Northern Sierras 8-station Precipitation Index
A combination of 8 long stations of precipitation values in the Northern Sierra Mountains.
Correlation of 20CRV3 January SLP with the N Sierra Precipitation Index.
WRIT Time-series
Description
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The time-series shows Northern Sierras precipitation (high elevation) by combining 8 different stations into a single index. the stations are Mt. Shasta City (3600'), Shasta Dam (1077'), Mineral (4032'), Brush Creek RS (3153'), Quincy (3432'), Sierraville RS (4957'), Pacific House (3396'), and Blue Canyon (4695').
Temporal Coverage
- Monthly values: 1925/01 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
- Central Sierras precipitation ind
- South Sierras precipitation index.
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/get8SIPrecipIndex.action. Original historic values are here. Recent updates are here. Values between the 2 are here.
Time-series source dataset(s)
- Input is station data.
Citation
- Please cite the California Department of Water resources
References
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None