TABLE OF CONTENTS

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CHAPTER/SECTION
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Acknowledgment
Foreword
Preface
Additions
Table_of_Contents_numberfClimate Change

1.1General Description
1.2Topography and Geography of Wyoming
1.3Climate Change
1.4Climate Division Normals
1.5Climate Reference Network
Table_of_Contents_numbereMetadata

2.1General Description
2.2Wyoming Hydrometeorological Networks
2.3Data Availability
Table_of_Contents_numberdTemperature

3.1General Description
3.2Heat Stress Index
3.3Growing Season
3.4Growing Degree Day
3.5Plant Hardiness
3.6Annual Degree Days to Selected Bases
3.7Temperature Data
3.8Hourly Temperatures
3.9Temperature vs. Altitude
3.10Temperature vs. Wind Direction
3.11Subsurface Temperatures
Table_of_Contents_numbercPrecipitation

4.1General Description
4.2Frequency
4.3Duration
4.4Intensity
4.5Precipitation Effectiveness Index
4.6Rainfall Variability
4.7Precipitable Water
4.8Precipitation vs. Elevation
4.9Precipitation as a Function of Wind Direction
4.10Snow-Water Equivalent
Table_of_Contents_numberbSnow

5.1General Description
5.2Snow to Water Ratio, The 10:1 Rule?
5.3Using SNOTEL Data to Estimate Snow Loads
5.4Snowmaking
5.5Snow Accumulation Season
Table_of_Contents_numberaDrought

6.1General Description
6.2Drought History in Wyoming
6.3Precipitation Characteristics
6.4Drought Measurement
6.5Cloud Seeding
6.6Prescribed Burning
Table_of_Contents_number9Severe Weather

7.1General Description
7.2Thunderstorms
7.3Hail
7.4Tornadoes
7.5High Winds
7.6Winter Storms
7.7Avalanche
7.8Floods
Table_of_Contents_number8Clouds

8.1General Description
8.2Hourly Cloudiness
8.3Monthly Cloud Statistics
8.4Instrument Flight Rules (IFR)
8.5Cloud Types
Table_of_Contents_number7Humidity

9.1General Description
9.2Hourly Humidity Data
9.3Monthly Humidity Data
9.4Higher Frequency Data
Table_of_Contents_number6Evaporation

10.1General Description
10.2Snow Fences
10.3Evapotranspiration (ET)
10.4Evaporation Rates for Select Wyoming Stations
Table_of_Contents_number5Wind

11.1General Description
11.2Effectiveness of High Winds at Altitude (Wind Load)
11.3Wind Power
11.4Hourly Winds
11.5Wind Chill
Table_of_Contents_number4Solar Radiation

12.1General Description
12.2Sunrise and Sunset
12.3UV Radiation
Table_of_Contents_number3Pressure

13.1General Description
13.2Extreme Pressures
13.3Extratropical Low Pressure Systems
Table_of_Contents_number2Air Quality

14.1General Description
14.2Manmade Pollution
14.3Natural Pollution
Table_of_Contents_number1Upper Air Climatology

15.1General Description
15.2Rawinsonde
15.3Atmospheric Wind Profiler
table_of_contents_number16Home Weather Station

16.1Introduction
16.2Weather Data
16.3Weather by the Hour
16.4Weather Events (Micro Climate and Synoptic Events)
Table_of_Contents_number0Appendix

A1971-2000 Temperature and Precipitation
B1971-2000 SNOTEL & Snow Course Normals
CRecord 1-day, 2-day, and 3-day Snowfall
DWyoming Station Inventory
EUnit Conversion Tables
FWind Load Conversions



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