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1: OBJECTIVES FOR SNOWCOVER MONITORING 
  
  
Water management 
  
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Estimation of freshwater supplies and reserves 
Runoff prediction (seasonal meltwater runoff) 
Irrigation practices 
Hydroelectric power production 
Flood control 
Sedimentation 
Navigation 
  
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4A QU N — 
. Snowhazards 
Avalanche surveys and prediction 
Flood control 
Urban hazards 
Traffic and communication hazards 
  
Planning purposes 
  
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Recreation 
Transportation 
Agriculture 
Land evaluation in general 
  
  
  
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Scientific studies 
  
> > SS +4 
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Areal extent of snowcover in its seasonal variations 
Course of transidient and climatic snowline 
Areal and temporal distribution of snowcover during melting period 
Geoecological impacts: Correlation between duration of snowcover and 
plant associations 
face conditions 
Age (metamorphism of snow) 
Pollution 
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Snowdepth and water equivalent 
Separation of snow and clouds 
  
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Separation of different snowtypes 
Temperature (especially freeze-thaw line)