Maitreyee Bera
20230307
Watershed Data Management (WDM) Database (WBDR21.WDM) for West Branch DuPage River Streamflow Simulation, DuPage County, Illinois, January 1, 2007, through September 30, 2021
The data is available as a Watershed Data Management (WDM) database format (.wdm) from the link https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/item/63dbd52cd34e9fa19a989fb6.
Denver, CO
U.S. Geological Survey
https://doi.org/10.5066/P9F3D8ZI
This data release is the update of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) - ScienceBase data release Bera (2022b), with the processed data for the period October 1, 2020, through September 30, 2021. This data release describes the watershed data management (WDM) database file WBDR21.WDM. The WDM database file WBDR20.WDM (Bera, 2022b) is updated with the quality-assured and quality-controlled meteorological and hydrologic data for the period October 1, 2020, through September 30, 2021, following the guidelines documented in Bera (2017) and is renamed as WBDR21.WDM. Meteorological data other than precipitation (wind speed, solar radiation, air temperature, dew point temperature, and potential evapotranspiration) are copied from ARGN21.WDM and stored in this WDM file. Bera (2022a) describes the processing of the meteorological data in the database file ARGN21.WDM.
Data in dataset number (DSN) 107 and 801–811 are used in comparisons of precipitation data. DSN 107 contains hourly precipitation data from tipping bucket rain gages collected at Argonne National Laboratory at Argonne, Illinois. DSN 801-811 contains the processed Next Generation Weather Radar (NEXRAD)-Multisensor Precipitation Estimates (MPE) data from 11 NEXRAD–MPE subbasins in the West Branch DuPage River watershed as described in Bera and Ortel (2018). The data are downloaded and uploaded daily into a WDM database that is used for the real-time streamflow simulation system. Data from DSN 107 and 801-811 are copied from this WDM and stored in WBDR21.WDM. DSN 107 and 801-811 are updated with the data through September 30, 2021. Data in DSN 4031 (water-surface elevation from West Branch DuPage River at Fawell Dam) is updated through September 30, 2021, similarly (Bera, 2017).
The missing rainfall periods are filled with the nearby raingage data as a part of the QA/QC process. Some missing period is filled with the data from a nearby raingage in Salt Creek watershed (Bera, 2014). The complete list of missing precipitation data period and the nearby stations used to fill in those missing periods during October 1, 2020, through September 30, 2021, is given in the Table 1. Table 1 is provided in comma separated values (CSV) file format. The list of snow affected days of precipitation data and the missing and estimated period of the stage and flow data in WBDR21.WDM database during the period October 1, 2020, through September 30, 2021, are given in the USGS annual Water Data Report at https://wdr.water.usgs.gov.
To open the WBDR21.WDM file, the user needs to install any of the utilities described in the section "Related External Resources" on this page.
References Cited:
Bera, M., 2022a, Meteorological Database, Argonne National Laboratory, Illinois, January 1, 1948 - September 30, 2021: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9BBP9EJ.
____ 2022b, Watershed Data Management (WDM) Database (WBDR20.WDM) for West Branch DuPage River Streamflow Simulation, DuPage County, Illinois, January 1, 2007, through September 30, 2020: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P916P5LI.
Bera, M., and Ortel, T.W., 2018, Processing of next generation weather radar-multisensor precipitation estimates and quantitative precipitation forecast data for the DuPage County streamflow simulation system: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2017–1159, 16 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20171159.
Bera, M., 2017, Watershed Data Management (WDM) database for West Branch DuPage River streamflow simulation, DuPage County, Illinois, January 1, 2007, through September 30, 2013: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2017–1099, 39 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20171099.
Bera, M., 2014, Watershed Data Management (WDM) database for Salt Creek streamflow simulation, DuPage County, Illinois, water years 2005–11: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 870, 18 p., http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/ds870.
The datasets in this database may be used as input to the Hydrological Simulation Program-FORTRAN (HSPF) model or other similar rainfall-runoff model for simulating streamflow in DuPage County and nearby areas in northeastern Illinois. This database will be available to the public and other stakeholders for doing similar simulations or meteorological analyses.
20070101
20210930
publication date
Annually
-88.0736
-88.2805
42.0345
41.7022
Watershed data management
dew point temperature
air temperature
solar radiation
wind travel
potential evapotranspiration
precipitation
snow
hydrology
stage
discharge
streamflow
runoff
flood
forecasting
dataset number
elevation
National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929
USGS Metadata Identifier
USGS:63dbd52cd34e9fa19a989fb6
Illinois
Argonne National Laboratory, Illinois
DuPage County, Illinois
O'Hare International Airport, Illinois
St. Charles, Illinois
DeKalb, Illinois
none
Atmosphere
none
hourly
none
none
Maitreyee Bera
USGS Central Midwest Water Science Center
Mailing and Physical
405 N. Goodwin Ave
Urbana
Illinois
61801-2347
USA
217-328-9749
mbera@usgs.gov
Argonne National Laboratory staff who collected the primary meteorological data; Jennie Atkins, the director of Water and Atmospheric Resource Monitoring (WARM) program of Illinois State Water Survey (ISWS) for providing the data from St. Charles and DeKalb, Illinois; Midwestern Regional Climate Center (MRCC) of ISWS website (http://mrcc.isws.illinois.edu/CLIMATE/index.jsp) for providing dew point temperature from the climate station at O'Hare International Airport; DuPage County stormwater department for the precipitation data in and around DuPage County, Illinois; and U.S. Geological Survey Central Midwest Water Science Center field staff for collecting precipitation, stage, and discharge data.
No formal attribute accuracy tests were conducted
No formal logical accuracy tests were conducted
Dataset is considered complete for the information presented, as described in the abstract. Users are advised to read the rest of the metadata record carefully for additional details.
No formal positional accuracy tests were conducted
No formal positional accuracy tests were conducted
The Open File Report Bera (2017) gives the detail description of all the datasets in WBDR21.WDM including the detail processing of all the datasets. Meteorological data other than precipitation (wind speed, solar radiation, air temperature, dew point temperature, and potential evapotranspiration) are copied from ARGN21.WDM and stored in this WDM database. Bera (2022a) describes the processing of the meteorological data in the database file ARGN21.WDM. Data in dataset number (DSN) 107 and 801–811 are used in comparisons of precipitation data. DSN 107 contains hourly precipitation data collected at Argonne National Laboratory at Argonne, Illinois. DSN 801-811 contains the processed Next Generation Weather Radar (NEXRAD)-Multisensor Precipitation Estimates (MPE) data from 11 NEXRAD–MPE subbasins in the West Branch DuPage River watershed as described in Bera and Ortel (2018). Data in these DSN are not quality-assured and quality-controlled. The data is downloaded and uploaded daily into a WDM database that is used for the real-time streamflow simulation system as described in Bera (2017). Data from DSN 107 and 801-811 are copied from this WDM and stored in WBDR21.WDM. DSN 107 and 801-811 are updated with the data through September 30, 2021. Data in DSN 4031 (water-surface elevation from West Branch DuPage River at Fawell Dam) is updated through September 30, 2021, similarly (Bera, 2017). No data is added to any of the data series with the DSN 7020-7023 (Bera, 2022b).
Note: For Stage data series (DSN 4031, 4060, 4130, 4750, 4950 , and 4990) missing hourly value is Datum (listed in annual Water-Data Report at https://wdr.water.usgs.gov) plus -99.9; For streamflow data series missing hour value is -99.9;
The missing values for the precipitation time series 107 are flagged with -99.0, -99.9, and/or -9990.0.
The missing values for the NEXRAD-MPE precipitation time series in DSN 801-811 are flagged with -99.0.
The missing period for all other precipitation time series are filled with the nearby raingage data as a part of the QA/QC process.Some missing period is filled with the data from a nearby raingage in Salt Creek watershed (Bera, 2014).
References Cited:
Bera, M., 2022a, Meteorological Database, Argonne National Laboratory, Illinois, January 1, 1948 - September 30, 2021: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9BBP9EJ.
____ 2022b, Watershed Data Management (WDM) Database (WBDR20.WDM) for West Branch DuPage River Streamflow Simulation, DuPage County, Illinois, January 1, 2007, through September 30, 2020: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P916P5LI.
Bera, M., and Ortel, T.W., 2018, Processing of next generation weather radar-multisensor precipitation estimates and quantitative precipitation forecast data for the DuPage County streamflow simulation system: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2017–1159, 16 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20171159.
Bera, M., 2017, Watershed Data Management (WDM) database for West Branch DuPage River streamflow simulation, DuPage County, Illinois, January 1, 2007, through September 30, 2013: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2017–1099, 39 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20171099.
Bera, M., 2014, Watershed Data Management (WDM) database for Salt Creek streamflow simulation, DuPage County, Illinois, water years 2005–11: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 870, 18 p., http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/ds870.
20230206
Maitreyee Bera
USGS Central Midwest Water Science Center
Hydrologist
Mailing and Physical
405 N. Goodwin Ave
Urbana
IL
61801-2347
USA
217-328-9749
217-328-9770
mbera@usgs.gov
The precipitation data are collected from county-wide network of real-time tipping-bucket rain gages maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and DuPage County, Illinois as described in Bera (2017). Meteorological data other than precipitation (wind speed, solar radiation, air temperature, dew point temperature, and potential evapotranspiration) are copied from ARGN21.WDM and stored in this WDM file. Bera (2022a) describes the processing of the meteorological data in the database file ARGN21.WDM. The hydrologic data are from both USGS stage and discharge gages as mentioned in Bera (2017). Discharge values for the missing hours are filled with the value -99.9. Elevation values for the missing hours are filled with the value datum (of the gage) plus -99.9.
Point
The WDM database WBDR21.WDM contains fifty nine datasets. The datasets with DSN 131, 133, 134, 140, 144, 189, 190, 2060, 2130, 2750, 2950, 2990, 4060, 4130, 4750, 4950, and 4990 respectively are updated with the quality-assured and quality-controlled data for the period October 1, 2020, through September 30, 2021, following the guideline in Bera (2017) and the datasets with DSN 207, 307, 310, 407, 410, 507, 510, 607, and 610 are meteorological data (other than precipitation) copied from ARGN21.WDM. Bera (2022a) describes the processing of these meteorological datasets in ARGN21.WDM. Data in DSN 107 and 801–811 are used in comparisons of precipitation data. DSN 107 contains hourly precipitation data collected at Argonne National Laboratory at Argonne, Illinois. DSN 801-811 contains the processed Next Generation Weather Radar (NEXRAD)-Multisensor Precipitation Estimates (MPE) data from 11 NEXRAD–MPE subbasins in the West Branch DuPage River watershed as described in Bera and Ortel (2018). Data in these DSN are not quality-assured and quality-controlled. The data is downloaded and uploaded daily into a WDM database that is used for the real-time streamflow simulation system as described in Bera (2017). Data from DSN 107, and 801-811 are copied from this WDM and stored in WBDR21.WDM. DSN 107, and 801-811 are updated with the data through September 30, 2021. Data in DSN 4031 (water-surface elevation from West Branch DuPage River at Fawell Dam) is updated through September 30, 2021, similarly (Bera, 2017). No data is added to the data series with the DSN 7020-7023 (Bera, 2022b).
To open this file, the user needs to install any of the utilities listed in the section "Related External Resources" in this data release.
Table 1 (available in csv format) contains the complete list of missing precipitation data period and the nearby stations used to fill in those missing periods during October 1, 2020, through September 30, 2021. This file can be opened with any text editor or Microsoft Excel.
https://doi.org/10.5066/P9F3D8ZI
U.S. Geological Survey
U.S. Geological Survey ScienceBase
Mailing and Physical
Denver Federal Center, Building 810, Mail Stop 302
Denver
Colorado
80225
USA
18882758747
sciencebase@usgs.gov
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Digital Data
https://doi.org/10.5066/P9F3D8ZI
NONE
To open the WDM file, the user needs to install any of the utilities listed in the section "Related External Resources" in this Data Release. Table 1.csv can be opened with any text editor or Microsoft Excel.
20230307
Maitreyee Bera
USGS Central Midwest Water Science Center
Hydrologist
Mailing and Physical
405 N. Goodwin Ave
Urbana
Illinois
61801-2347
USA
217-328-9749
mbera@usgs.gov
Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata
FGDC-STD-001-1998