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Water Balance for the Forgotten River Segment of the Rio Grande/Bravo. Rebecca Teasley May 3, 2005 Surface Water Hydrology. Outline. Forgotten River Basin Data Sources NARR to ArcGIS June 1981 Rainfall Comparison Conclusions. The Forgotten River. Data Sources. NCDC Rain Gages
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Water Balance for the Forgotten River Segment of the Rio Grande/Bravo Rebecca Teasley May 3, 2005 Surface Water Hydrology
Outline • Forgotten River Basin • Data Sources • NARR to ArcGIS • June 1981 Rainfall Comparison • Conclusions
Data Sources • NCDC Rain Gages • IMTA Rain Gages (Mexican Institute of Technology) • IBWC Stream Gages • NARR Evaporation & Precipitation Data
Forgotten River Basin Upper Basin – 8030 km2 Lower Basin – 8550 km2
Stream Gages El Paso Ft. Quitman Presidio
El Paso Ft. Quitman Presidio NCDC & IMTA Rain Gages
NARR to GIS Methodology Web Browser Excel Visual Basic Excel Arc Hydro Feature Class with Time Series
NARR to GIS http://nomads.ncdc.noaa.gov:9091/dods/
http://nomads.ncdc.noaa.gov:9091/dods/NCEP_NARR-A_MONTHLY_3hrhttp://nomads.ncdc.noaa.gov:9091/dods/NCEP_NARR-A_MONTHLY_3hr
http://nomads.ncdc.noaa.gov:9091/dods/NCEP_NARR-A_MONTHLY_3hr/197901/19790101/http://nomads.ncdc.noaa.gov:9091/dods/NCEP_NARR-A_MONTHLY_3hr/197901/19790101/
Change .info to .ascii?acpc[0][0][0] Returns the precipitation value at: Time 0:00Z Latitude 0.0 Longitude -220.0
NARR Domain • Longitude: -220°E to -0.625°E [0:586] • Latitude: 0°N to 89.625°N [0:240] • Altitude: 1000 to 100 [0:29] • Time: 00Z to 21Z01 [0:8]
.ascii?.apcp[0:7][77:86][301:308] NARR Variable Time Array Latitude Array Longitude Array Returns arrays of precipitation values over the Forgotten River for all 8 time periods in the NARR Monthly-3hr
NCDC/IMTA NARR
Conclusions / Future Work • Conclusions • Forgotten River is an appropriate name • More analysis of NARR and rain gage data is needed to draw conclusions • Future Work • Complete Monthly Water Balances for 1981
Acknowledgements • Jon Godall • Carlos Patino • Dr. David Maidment • My Real Estate Agent & Mortgage Broker for Helping Close on My First House Yesterday