River Watch Version 2 |
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G. R.
Brakenridge* |
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Experimental
Satellite-Based River Discharge Measurements using passive microwave
radiometry |
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Bounding
Box of 7 x 7 comparison pixel array |
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T. De Groeve** |
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DFO Site Number |
Site 552
(Zaire) |
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Lake Mweru |
Center: |
28.665 |
27.62 |
29.71 |
Deg. Long. |
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S. Cohen*** |
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GFDS Site Number |
543 |
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River |
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Center: |
-9.765 |
-10.81 |
-8.72 |
Deg. Lat. |
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S.V. Nghiem**** |
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Zaire |
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167974 |
sq km |
WBM contributing area |
A. J. Kettner* |
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Last measured: |
31-Dec-14 |
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Obtain Data |
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J.P.M. Syvitski* |
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Daily Discharge: |
1483 |
m3/sec |
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Status: |
2 |
(1, low flow; 2, normal flow; 3, moderate flood;
4, major flood) |
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*CSDMS/INSTAAR, University of Colorado |
7-day Runoff |
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4.48 |
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132% |
(7-day runoff compared to 10 yr average for this
date, 2003-2012) |
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**Joint Research Centre, Ispra, Italy |
Recent Record |
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Technical
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***University of Alabama |
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****Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California |
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Sensors: AMSR-E, AMSR-2, TRMM |
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Annual Maximum Discharge |
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1998 |
54148 |
m3/sec |
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1999 |
18248 |
m3/sec |
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2000 |
5219 |
m3/sec |
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2001 |
39683 |
m3/sec |
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2002 |
14230 |
m3/sec |
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2003 |
15593 |
m3/sec |
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2004 |
8134 |
m3/sec |
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2005 |
7286 |
m3/sec |
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2006 |
5219 |
m3/sec |
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2007 |
16733 |
m3/sec |
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2008 |
13114 |
m3/sec |
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2009 |
22009 |
m3/sec |
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2010 |
15475 |
m3/sec |
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See also: |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Mweru |
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Site is upstream of lake |
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2011 |
9468 |
m3/sec |
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Complete record |
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Notes: |
Discharge values may be invalid and instead
reflect lake storage change |
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2012 |
19429 |
m3/sec |
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