This project will focus on Reclamation’s need for hydrologic modeling tools that can optimize reservoir management decisions to improve planning and management of water supplies. We will apply the latest advances in snow accumulation and melt modeling to the Boise River Basin, which contributes inflows to three reservoirs. This will be the first application of a physically-based distributed snow model in an operational forecasting setting. Are these modeling techniques appropriate to operational needs and do the deliverable products improve reservoir management outcomes?
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This project will focus on Reclamation’s need for hydrologic modeling tools that can optimize reservoir management decisions to improve planning and management of water supplies. We will apply the latest advances in snow accumulation and melt modeling to the Boise River Basin, which contributes inflows to three reservoirs. This will be the first application of a physically-based distributed snow model in an operational forecasting setting. Are these modeling techniques appropriate to operational needs and do the deliverable products improve reservoir management outcomes?
