Site ID: 2286 Lat. 33.2646 Japan 0
River: Chikugo Long. 130.4333
Site name: 0 Contributing area: 2486 km2 Ratio to Comparison Station: 0.11
Latest measurement: 6-Nov-09 Mean annual runoff: 5123 mm (2003-2007)
Hydrologic status: 2 Normal flow Total runoff this year: 4974 mm
Latest M/C ratio: 1.26 Seven day total: 1 mm
Estimated current discharge: 633 m3/sec Percent of mean 7-day total: 123.3 % (today's value compared to mean for same period, 2003-2007)
Ice-cover determination: 5 yr recurrence flood: 2614 m3/sec (from Log Pearson III analysis)
Status Codes:  1 = Low flow, 2 = Normal flow, 3 = Flood, 4 = Major Flood 2564 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
2315 2002 no data no data no data no data no data no data no data 411.3 424.5 394.3 541.8 542.7
5390 2003 310.9 260.3 270.1 324.0 266.3 667.8 1100.0 445.0 453.1 604.0 352.1 336.9
5807 2004 357.5 276.6 332.1 252.8 264.6 805.3 1203.5 470.3 465.2 465.7 500.2 413.3
5178 2005 334.7 147.4 300.9 304.7 238.9 1158.7 888.4 345.9 339.6 408.9 310.2 399.7
4228 2006 293.6 308.7 474.4 334.9 169.8 704.2 847.8 241.5 353.2 499.9 0.0 0.0
5013 2007 306.9 312.2 384.8 283.3 356.6 790.7 795.8 293.7 363.1 409.4 439.8 277.0
4974 2008 418.7 254.9 298.8 388.4 359.8 663.9 957.8 169.1 252.3 378.3 400.8 430.8
4643 2009 424.4 404.8 338.0 250.0 324.0 832.9 894.0 313.0 274.2 396.8 190.9 0.0
Discharge is estimated directly via a rating equation from the remote sensing data (M/C ratio) shown below.