River and Reservoir Watch Version 3.6 This work and associated data are protected by a Creative Commons License. G. R. Brakenridge*
River Discharge and Reservoir Storage Changes From Satellite Microwave Radiometry A. J. Kettner*
Poyang Center: 116.15  Long. S/N rating: Excellent T. De Groeve, S. Paris**
GFDS Site Number 116 Modis History China Center: 29.56  Lat. S. Cohen***
GEE Time Lapse Learn more about this reservoir 162289 sq km WBM contributing area S. V. Nghiem****
Last measured: 17-Aug-19 Obtain Data *CSDMS/INSTAAR, University of Colorado
Status: 87.7%  Status: Low **Joint Research Centre, Ispra, Italy
Status Code: 1 (1, low; 2, normal; 3, high; 4, very high) ***University of Alabama
***JPL/Caltech
Maximum Average
1998 98.1% 87.6%
1999 98.3% 89.5%
2000 100.0% 88.8%
2001 98.6% 89.0%
2002 97.4% 88.5%
2003 97.5% 87.5%
2004 96.8% 88.6%
2005 97.5% 89.6%
2006 98.0% 89.9%
2007 97.7% 90.4%
2008 97.1% 89.9%
2009 97.6% 89.1%
2010 97.3% 88.4%
2011 97.4% 91.4%
2012 98.4% 90.1%
Recent part of record. Five-day forward moving average is applied. 2013 97.0% 90.1%
2014 97.7% 90.8%
2015 99.9% 92.2%
2016 100.2% 91.9%
2017 99.6% 91.8%
2018 99.7% 93.0%
2019 100.0% 93.2%
Complete record. Five-day forward moving average is applied Today's Thresholds (adjusted for each day of the year) 17-Aug-19
<25th percentile Low, "1" 25th: 88.9%
25th-74th percentile Normal, "2" 75th: 91.0%
75th-90th percentile High, "3" 90th: 91.5%
>90th percentile Very high, "4"
Percentiles are for the reference period (2009-2017)
Site statistics: noise*: 0.008 signal/noise: 24.3 signal**: 0.204
* average of daily signal change **range of signal