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The Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $1,078,490.19 Cooperative Agreement to the Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District (Northern Water) under the Snow Water Supply Forecasting program (CFDA 15.078) to conduct airborne snow surveys over the Colorado River headwaters. Over the next 3 years, Northern Water will partner with Airborne Snow Observatories, Inc. to perform 3 airborne snow surveys per year during the spring runoff period. The data collected from these surveys, along with ISNOBAL...

The Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $1,084,428 Cooperative Agreement to the Regents of the University of Colorado under the Snow Water Supply Forecasting program (CFDA 15.078) to develop a Surface Snow Water Equivalent Data Fusion System (SWE-Fusion) for the western United States. The primary objective is to provide improved surface snow water equivalent estimates to enable better decision-making during anomalous hydrologic conditions like drought and flooding. The University will combine...

The Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $1,094,619 Cooperative Agreement to the Desert Research Institute (DRI) at the Nevada System of Higher Education under the Snow Water Supply Forecasting Program (CFDA 15.078). The project aims to enhance water supply forecasting in the western U.S. by deploying a novel non-contact infrared snow temperature profiler (STP) to measure vertical snow temperature profiles during federal snow survey operations. This data will be used to validate and improve...

The National Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) awarded a $400,000 Cooperative Agreement to Oregon State University under CFDA 10.907 - Snow Survey and Water Supply Forecasting program. The purpose of this one-year award, which commenced on September 30, 2023, is to develop a near real-time quality control and data estimation capability for the SNOTEL, SNOLITE, and SCAN monitoring networks operated by NRCS. The goal is to enhance the collection, management, and dissemination of snowpack and...

The Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $1,953,858.31 Cooperative Agreement to the State of Utah's Division of Water Resources on February 7, 2025 under the Snow Water Supply Forecasting Program (CFDA 15.078). The project aims to implement Airborne Snow Observatory technology in the Weber River watershed in North-Central Utah over a 3-year period ending on September 30, 2027. The key products and services to be delivered include: Conducting Airborne Snow Observatory flights to gather snowpack data...

This Project Grant from the United States Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program / Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program totaling $153,622 will support the development of a novel low-cost snow water equivalent (SWE) measurement system using a single global navigation satellite system (GNSS) receiver. NWB Sensors Inc. will write software to implement their proposed method for measuring snowpack data with...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the Bureau of Reclamation under the Snow Water Supply Forecasting Program (CFDA 15.078) will develop an advanced snow estimation product using long short-term memory (LSTM) modeling. The $1,270,676.70 project, awarded on January 30, 2025, will leverage near-daily CubeSat data, ground observations, and LiDAR snow maps to enhance a process-based distributed hydrologic model for the Salt and Verde River basins in Arizona. The resulting LSTM-based snow water...

The National Science Foundation awarded a $747,029 Project Grant to the University of Utah under the Geosciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.050) to conduct an observational evaluation of the effects of atmospheric temperature and turbulence on hydrometeor fall speeds. Over a three-year period ending May 2025, the University will deploy instrumentation at a high-elevation field site in Utah's Wasatch Mountains to directly and automatically measure individual snowflake motions, air turbulence,...

This $199,242 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) supports the development and application of novel artificial intelligence (AI)-based methodologies for detailed classification, 3D shape reconstruction, and comprehensive analysis and profiling of snowflakes and snowfall. The key products and services to be delivered through this 4-year award include: A novel AI/machine learning-enabled methodology for automatic classification of...

This $996,259 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Resources Conservation Service (CFDA 10.907 - Snow Survey and Water Supply Forecasting program) aims to evaluate the potential of an automated mountain weather and snowpack monitoring network in the Northeastern U.S. and determine the number of sites, staff, and resources required to implement such a network. The University of New Hampshire is the prime awardee, and will collaborate with the...