Item talk:Q229246

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 "url": "https://www.usgs.gov/centers/colorado-water-science-center/science/under-ice-computing-real-time-discharge",
 "headline": "Under-Ice: Computing Real-time Discharge",
 "datePublished": "January 1, 2018",
 "author": [
   {
     "@type": "Person",
     "name": "John W Fulton",
     "url": "https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/john-w-fulton",
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     "text": "Under-ice discharge is estimated using open-water reference hydrographs; however, the ratings for ice-affected sites are generally qualified as poor."
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     "text": "This proof-of-concept demonstrates that riverine discharges can be computed using the Probability Concept for a range of hydraulic extremes (variations in discharge, open-water and under-ice conditions) immediately after the siting phase is complete, which typically requires one day. The Probability Concept and conventional methods such as index-velocity ratings offer water-resource managers and decision makers alternatives for computing real-time discharge for open-water and under-ice conditions."
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     "text": "The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in collaboration with the Colorado Water Conservation Board, conducted a proof-of-concept to develop an alternative method for computing under-ice discharge using hydroacoustics and the Probability Concept."
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     "text": "Six conventional discharge measurements were collected concurrently with Probability Concept-derived discharges with percent differences (%) of -9.0%, -21%, -8.6%, 17.8%, 3.6%, and -2.3%."
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   "name": "Colorado Water Science Center",
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