Gaging Site:   97 River: Scioto Latitude:   38.869
Old Number:   171 Nation: USA Longitude:   -83.019
State: Ohio
Calibration of remote sensing to discharge
Calibration is by comparison of satellite data to nearest ground-based station discharge data. See this article for details
Ground station information:  Mount Carmel, Ill. (4123130) Site watershed: 14,892 km2
Source: UNH-GRDC Composite Runoff Fields V1.0 Station watershed: 74165 km2 74,165
Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar April May June July Aug Sept Max Min Period of Record
(daily) (daily)
Maximum Daily M/C 1.06 1.05 1.06 1.10 1.07 1.18 1.13 1.10 1.11 1.13 1.06 1.11      
Mean Monthly M/C 1.00 1.01 1.01 1.03 1.02 1.04 1.04 1.03 1.03 1.02 1.01 1.01     2002-2007
Minimum Daily M/C 0.96 0.97 0.95 0.97 0.92 0.97 0.99 0.95 0.95 0.98 0.97 0.95      
Mean Station Discharge (m3/sec) 288 433 974 907 1218 1508 1539 1177 785 502 423 302     1965 [1]
Maximum Station Discharge (m3/sec) 679 1570 1866 2280 2870 3039 2518 2663 1670 981 2120 715      
Site-adjusted Maximum Discharge (m3/sec) 136 315 375 458 576 610 506 535 335 197 426 144     to
Site-adjusted Mean Discharge (m3/sec) 58 87 196 182 245 303 309 236 158 101 85 61     1984 [9]
Estimated Mean Discharge (m3/sec): 148 167 160 200 184 242 240 219 204 182 162 160    
(from rating equation shown in plot below)
M/C versus site-adjusted station discharge Comparison of monthly maxima
(this equation used to estimate discharge from the remote sensing data)
Notes:  Left plot includes means and monthly minima and maxima. 
Low Flow detection threshold: 0.94 Low flow constant discharge, below this threshold: 10 m3/sec
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