow-Forecasting Capabilities
Location
Navajo River Basin Headwaters
Themes
Water
Reclamation Project
Reclamation Program
Snow Water Supply Forecasting Program
Location Information
Location Name
Navajo River Basin Headwaters
Location Description
Navajo River Basin to Oso Diversion Dam
Location Parent
State(s)
Colorado, New Mexico
Unified Region(s)
Upper Colorado Basin
Timezone
Elevation
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Vertical Datum
[ N/A ]
Coordinates (lat, long)
See
Location Details
Horizontal Datum
WGS84
