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Lauren Oliver, civil engineer in the district’s Hydraulics and Hydrology Section, begins to take measurements at one of the telemetry sites in the Chena River basin April 30. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – Alaska District partners with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service to measure winter snowfall levels and collect additional data from nine monitoring stations in the Chena River basin. The agencies analyze this information to estimate the volume of runoff when the snowpack melts in the mountains.

Engineers measure snowpack to predict flooding

USACE monitors flood risk from breakup conditions in Chena River basin after record snow/rain events last winter.

Dan Bross

KUAC's Dan Bross talks with Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy climate specialist Rick Thoman about the causes and possible effects of below…

Beyond The Weather

01-22-21 Beyond The Weather

Dan Bross

KUAC's Dan Bross talks with Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy climate specialist Rick Thoman about how snow levels decline even without…

Beyond The Weather

01-15-21 Beyond The Weather

Dan Bross

KUAC's Dan Bross talks with Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy climate specialist Rick Thoman about this winter's snow drought in the…