Rainfall, streamflow and potential evaporation data for Canning River at Scenic Drive.

Description

Daily rainfall, streamflow and potential evaporation for Canning River at Scenic Drive upstream of Canning Dam (Western Australia), from 1977-01-01 to 1987-12-31. The catchment area is 517 square kilometers.

The Canning River is a tributary of the Swan River, and is located South East of Perth, Western Australia.

Usage

data(Canning)

Format

A zoo object, of class c("zooreg", "zoo"). It is a regular time series indexed by days, in Date format.

There are three columns, P (areal rainfall, mm/day) and Q (streamflow, mm/day). E (potential evapotranspiration, mm/day).

Details

Rainfall (P)

Daily areal rainfall (mm/day). Origin unknown, probably spatial interpolation by Barry Croke.

Streamflow (Q)

Daily mean streamflow (mm/day). Stream gauge ID 616024 "Canning River @ Scenic Drive". Latitude -33.4176; Longitude 115.9817.

Potential Evapotranspiration (E)

Origin Unknown.

Source

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Examples

data(Canning)
summary(Canning)
xyplot(Canning)