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Continued Operation of a 25-Raingage Network for Collection, Reduction, and Analysis of Precipitation Data for Lake Michigan Diversion Accounting Water Year 2016

Bauer, Erin; Westcott, Nancy

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Title
Continued Operation of a 25-Raingage Network for Collection, Reduction, and Analysis of Precipitation Data for Lake Michigan Diversion Accounting Water Year 2016
Author(s)
  • Bauer, Erin
  • Westcott, Nancy
Issue Date
2017-07
Keyword(s)
  • raingage
  • precipitation
Date of Ingest
2017-10-25T16:25:19Z
Geographic Coverage
Cook County
Abstract
A dense raingage network has operated in Cook County since the fall of 1989 to provide accurate precipitation measurements for use in simulating runoff for Lake Michigan diversion accounting. This report describes the network design, the operations and maintenance procedures, the data reduction and quality control methodology, and an analysis of precipitation for WY 2016 (October 2015–September 2016). The data analyses include: 1) monthly and WY 2016 amounts at all sites, 2) WY 2016 amounts compared to patterns from network WYs 1990–2015, and 3) the 26-year network precipitation average for WYs 1990–2016. Also included are raingage site descriptions, instructions for raingage technicians, documentation of raingage maintenance, and documentation of high storm totals.
Publisher
Illinois State Water Survey
Series/Report Name or Number
ISWS Contract Report CR-2017-03
Type of Resource
text
Genre of Resource
Technical Report
Language
en
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http://hdl.handle.net/2142/98496
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Copyright ... University of Illinois Board of Trustees. All rights reserved. This document is a product of the Illinois State Water Survey, and has been selected and made available by the Illinois State Water Survey and the University Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. It is intended for research and educational use, and proper attribution is requested.

Owning Collections

Contract Reports - Illinois State Water Survey PRIMARY
Report series published by the Illinois State Water Survey from 1953 - date (ISSN 0733-3927)
Cook County Precipitation Network Water Year Reports