Site ID:

2530

Lat.

-20.3203

Australia

Queensland

River:

Flinders

Long.

142.0017

Site name:

Contributing area:

44955

km2

Ratio to Comparison Station:

1.93

Latest measurement:

12-Oct-09

Mean annual runoff:

200

(2003-2007)

Hydrologic status:

Normal flow

Total runoff this year:

128

Latest M/C ratio:

1.14

Seven day total:

Estimated current discharge:

138

m3/sec

Percent of mean 7-day total:

156.1

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

Ice-cover determination:

5 yr recurrence flood:

3080

m3/sec

(from Log Pearson III analysis)

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

2963

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

2002

no data

6.1

6.3

9.9

1.8

19.3

271

2003

37.4

25.0

26.2

21.0

21.7

16.7

15.6

17.9

10.6

15.1

17.4

46.0

216

2004

91.2

16.0

2.8

12.2

11.0

8.2

12.0

11.5

8.8

9.7

5.5

27.3

291

2005

34.6

17.2

30.6

17.8

27.8

26.4

36.5

32.9

21.5

11.5

7.6

179

2006

75.4

18.1

10.6

23.9

6.6

2.7

6.0

13.1

11.5

11.4

0.0

2007

12.5

0.2

0.6

5.1

6.1

4.0

1.7

1.0

1.8

9.7

128

2008

63.2

1.4

1.1

5.6

10.4

2.7

5.6

9.6

6.1

5.5

3.2

13.9

314

2009

141.2

138.2

6.1

0.2

1.3

5.4

9.1

7.1

0.0

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