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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 2012

Westcott, Nancy E.

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CR 2013-01 web.pdf

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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 2012
Author(s)
Westcott, Nancy E.
Issue Date
2013-01
Keyword(s)
Precipitation
Date of Ingest
2013-03-27T16:02:18Z
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 Water Year 2012 (October 2011–September 2012). The data analyses include 1) monthly and Water Year 2012 amounts at all sites, 2) Water Year 2012 amounts in comparison to patterns from network Water Years 1990–2011, and 3) the 23-year network precipitation average for Water Years 1990–2012. 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-2013-01
Type of Resource
text
Genre of Resource
technical report
Language
en
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http://hdl.handle.net/2142/42678
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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 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