FREE delivery to all EXCLUSIVE BOOKS stores nationwide. FREE delivery to your door on all orders over R450. Excludes all international deliveries.

Assessing the National Streamflow Information Program

National Research Council, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Water Science and Technology Board, Committee on Review of the USGS National Streamflow Information Program
    Product form
      FORMAT: Paperback / softback
      YOU COULD EARN 0 FUTURE RETAIL DISCOUNTS.

      This product is either out of print or out of stock. Add it to your wishlist and we will automatically let you know if it comes back into stock. Add to Wishlist

      ESTIMATED DELIVERY: Possibly out of print
      BUY NOW PAY LATER
      From R 0.00 per month!
      3x monthly payments of R 0.00 with
      4x fortnightly payments of R 0.00 with

      This product is either out of print or out of stock. Add it to your wishlist and we will automatically let you know if it comes back into stock. Add to Wishlist

      From warning the public of impending floods to settling legal arguments over water rights, the measurement of streamflow ("streamgaging") plays a vital role in our society. Having good information about how much water is moving through our streams helps provide citizens with drinking water during droughts, control water pollution, and protect wildlife along our stream corridors. The U.S. Geological Survey's (USGS) streamgaging program provides such information to a wide variety of users interested in human safety, recreation, water quality, habitat, industry, agriculture, and other topics. For regional and national scale streamflow information needs, the USGS has created a National Streamflow Information Program (NSIP).In addition to streamgaging, the USGS envisions intensive data collection during floods and droughts, national assessments of streamflow characteristics, enhanced information delivery, and methods development and research. The overall goals of the program are to: meet legal and treaty obligations on interstate and international waters, support flow forecasting; measure river basin outflows, monitor sentinel watersheds for long-term trends in natural flows, and measure flows for water quality needs. But are these the right topics to collect data on? Or is the USGS on the wrong track?In general, the book is supportive of the design and content of NSIP, including its goals and methodology for choosing stream gages for inclusion in the program. It sees the ultimate goal of NSIP as developing the ability to use existing data-gathering sites to generate streamflow information with quantitative confidence limits at any location in the nation. It is just as important to have good measurements during droughts as during floods, and it therefore recommends supporting Natural Resource Conservation Service forecast sites in addition to those of the National Weather Service.Table of ContentsFront MatterExecutive Summary1 Introduction2 Gaging the Nation's Streams3 Selection of NSIP Base Gage Locations4 Streamflow Network Design5 Streamflow Information6 Contributions of NSIP to River Science7 Summary and ConclusionsReferencesAppendix A: Biographical Sketches
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: National Research Council, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Water Science and Technology Board, Committee on Review of the USGS National Streamflow Information Program EAN: 9780309092104 COUNTRY: United States PAGES: WEIGHT: 0 g HEIGHT: 229 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: National Academies Press DATE PUBLISHED: 2004-09-19 CITY: GENRE: SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / General, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Hydrology WIDTH: 152 cm SPINE:

      Book Themes:

      Hydrology and the hydrosphere

      Customer Reviews

      Be the first to write a review
      0%
      (0)
      0%
      (0)
      0%
      (0)
      0%
      (0)
      0%
      (0)
      Committee on Review of the USGS National Streamflow Information Program, National Research Council
      From warning the public of impending floods to settling legal arguments over water rights, the measurement of streamflow ("streamgaging") plays a vital role in our society. Having good information about how much water is moving through our streams helps provide citizens with drinking water during droughts, control water pollution, and protect wildlife along our stream corridors. The U.S. Geological Survey's (USGS) streamgaging program provides such information to a wide variety of users interested in human safety, recreation, water quality, habitat, industry, agriculture, and other topics. For regional and national scale streamflow information needs, the USGS has created a National Streamflow Information Program (NSIP).In addition to streamgaging, the USGS envisions intensive data collection during floods and droughts, national assessments of streamflow characteristics, enhanced information delivery, and methods development and research. The overall goals of the program are to: meet legal and treaty obligations on interstate and international waters, support flow forecasting; measure river basin outflows, monitor sentinel watersheds for long-term trends in natural flows, and measure flows for water quality needs. But are these the right topics to collect data on? Or is the USGS on the wrong track?In general, the book is supportive of the design and content of NSIP, including its goals and methodology for choosing stream gages for inclusion in the program. It sees the ultimate goal of NSIP as developing the ability to use existing data-gathering sites to generate streamflow information with quantitative confidence limits at any location in the nation. It is just as important to have good measurements during droughts as during floods, and it therefore recommends supporting Natural Resource Conservation Service forecast sites in addition to those of the National Weather Service.Table of ContentsFront MatterExecutive Summary1 Introduction2 Gaging the Nation's Streams3 Selection of NSIP Base Gage Locations4 Streamflow Network Design5 Streamflow Information6 Contributions of NSIP to River Science7 Summary and ConclusionsReferencesAppendix A: Biographical Sketches
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: National Research Council, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Water Science and Technology Board, Committee on Review of the USGS National Streamflow Information Program EAN: 9780309092104 COUNTRY: United States PAGES: WEIGHT: 0 g HEIGHT: 229 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: National Academies Press DATE PUBLISHED: 2004-09-19 CITY: GENRE: SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / General, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Hydrology WIDTH: 152 cm SPINE:

      Book Themes:

      Hydrology and the hydrosphere

      Customer Reviews

      Be the first to write a review
      0%
      (0)
      0%
      (0)
      0%
      (0)
      0%
      (0)
      0%
      (0)
      Committee on Review of the USGS National Streamflow Information Program, National Research Council

      Recently viewed products

      Login

      Forgot your password?

      Don't have an account yet?
      Create account