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ICE EFFECTS ON STREAMFLOW
The formation of ice on rivers can cause discharge values to appear unusually high. Display of these erroneous discharge data may result in improper assessment of flow conditions and misuse of the data. For this reason, display of discharge values for streams significantly affected by ice may be disabled from view. Display of discharge data will resume when ice conditions are no longer present. Discharge values for streams minimally affected by ice will continue to be displayed. Flows for streams with these conditions appear to increase during the night and decrease to near-base-line conditions around midday. To estimate the correct discharge for these streams, use the flow rate that corresponds to the bottom of the discharge curve, rather than the peak that corresponds to the top of the curve. Note that this method of estimation is possible only when no surface runoff is occurring. Daily mean discharges for periods of both significant and minimal ice-effect will be estimated and published in the Annual Water-Data Report for the water year in which they occurred.
LOCATION--Middlesex County, Hydrologic Unit
01090001, Fresh Pond, Cambridge MA.
DRAINAGE AREA--Glacial kettle-hole lake with no
natural inputs or outputs.
PERIOD OF RECORD--October 01, 2003 to current
year.
GAGE--Reservoir-stage monitor, reservoir
water-temperature and specific conductance water-quality monitor, air
temperature monitor, and a heated tipping-bucket precipitation gage.
Telephone telemeter at station. Datum of gage is referenced to the City
of Cambridge datum, subtract 10.84 feet to elevations to adjust to
National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929.
REMARKS--none
COOPERATION BY--Cambridge Water Department