Difference between revisions of "Hydrology"
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== '''Snow Pack Reports''' == | == '''Snow Pack Reports''' == | ||
| − | *[ | + | *[https://www.usbr.gov/uc/water/notice/Graphs/Upper_Colorado.png Upper Colorado River Basin Snotel Tracking] |
*[https://www.usbr.gov/UC_SnowMap/ Upper Colorado Region Snow Pack Conditions Map] | *[https://www.usbr.gov/UC_SnowMap/ Upper Colorado Region Snow Pack Conditions Map] | ||
| + | *[http://www.usbr.gov/uc/water/notice/snowpack.html Bureau of Reclamation- Snow Pack Report] | ||
*[http://www.cbrfc.noaa.gov/snow/station/sweplot/sweplot.cgi?quick=multiple SNOWTEL Report] | *[http://www.cbrfc.noaa.gov/snow/station/sweplot/sweplot.cgi?quick=multiple SNOWTEL Report] | ||
**The snowtel report is a calculating report, and takes approximately 3 minutes to run. | **The snowtel report is a calculating report, and takes approximately 3 minutes to run. | ||
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Upper Colorado River Basin HydrologyThe Upper Colorado River Basin regularly experiences significant year to year hydrologic variability. During the 17-year period 2000 to 2015, however, the unregulated inflow to Lake Powell, which is a good measure of hydrologic conditions in the Colorado River Basin, was above average in only 3 out of the past 17 years. The period 2000-2016 is the lowest 17-year period since the closure of Glen Canyon Dam in 1963, with an average unregulated inflow of 8.57 maf, or 79% of the 30-year average (1981-2010). (For comparison, the 1981-2010 total water year average is 10.83 maf.) The unregulated inflow during the 2000-2016 period has ranged from a low of 2.64 maf (24% of average) in water year 2002 to a high of 15.97 maf (147% of average) in water year 2011. [1] |
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Current Operations | Inflow Forecasts and Model Projections |
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