Site ID: 2342 Lat. -12.5951 Australia Northern Territory
River: Glyde Long. 135.0778
Site name: Old Arafura Contributing area: 8972 km2 Ratio to Comparison Station: 0.32
Latest measurement: 7-Sep-11 Mean annual runoff: 864 mm (2003-2009)
Hydrologic status: 2 Normal flow Total runoff this year (2010): 1543.7 mm
Latest M/C ratio: 1.17 Seven day total: 5.9 mm
Estimated current discharge: 245 m3/sec Percent of mean 7-day total: 613.3 % (today's value compared to mean for same period, 2003-2009)
5 yr recurrence flood: 2213 m3/sec (from Log Pearson III analysis)
Status Codes:  1 = Low flow or ice, 2 = Normal flow, 3 = Flood, 4 = Major Flood 2148 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
19 2002 no data no data no data no data no data no data no data 7.7 2.3 3.1 2.3 3.2
1341 2003 128.2 140.7 367.5 297.9 175.7 115.7 67.2 33.6 7.7 1.0 1.3 4.5
669 2004 85.3 141.1 228.9 119.7 68.7 15.0 5.2 1.1 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
321 2005 42.1 145.0 45.2 34.9 30.3 15.2 1.5 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.9 3.3
785 2006 10.2 21.0 61.3 237.2 361.7 82.3 7.9 1.3 1.0 1.0 0.0 0.0
754 2007 15.4 101.9 312.7 191.3 92.6 20.1 3.3 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 13.1
903 2008 29.3 142.4 439.2 177.7 58.3 4.3 1.9 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 45.5
1271 2009 340.1 288.5 288.9 169.0 82.5 64.5 27.8 6.2 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
1544 2010 72.6 91.1 90.2 699.4 289.8 115.8 83.8 35.8 12.2 26.6 11.2 15.1
Mean Annual Runoff (mm): 864 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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Data
Date m3/sec
22-Jul-02 24
23-Jul-02 24
24-Jul-02 34
25-Jul-02 3
26-Jul-02 3
27-Jul-02 3
28-Jul-02 3
29-Jul-02 3
30-Jul-02 3
31-Jul-02 3
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12-Aug-02 140
13-Aug-02 52
14-Aug-02 50
15-Aug-02 36
16-Aug-02 3
17-Aug-02 80
18-Aug-02 3
19-Aug-02 3
20-Aug-02 3
21-Aug-02 3
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23-Aug-02 77
24-Aug-02 34
25-Aug-02 64
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28-Aug-02 55
29-Aug-02 28
30-Aug-02 51
31-Aug-02 48
1-Sep-02 12
2-Sep-02 100
3-Sep-02 14
4-Sep-02 15
5-Sep-02 3
6-Sep-02 3
7-Sep-02 3
8-Sep-02 3
9-Sep-02 3
10-Sep-02 35
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30-Nov-02 106
1-Dec-02 106
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