The Texas Water Journal has published a new Program Review titled Integration of the Community Collaborative Rain, Hail, and Snow Network (CoCoRaHS) observations into the West Gulf River Forecast Center operations by Gregory J. Story, hydrometeorologist with the National Weather Service (NWS). This Program Review introduces the CoCoRaHS network and illustrates its integration into the daily operations at the NWS West Gulf River Forecast Center (WGRFC). The network provides the WGRFC a source of rain gauge data where other sources of rainfall data are sparse and allows for verification of radar-based precipitation estimates, according to the abstract.
The NWS WGRFC, in cooperation with numerous federal, state and local government entities, uses the latest science and technology to provide timely and accurate river forecasts for most of the river drainages in Texas in an effort to protect life and property.
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