IDENTIFYING STREAM GAUGES TO OPERATE FOR REGIONAL INFORMATION

The problem of identifying at which sites to collect future streamflow data is formulated as a mathematical program to optimize regional information subject to a budget constraint. An approximate solution is obtained using a step-backward technique that identifies gauging station sites, either existing or new, and whether to discontinue or not start data collection if the budget is exceeded. The method allows a network manager to design a nearly optimal streamflow data network for collecting regional information. The method is illustrated by a network of stream gauges in Illinois.

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• Authors:
  • Tasker, Gary D
• Publication Date: 1991

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• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 131-136
• Monograph Title: Bridge and hydrology research 1991
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record
  • Issue Number: 1319
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Budgeting; Constraints; Data collection; Flow; Information management; Information, data, and knowledge; Location; Mathematical models; Optimization; Regions; Stream gages; Streamflow; Streams
• Uncontrolled Terms: Building sites; Selecting
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Finance; Highways; Hydraulics and Hydrology; I26: Water Run-off - Freeze-thaw;

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• Accession Number: 00621498
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0309051576
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Apr 30 1992 12:00AM