Site ID:

2128

Lat.

28.0258

China

Hunan

River:

Zi Reservior

Long.

111.1420

Site name:

Xinhua

Contributing area:

19587

km2

Ratio to Comparison Station:

0.84

Latest measurement:

21-Nov-09

Mean annual runoff:

213

(2003-2007)

Hydrologic status:

Normal flow

Total runoff this year:

336

Latest M/C ratio:

1.15

Seven day total:

Estimated current discharge:

198

m3/sec

Percent of mean 7-day total:

24.0

(today's value compared to mean for same period, 2003-2007)

Ice-cover determination:

5 yr recurrence flood:

892

m3/sec

(from Log Pearson III analysis)

Status Codes: 1 = Low flow, 2 = Normal flow, 3 = Flood, 4 = Major Flood

873

m3/sec

(from Gumbel Extreme Value analysis)

Comparison Station Information:

Tokwe Confluence D/s C/s (1495240)

Contributing Area:

7280

sq mi

23237

sq km

(Data from this gaging station are used for the calibration to discharge, with an adjustment for different contributing areas)

Notes:

Comparison station is placeholder, only; this site is not yet calibrated to actual discharge

Discharge and runoff, based on satellite remote sensing (NASA AMSR-E data)

(For U.S, sites, nearby ground station discharge may also be shown)

2008-Present

2002-Present

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

213

2002

no data

61.3

37.7

32.7

43.1

38.0

120

2003

31.5

22.1

4.7

7.9

4.5

12.5

26.5

4.2

2.6

1.7

1.5

0.6

154

2004

0.8

3.7

2.9

4.6

5.1

4.7

45.1

33.2

13.2

19.0

8.7

249

2005

1.4

5.8

25.9

22.4

23.1

20.6

65.3

31.8

21.4

18.0

6.1

7.4

253

2006

3.0

2.5

3.6

10.7

25.5

35.8

61.9

66.2

34.6

8.7

0.0

288

2007

3.6

5.9

1.8

2.4

5.4

21.3

30.5

30.1

52.4

61.8

56.3

16.3

336

2008

11.3

0.9

10.5

12.7

14.1

13.4

16.1

36.9

51.9

54.6

60.2

53.8

371

2009

44.7

32.5

14.6

12.7

18.6

21.4

51.4

65.0

55.4

39.8

14.6

0.0

Discharge is estimated directly via a rating equation from the remote sensing data (M/C ratio) shown below.