RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SNOW ACCUMULATION AND SNOW INTENSITY AS DETERMINED FROM VISIBILITY

A PROCEDURE IS PRESENTED FOR ESTIMATING HOURLY SNOW ACCUMULATION FROM OBSERVATIONS OF SNOW INTENSITY OR VISIBILITY, WITH THE PROCEDURE BEING TESTED FOR LA GUARDIA FIELD, NEW YORK CITY. THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN REPORTED SNOW INTENSITY AND ESTIMATED SNOWFALL IS SHOWN ON INDEPENDENT DATA TO BE RELIABLE. RESULTS SHOULD AID IN FORECASTING ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION AND IN ESTIMATING PREVIOUS SNOWFALL WHEN THIS INFORMATION IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM DIRECT MEASUREMENTS. /AUTHOR/

• Corporate Authors:

  29th Ann East Snow Conf Proc

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• Authors:
  • Wasserman, S E
  • Monte, D J
• Conference:
  • 29th Annual East Snow Conference Proceedings
• Publication Date: 1972-2-5

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 47-52
• Serial:
  • Volume: 17

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Estimating; Forecasting; Snow; Visibility; Weather; Weather forecasting
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00222217
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 9 1973 12:00AM