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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 2018

Bauer, Erin

Content Files
ISWSContractReport2019_08web.pdf

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https://hdl.handle.net/2142/104211

Description

Title
Continued Operation of a 25-Raingage Network for Collection, Reduction, and Analysis of Precipitation Data for Lake Michigan Diversion Accounting: Water Year 2018
Author(s)
Bauer, Erin
Issue Date
2019-07
Keyword(s)
  • Lake Michigan
  • precipitation
  • water
  • raingage
  • precipitation events
Date of Ingest
2019-07-11T15:49:33Z
Geographic Coverage
  • Cook County
  • Lake Michigan
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, operations and maintenance procedures, data reduction and quality control methodology, and an analysis of precipitation for WY2018 (October 2017–September 2018). The data analyses include: 1) monthly and annual WY2018 precipitation amounts at all 25 raingage sites, 2) WY2018 precipitation amounts compared to the previous 28-year network average pattern (WYs 1990–2017), and 3) the 29-year network precipitation average for WYs 1990–2018. Also included are raingage site descriptions, instructions for raingage technicians, and documentation of raingage maintenance and high storm totals.
Publisher
Illinois State Water Survey
Series/Report Name or Number
ISWS Contract Report CR-2019-08
Type of Resource
text
Genre of Resource
technical report
Language
en
Permalink
http://hdl.handle.net/2142/104211
Sponsor(s)/Grant Number(s)
US Army Corps of Engineers, Chicago District
Copyright and License Information
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