| Abstract: | A method for estimating temperatures of streams in the Green River basin, Wyoming, utilizes a regional model for estimating mean daily temperatures of streams at unmeasured sites. The regional model was developed by describing annual temperature patterns at 43 measured sites and by applying the harmonic function T = M + A -sin (0.0172 t + C)- where: T is mean daily temperature; M, A, and C are harmonic coefficients calculated from data for each stream-temperature station; and t is the day of the water year. Application of the equation for estimating temperatures at unmeasured sites requires regionalized estimates of M, A, and C. Regional estimates were developed with the aid of multiple-regression techniques, whereby the calculated harmonic coefficients were regressed against physical and climatic characteristics of the stream-temperature stations. Stream elevation was a significant factor affecting water temperature. Analysis of areal and temporal variations in temperature showed that springs, irrigation return flows, and reservoir storage were affecting reaches of several major streams. (Woodard-USGS) |
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| ProdID: | 28452 |
| Citation Author: | Lowham, H. W. |
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| Citation Phsyical Description: | vi, 41 p. :ill., maps ;26 cm. |
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| Citation Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey, Water Resources Division, |
| Citation Series: | Water-Resources Investigations Report |
| Citation Series Code: | WRI |
| Citation Series Number: | 78-13 |
| Citation Search Results Text: | An analysis of stream temperatures, Green River Basin, Wyoming; 1978; WRI; 78-13; Lowham, H. W. |
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| Citation Year: | 1978 |
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| Text: | An analysis of stream temperatures, Green River Basin, Wyoming; 1978; WRI; 78-13; Lowham, H. W. |
| URL (THUMBNAIL): | http://pubs.usgs.gov/wri/1978/0013/report-thumb.jpg |
| URL (DOCUMENT): | http://pubs.usgs.gov/wri/1978/0013/report.pdf |
| Date Other: | Sat, 1 Jan 1994 00:00 -0600 |
| Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey, Water Resources Division, |
