| Abstract: | Real-time river data provided by the USGS originate from streamflow-gaging stations. The USGS operates and maintains a network of more than 7,000 such stations across the nation (Mason and Wieger, 1995). These gaging stations, used to produce records of stage and streamflow data, are operated in cooperation with local, state, and other federal agencies. The USGS office in Indianapolis operates a statewide network of more than 170 gaging stations.
The instrumentation at USGS gaging stations monitors and records river information, primarily river stage (fig. 1). As technological advances are made, many USGS gaging stations are being retrofitted with electronic instrumentation to monitor and record river data. Electronic instrumentation facilitates transmission of real-time or near real-time river data for use by government agencies in such flood-related tasks as operating flood-control structures and ordering evacuations. |
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| Citation Author: | Morlock, Scott E. |
| Citation Contributing Office: | Indiana Water Science Center |
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| Citation Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey |
| Citation Series: | Fact Sheet |
| Citation Series Code: | FS |
| Citation Series Number: | 029-98 |
| Citation Search Results Text: | U.S. Geological Survey Real-Time River Data Applications; 1998; FS; 029-98; Morlock, Scott E. |
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| Text: | U.S. Geological Survey Real-Time River Data Applications; 1998; FS; 029-98; Morlock, Scott E. |
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| URL (INDEX PAGE): | http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/1998/fs029-98/ |
| Date Other: | Mon, 1 Oct 2001 00:00 -0500 |
| Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey |
