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Design documents are a series of technical papers addressing specific design topics on the eastern Snake River Plain Aquifer Model upgrade. Each design document will contain the following information: topic of the design document, how that topic fits into the whole project, which design alternatives were considered and which design alternative is proposed. In draft form, design documents are used to present proposed designs to reviewers. Reviewers are encouraged to submit suggested alternatives and comments to the design document. Reviewers include all members of the Eastern Snake Hydrologic Modeling (ESHM) Committee as well as selected experts outside of the committee. The design document author will consider all suggestions from reviewers, update the draft design document, and submit the design document to the SRPAM Model Upgrade Program Manager. The Program Manager will make a final decision regarding the technical design of the described component. The author will modify the design document and publish the document in its final form in .pdf format on the SRPAM Model Upgrade web site. Final model documentation will include all of the design documents, edited to ensure that the "as-built" condition is appropriately represented. Precipitation is one component of recharge to the eastern Snake Plain Aquifer. While not the largest component of recharge to the system, it is a significant component that is associated with much uncertainty in the recharge calculation. Precipitation data are used in the ESPAM model in two ways: as the base data for calculating recharge to the aquifer on non-irrigated lands, and as one of several attributes used to calculate recharge to the aquifer on irrigated lands. Precipitation data are needed for the study period years of 1980 to 2002. Three sources of data were considered for use in the model. One source is available for the entire study period, but limited in monitoring stations. Another source is available from 1980 to 1997, but data are not available in a timely manner for the years 1998 to 2002. The third source of data is available for limited years during the study period, and also has limited coverage of monitoring stations over the study area. This paper summarizes the three available sources of precipitation data and describes the two precipitation datasets that were selected for calculating the recharge budget for the ESPAM Enhancement Project.

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Title:
PRISM precipitation data. Technical report 04-013. Scenario document number DDW-011
Authors:
Gilliland, Brenda K.
Date Created (ISO Standard):
2003-03-13
Description:
Design documents are a series of technical papers addressing specific design topics on the eastern Snake River Plain Aquifer Model upgrade. Each design document will contain the following information: topic of the design document, how that topic fits into the whole project, which design alternatives were considered and which design alternative is proposed. In draft form, design documents are used to present proposed designs to reviewers. Reviewers are encouraged to submit suggested alternatives and comments to the design document. Reviewers include all members of the Eastern Snake Hydrologic Modeling (ESHM) Committee as well as selected experts outside of the committee. The design document author will consider all suggestions from reviewers, update the draft design document, and submit the design document to the SRPAM Model Upgrade Program Manager. The Program Manager will make a final decision regarding the technical design of the described component. The author will modify the design document and publish the document in its final form in .pdf format on the SRPAM Model Upgrade web site. Final model documentation will include all of the design documents, edited to ensure that the "as-built" condition is appropriately represented. Precipitation is one component of recharge to the eastern Snake Plain Aquifer. While not the largest component of recharge to the system, it is a significant component that is associated with much uncertainty in the recharge calculation. Precipitation data are used in the ESPAM model in two ways: as the base data for calculating recharge to the aquifer on non-irrigated lands, and as one of several attributes used to calculate recharge to the aquifer on irrigated lands. Precipitation data are needed for the study period years of 1980 to 2002. Three sources of data were considered for use in the model. One source is available for the entire study period, but limited in monitoring stations. Another source is available from 1980 to 1997, but data are not available in a timely manner for the years 1998 to 2002. The third source of data is available for limited years during the study period, and also has limited coverage of monitoring stations over the study area. This paper summarizes the three available sources of precipitation data and describes the two precipitation datasets that were selected for calculating the recharge budget for the ESPAM Enhancement Project.
Subjects:
Aquifers Computer models Precipitation Meteorological data collection
Location:
Eastern Snake Plain Aquifer; Southern Idaho
Latitude:
42.96
Longitude:
-115.13
Collection:
Boise Basin
Series:
ESPAM
IWRRI number:
2004013
Rights:
In copyright, educational use permitted. Educational use includes non-commercial reproduction of text and images in materials for teaching and research purposes. For other contexts beyond fair use, including digital reproduction, please contact the University of Idaho Library Special Collections and Archives Department at libspec@uidaho.edu. The University of Idaho Library is not liable for any violations of the law by users.
Publisher:
Idaho Water Resources Research Institute; University of Idaho
Contributing Institution:
University of Idaho
Type:
Text
Format:
application/pdf
Cataloger:
KIT

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