Site ID:

2538

Lat.

30.2208

Mexico

River:

Del Carmen

Long.

-106.8106

Site name:

Contributing area:

7834

km2

Ratio to Comparison Station:

0.04

Latest measurement:

12-Oct-09

Mean annual runoff:

692

(2003-2007)

Hydrologic status:

Normal flow

Total runoff this year:

948

Latest M/C ratio:

1.16

Seven day total:

Estimated current discharge:

220

m3/sec

Percent of mean 7-day total:

457.0

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

Ice-cover determination:

5 yr recurrence flood:

1646

m3/sec

(from Log Pearson III analysis)

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

1325

m3/sec

(from Gumbel Extreme Value analysis)

Comparison Station Information:

el Capomal (4356100)

Contributing Area:

sq mi

189027

sq km

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

Notes:

Not yet calibrated to real discharge units

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

0.0

2003

0.0

2004

0.0

869

2005

0.0

9.0

105.8

112.8

17.2

0.0

167.1

70.6

117.2

104.2

164.8

426

2006

116.2

0.0

194.7

52.0

63.0

0.0

782

2007

60.3

39.7

103.9

52.9

58.5

87.3

60.3

23.6

11.8

64.1

97.1

122.4

948

2008

117.5

112.0

100.7

109.0

85.6

77.6

95.8

15.2

1.5

24.2

94.4

115.0

673

2009

123.5

104.4

100.6

63.7

51.2

51.3

82.6

26.1

32.6

36.6

0.0

Mean Annual Runoff:

756

Standard Deviation:

429

Trend in Annual Runoff (slope)

9.77

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