To refine water forecasts, Western cities map snow by plane
A road winds through the snow-covered Rocky Mountains at Hoosier Pass as seen from the air, Monday, April 18, 2022, near Blue River, Colo. Some drought-prone communities in the U.S. West are mapping snow by air to refine their water forecasts. It's one way water managers are adjusting as climate change disrupts weather patterns and makes current forecasting methods less reliable. (AP Photo/Brittany Peterson)
Dan Berisford, an engineer with Airborne Snow Observatories, cleans a laser mapping device used to measure snow that is mounted under an airplane, Monday, April 18, 2022, in Gunnison, Colo. Some drought-prone communities in the U.S. West are mapping snow by air to refine their water forecasts. (AP Photo/Brittany Peterson)
GUNNISON, Colo. (AP) — At a tiny airport surrounded by mountains, a three-person crew takes off for the inaugural flight above the headwaters of the Colorado River to measure the region's snow by air....
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