In:
Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union, American Geophysical Union (AGU), Vol. 80, No. 50 ( 1999-12-14), p. 605-607
Abstract:
Every year more than 100 USGS streamgaging stations with record lengths (more than 30 years) are being discontinued due to lack of funding. This trend, described in a recent USGS report to Congress, is troublesome in light of the many issues hydrologists and engineers must address in the coming years. Although there is considerable year‐to‐year variability the underlying dynamic characteristics of the population of USGS streamgages have changed from 30 years ago. During the peak 1959–1968 growth period, the number of active 30‐year record stations increased by about 90 stations per year. A combination of increased station mortality and increased reactivation rates since 1968 means that stations are coming into and out of active collection phases much more quickly than before 1968.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0096-3941
,
2324-9250
Language:
English
Publisher:
American Geophysical Union (AGU)
Publication Date:
1999
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24845-9
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2118760-5
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240154-X
SSG:
16,13
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