Analysis of Ice Jams and Their Meteorological Indicators for Three Winters on the Ottauquechee River, Vermont

Meteorological data are presented for nearby National Weather Service Co-Operative Stations as well as for CRREL sites on the Ottauquechee River. The severity of each winter is discussed, as are the effects of a heavy rainfall on a high water-equivalent snow cover. The resultant runoff and subsequen...

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Main Authors: Bates,Roy E, Brown,Mary-Lynn
Other Authors: COLD REGIONS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING LAB HANOVER NH
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1981
Subjects:
Meteorology
Hydrology
Limnology and Potamology
Snow
Ice and Permafrost
*ICE
TEMPERATURE
ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE
ICE FORMATION
RIVERS
VERMONT
RAINFALL
EFFLUENTS
SEWAGE
THERMAL POLLUTION
*River ice
*Ice jams
Ottauquechee River
Water temperature
LPN- CWIS-31332
Ice
permafrost
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA099173
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA099173
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Summary:Meteorological data are presented for nearby National Weather Service Co-Operative Stations as well as for CRREL sites on the Ottauquechee River. The severity of each winter is discussed, as are the effects of a heavy rainfall on a high water-equivalent snow cover. The resultant runoff and subsequent ice jamming that occurs is discussed. Continuous monitoring of water temperature before, during and immediately after an ice cover formed on the river during the winter of 1977-78 is included. The report includes a section on warm sewer outfall effects on the ice at and below a municipal treatment plant. Retrieved data will assist in future modeling studies to help predict ice formation, growth, decay and jamming of river ice covers.

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