An Analysis of Rainfall in Shark Slough
Lew RM, Flora MD, Rosendahl PC. 1982. An Analysis of Rainfall in Shark Slough. SFRC T-646. South Florida Natural Resources Center. Homestead, Florida
Thiessen polygon analysis was used to estimate direct rainfall inputs into the 1000 km Shark River Slough. Previous methods used to monitor precipitation in this region were reviewed. Comparisons were made between estimates based on data collected biweekly during a 22 month period (December 1977 - September 1979) among rain gauge networks containing 87, 29, 11, and 3 gauges. These results were also compared with data collected daily at three long-term NOAA stations located on the periphery of the study area. A comparison between managed surface water inflows and uncontrolled precipitation contributions to the slough during this time was also made. Data from three long-term NOAA stations were further used to compute a reconstruction of direct rainfall inputs into the slough on a monthly and yearly basis for the period 1952 to 1979.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Lew, Rose; Flora, Mark; Rosendahl, Peter
- Date of Issue
- 1982-01
- Publisher
- South Florida Natural Resources Center
- Units
- EVER
- Keywords
- Rainfall, SFNRCTRS, Shark Slough