CBRFC Papers

National Water Resources Outlook Web Services
Michelle Stokes, CBRFC

Use of Snow Data from Remote Sensing in Operational Streamflow Prediction
Stacie Bender, Paul Miller, Brent Bernard, and John Lhotak, CBRFC
82nd Annual Western Snow Conference Proceedings, April 2014

Challenges in Forecasting the 2011 Runoff Season in the Colorado Basin
Kevin Werner and Kristen Yeager, CBRFC
Journal of Hydrometeorology, August 2013

Impact of dust radiative forcing in snow on accuracy of operational runoff prediction in the Upper Colorado River Basin
Ann Bryant and Tom Painter, JPL
Jeffrey Deams, WWA
Stacie Bender, CBRFC
Geophysical Research Letters, August 2013

River Forecast Application for Water Management: Oil and Water?
Kevin Werner, CBRFC
Kristen Averyt, CIRES
Gigi Owen, CLIMAS
Weather, Climate, and Society, July 2013

What Drives the Variability of Evaporative Demand Across the Conterminous United States?
Mike Hobbins, Andy Wood, and Kevin Werner, CBRFC
David Streubel, APRFC
Journal of Hydrometeorology, August 2012

2011 Wildfire in the Mountainous Terrain of Southeast Arizona: Verification of Empirical Formulas used to Estimate 1-Year through 10-Year Peak Discharge from Post-Burn Watersheds and Associated Increased Flash Flood Potential of Post-Burn Hyper-Concentrated Flows
William Reed, Mike Schaffner, Chad Kahler, and Erin Boyle, May 2012

Effects of Wildfire in the Mountanous Terrain of Southeast Arizona: Empirical Formulas to Estimate from 1-Year through 10-Year Peak Discharge from Post-Burn Watersheds.
William B. Reed and Mike Schaffner, July 2008

Effects of Wildfire in the Mountainous Terrain of Southeast Arizona: An Empirical Formula to Estimate 5-Year Peak Discharge from Small Post-Burn Watersheds.
William B. Reed and Mike Schaffner, June 2007

Evaluation of Post-Burn Hydrologic Recovery of a Small Mountainous Watershed: Upper Campo Bonito Wash in Southern Arizona
By Mike Schaffner and William B. Reed

Effects of Wildfire in the Mountainous Terrain of Southeastern Arizona: Post-Burn Hydrologic Response of Nine Watesheds
By Mike Schaffner and William B. Reed

Using NWSRFS ESP for Making Early Outlooks of Seasonal Runoff Volumes into Lake Powell
David Brandon, Print at the Special Session of the AMS Annual Meeting
Session Name: Hydrology of Arid and Semi-Arid Regions
San Diego, CA, Jan 9-13, 2005

Effects of Spatial and temporal Aggregation on the Accuracy of Statitically Downscalled Precipitation Estimates in the Upper Coloado River Basin
Martyn Clark, CIRES
Kevin Werner and David Brandon, CBRFC
Balaji Rajagopalan, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering UC Boulder.
Journal of Hydrometeorology, December 2004

Climate Index Weighting Schemes for NWS ESP-Based Seasonl Volume Forecasts
Kevin Werner and David Brandon, CBRFC
Martyn Clark, CIRES
Subhrendu Gangopadhyay, CIRES and the Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering, UC Boulder.
Journal of Hydrometeorology, December 2004

Incorporation of Medium Range Numerical Weather Model Output into the Ensemble StreamFlow Prediction System of the National Weather Service.
Kevin Werner and David Brandon, CBRFC
Martyn Clark and Subhrendu Gangopadhyay, CIRES
Journal of Hydrometeorology, April 2005

ESP Probabilistic Forecast Distribution Verification
Kevin Werner, Dave Brandon, Steve Shumate, November 2003

Flash Flood Potential:
Determining The Hydrologic Response of FFMP Basins To Heavy Rain by Analyzing Their Physiographic Characteristics
Greg Smith, November 2003

Colorado and Great Basin Maximum Mean Areal Precipitation Values
Kevin Werner, September 2002

Salt River System
Analysis of Daily Flow and Mean Area Precipitation (MAP)
Kevin Werner, September 2002

A Method for Storing ESP Forecasts in an INFORMIX Table
David Brandon, June 26, 2001