Continued Operation of a 25-Raingage Network for Collection, Reduction, and Analysis of Precipitation Data for Lake Michigan Diversion Accounting: Water Year 2018

Bauer, Erin

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Title

Continued Operation of a 25-Raingage Network for Collection, Reduction, and Analysis of Precipitation Data for Lake Michigan Diversion Accounting: Water Year 2018

Author(s)

Bauer, Erin

Issue Date

2019-07

Keyword(s)

• Lake Michigan
• precipitation
• water
• raingage
• precipitation events

Geographic Coverage

• Cook County
• Lake Michigan

Abstract

A dense raingage network has operated in Cook County since the fall of 1989 to provide accurate precipitation measurements for use in simulating runoff for Lake Michigan diversion accounting. This report describes the network design, operations and maintenance procedures, data reduction and quality control methodology, and an analysis of precipitation for WY2018 (October 2017–September 2018). The data analyses include: 1) monthly and annual WY2018 precipitation amounts at all 25 raingage sites, 2) WY2018 precipitation amounts compared to the previous 28-year network average pattern (WYs 1990–2017), and 3) the 29-year network precipitation average for WYs 1990–2018. Also included are raingage site descriptions, instructions for raingage technicians, and documentation of raingage maintenance and high storm totals.

Publisher

Illinois State Water Survey

Series/Report Name or Number

ISWS Contract Report CR-2019-08

Type of Resource

text

Language

en

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http://hdl.handle.net/2142/104211

Sponsor(s)/Grant Number(s)

US Army Corps of Engineers, Chicago District

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Copyright ... University of Illinois Board of Trustees. All rights reserved. This document is a product of the Illinois State Water Survey, and has been selected and made available by the Illinois State Water Survey and the University Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. It is intended for research and educational use, and proper attribution is requested.

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