Not exact matches
Lengthy series of observation times show that the
total amount of
snow in the Northern Hemisphere has declined in the
spring period and that the melting of the
snow has started earlier in the same period.
The
total annual water budget for agriculture and human use in the mountainous West is highly dependent on the amount of
snow melt that will occur in
spring and is proportional to the amount of
snow on the ground.
There is a lot of variation in the
spring and fall for the
total snow.
Hydro generation is 4.6 % of
total generation and can only run when there is sufficient water from
spring snow melt and rain water.