A METHOD OF ESTIMATING THE PROBABILITY OF OCCURRENCE OF SNOW WATER EQUIVALENTS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM / Méthode pour l'évaluation de la probabilité de l'occurrence des équivalents neige-eau au Royaume Uni

Abstract

A simple guide (shown in the appendix) is produced, which enables a water manager or engineer to make an estimate of statistics of water equivalent of snow cover for return periods between 5 and 100 years for most places in the United Kingdom. This paper describes how the guide was produced using many different sources of data. The methods described here will be of help to both meteorologists and hydrologists in temperate countries with similar snow questions.