Site ID:

477

Lat.

32.2411

USA

Mississipppi

River:

Pearl

Long.

-90.2028

Site name:

Jackson

Contributing area:

8700

km2

Ratio to Comparison Station:

0.37

Latest measurement:

11-Nov-09

Mean annual runoff:

455

(2003-2007)

Hydrologic status:

Normal flow

Total runoff this year:

588

Latest M/C ratio:

1.13

Seven day total:

Estimated current discharge:

m3/sec

Percent of mean 7-day total:

206.0

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

Ice-cover determination:

5 yr recurrence flood:

1327

m3/sec

(from Log Pearson III analysis)

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

1292

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

197

2002

no data

41.5

30.0

37.0

45.8

42.5

433

2003

27.8

26.1

57.0

60.1

38.7

29.9

52.5

47.4

31.3

37.3

16.1

9.1

410

2004

15.1

25.1

25.5

18.1

31.2

54.3

50.8

41.3

26.4

26.5

18.8

76.8

447

2005

19.1

14.7

47.7

54.4

48.7

51.5

2.5

34.9

47.8

27.1

39.6

59.0

487

2006

96.3

78.1

92.5

53.3

20.6

13.0

39.3

29.5

39.4

25.3

0.0

499

2007

107.2

47.4

60.3

17.4

14.5

25.1

46.2

40.4

25.0

40.1

20.2

55.4

588

2008

38.6

57.6

63.0

45.7

73.8

26.3

48.3

30.0

68.8

29.3

18.8

88.3

564

2009

72.1

35.8

44.2

45.2

61.9

34.5

78.8

73.7

52.8

46.2

18.9

0.0

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