Central Sierra 5-station Precipitation Index
A combination of 5 long stations of precipitation values in the Central Sierras.
Correlation of January NOAA Reconstructed Precipitation with the Central Sierra Precipitation Time-series.
WRIT Time-series
Description
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The time-series shows Central Sierras precipitation (high elevation) by combining 5 different stations into a single index. The stations are Calaveras Big Trees (5100'), Hetch Hetchy (4000'), South Entrance Yosemite (6192'), North Fork Ranger Station (3140'), and Huntington Lake (7020').
Temporal Coverage
- Monthly values: 1923/01 to near present
- Update Status:Monthly, Irregular
Data Notes
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Units: inches
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Time-series List
Source, citation and related Information.
Related Time-series
Links
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Data is from the California Department of Water Resources
Original Source
Data is from the California department of water resources. It can be plotted here: https://cdec.water.ca.gov/cdecapp/precipapp/get5SIPrecipIndex.action. Original historic values are here. Recent updates are here. Values between the 2 are here.
Time-series source dataset(s)
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Input is station data.
Citation
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Please cite the California Department of Water resources
References
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None