Site ID: 1186 Lat. -21.7267 Brazil 0
River: Paraiba Do Sul Long. -41.3696
Site name: 0 Contributing area: 47220 km2 Ratio to Comparison Station: 1.67
Latest measurement: 12-Aug-11 Mean annual runoff: 222 mm (2003-2009)
Hydrologic status: 2 Normal flow Total runoff this year (2010): 195.5 mm
Latest M/C ratio: 1.22 Seven day total: 3.9 mm
Estimated current discharge: 448 m3/sec Percent of mean 7-day total: 77.1 % (today's value compared to mean for same period, 2003-2009)
5 yr recurrence flood: 1643 m3/sec (from Log Pearson III analysis)
Status Codes:  1 = Low flow or ice, 2 = Normal flow, 3 = Flood, 4 = Major Flood 1570 m3/sec (from Gumbel Extreme Value analysis)
Comparison Station Information:  Boluo (2186950)           Contributing Area:   sq mi 28239 sq km
(Data from this gaging station are used for the calibration to discharge, with an adjustment for different contributing areas)
Notes: Final calibration to discharge has not yet been accomplished.
Discharge and runoff, based on satellite remote sensing (NASA AMSR-E data)
(For U.S, sites, nearby ground station discharge may also be shown)
Annual  Monthly Total Runoff (mm), computed from above satellite-based discharge data
Runoff
(mm) Jan Feb Mar April May June July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec
44 2002 no data no data no data no data no data no data no data 14.0 7.9 10.4 3.7 8.3
120 2003 8.0 17.1 14.4 13.4 9.5 9.6 11.7 11.0 8.5 9.1 3.3 4.7
149 2004 15.5 9.5 17.4 13.1 14.9 14.4 16.4 10.1 12.7 7.9 7.8 9.3
175 2005 14.3 14.7 22.4 24.3 16.2 14.4 2.0 19.2 12.9 15.3 9.2 10.0
168 2006 21.8 21.4 5.4 8.8 10.4 17.5 25.2 24.3 22.6 10.5 0.0 0.0
307 2007 38.0 48.2 38.4 21.4 17.8 21.7 25.1 28.6 20.1 21.7 13.0 13.4
262 2008 15.8 15.0 22.2 21.6 26.9 23.8 24.5 22.1 17.6 15.4 11.8 45.5
372 2009 62.3 56.2 37.0 28.1 23.0 25.2 27.8 31.1 21.9 18.0 22.0 19.3
196 2010 26.5 28.4 7.1 11.3 14.5 17.3 17.9 17.7 17.6 14.3 7.5 15.5
Mean Annual Runoff (mm): 222 Standard Deviation: 6.4
Trend in Annual Runoff (slope):  -73
Discharge is estimated via a rating equation directly from the remote sensing data (M/C ratio) shown below.
Green line records upwelling microwave emission from within 5 km radius of a calbration land target. 
Explanation:   Blue line is emission from within 5 km radius of the measurement target centered over the river.
Brown line is their ratio (M/C; "HR" in Brakenridge et al 2007; scale on right) and is used to estimate river discharge via a rating equation.
Rating equations are being developed and applied on an individual basis using available ground-based discharge information.
GoogleEarth View of Measurement Site
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Estimated
Disharge
Data
Date m3/sec
22-Jul-02 395
23-Jul-02 395
24-Jul-02 305
25-Jul-02 217
26-Jul-02 267
27-Jul-02 295
28-Jul-02 344
29-Jul-02 300
30-Jul-02 229
31-Jul-02 167
1-Aug-02 170
2-Aug-02
3-Aug-02
4-Aug-02
5-Aug-02
6-Aug-02
7-Aug-02
8-Aug-02
9-Aug-02 266
10-Aug-02 266
11-Aug-02 254
12-Aug-02 274
13-Aug-02 299
14-Aug-02 319
15-Aug-02 344
16-Aug-02 360
17-Aug-02 370
18-Aug-02 352
19-Aug-02 352
20-Aug-02 309
21-Aug-02 335
22-Aug-02 338
23-Aug-02 328
24-Aug-02 345
25-Aug-02 391
26-Aug-02 410
27-Aug-02 304
28-Aug-02 323
29-Aug-02 224
30-Aug-02 299
31-Aug-02 409
1-Sep-02 460
2-Sep-02 460
3-Sep-02 20
4-Sep-02 20
5-Sep-02 3
6-Sep-02 169
7-Sep-02 394
8-Sep-02 355
9-Sep-02 360
10-Sep-02 198
11-Sep-02 171
12-Sep-02 62
13-Sep-02 117
14-Sep-02 117
15-Sep-02 117
16-Sep-02 221
17-Sep-02
18-Sep-02
19-Sep-02
20-Sep-02
21-Sep-02 307
22-Sep-02 183
23-Sep-02 121
24-Sep-02 105
25-Sep-02 42
26-Sep-02 3
27-Sep-02 3
28-Sep-02 3
29-Sep-02 64
30-Sep-02 265
1-Oct-02 244
2-Oct-02 244
3-Oct-02 137
4-Oct-02 97
5-Oct-02 3
6-Oct-02 3
7-Oct-02 51
8-Oct-02 109
9-Oct-02 182
10-Oct-02 164
11-Oct-02 175
12-Oct-02 156
13-Oct-02 144
14-Oct-02 234
15-Oct-02 313
16-Oct-02 328
17-Oct-02 337
18-Oct-02 352
19-Oct-02 252
20-Oct-02 267
21-Oct-02 220
22-Oct-02 220
23-Oct-02 297
24-Oct-02 229
25-Oct-02 97
26-Oct-02 143
27-Oct-02 92
28-Oct-02 71
29-Oct-02 165
30-Oct-02 143
31-Oct-02 214
1-Nov-02 218
2-Nov-02 11
3-Nov-02 3
4-Nov-02 3
5-Nov-02 3
6-Nov-02 177
7-Nov-02 177
8-Nov-02 4
9-Nov-02 8
10-Nov-02 73
11-Nov-02 81
12-Nov-02 159
13-Nov-02 169
14-Nov-02 68
15-Nov-02 100
16-Nov-02 100
17-Nov-02 55
18-Nov-02 3
19-Nov-02 3
20-Nov-02 3
21-Nov-02 3
22-Nov-02 62
23-Nov-02 62
24-Nov-02 102
25-Nov-02 78
26-Nov-02 108
27-Nov-02 75
28-Nov-02 53
29-Nov-02 64
30-Nov-02 3
1-Dec-02 58
2-Dec-02 88
3-Dec-02 102
4-Dec-02 120
5-Dec-02 142
6-Dec-02 170
7-Dec-02 193
8-Dec-02 383
9-Dec-02 383
10-Dec-02 577
11-Dec-02 357
12-Dec-02 239
13-Dec-02 139
14-Dec-02 15
15-Dec-02 61
16-Dec-02 3
17-Dec-02 73
18-Dec-02 120
19-Dec-02 164
20-Dec-02 163
21-Dec-02 208
22-Dec-02 254
23-Dec-02 257
24-Dec-02 68
25-Dec-02 68
26-Dec-02 3
27-Dec-02 3
28-Dec-02 3
29-Dec-02 3
30-Dec-02 3
31-Dec-02 99
1-Jan-03 99
2-Jan-03 3
3-Jan-03 3
4-Jan-03 3
5-Jan-03 3
6-Jan-03 144
7-Jan-03 151
8-Jan-03 114
9-Jan-03 10
10-Jan-03 10
11-Jan-03 85
12-Jan-03 173
13-Jan-03 229
14-Jan-03 158
15-Jan-03 144
16-Jan-03 26
17-Jan-03 3
18-Jan-03 455
19-Jan-03 455
20-Jan-03 98
21-Jan-03 75
22-Jan-03 3
23-Jan-03 3
24-Jan-03 104
25-Jan-03 263
26-Jan-03 263
27-Jan-03 301
28-Jan-03 283
29-Jan-03 269
30-Jan-03 228
31-Jan-03 193
1-Feb-03 169
2-Feb-03 169
3-Feb-03 253
4-Feb-03 348
5-Feb-03 488
6-Feb-03 483
7-Feb-03 543
8-Feb-03 431
9-Feb-03 343
10-Feb-03 306
11-Feb-03 306
12-Feb-03 312
13-Feb-03 284
14-Feb-03 254
15-Feb-03 248
16-Feb-03 253
17-Feb-03 285
18-Feb-03 277
19-Feb-03 391
20-Feb-03 399
21-Feb-03 372
22-Feb-03 320
23-Feb-03 275
24-Feb-03 269
25-Feb-03 279
26-Feb-03 426
27-Feb-03 426
28-Feb-03 439
1-Mar-03 417
2-Mar-03 369
3-Mar-03 369
4-Mar-03 342
5-Mar-03 367
6-Mar-03 425
7-Mar-03 392
8-Mar-03 414
9-Mar-03 429
10-Mar-03 396
11-Mar-03 409
12-Mar-03 366
13-Mar-03 313