Hydrodata Daily Values
Hydrodata Daily Values provides access to resource data contained in the
USGS WATSTORE Daily values files and the US Bureau of Reclamation HYDROMET files.
The daily data result from more than 100 years of observations of stream flow,
lake levels, water quality and meteorology. Data can be viewed in Daily Statistics,
Daily Data, Monthly Statistics, Monthly Data and Remarks parameters. Data can
be plotted on graphs, printed or exported in different formats.
Hydrodata is available in all the UW science library units.
- Choose Hydrodata USGS Daily Values. West 1 or Hydrodata USGS Daily Values. West 2 from the menu.
- Maximize the window.
- Choose Select from the tool bar and highlight
State.
- Type in the state postal abbreviation, or using the mouse,
highlight the state abbreviation.
- Press the Enter key or click on Replace Previous
Selection.
- Click on desired station from the displayed list.
- To search for or a specific station, choose Select from
the tool bar, then choose Station Name.
Type in the name of the station with asterisks, before and after, for
example: *SEATTLE*
- From the Select option on the tool bar you can also
search by county, latitude/ longitude, elevation, station id, etc.
and sort by station id, county, etc. by choosing Ordering.
- After selecting a station, click on P to display the Station
Parameter window.
- Click on the desired parameter (i.e., stream flow, temperature, etc.)
- Then choose the appropriate Displaying Data option.
- Click on the S
or P button to
toggle between station list and parameters.
Choose Data from tool bar and the desired display or click
on the icon as below:
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DATA DISPLAY
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Daily Statistics - summary statistics on a day-by-day basis, including
the mean, minimum and maximum value for each day of the year, and the
year on which the minimum and maximum value occurred for each day.
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D
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Daily Data - presents the time series of daily values arranged
in a day-month-year grid.
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M
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Monthly Data - presents the time series of monthly values arranged
in a month-by-year grid by five statistics:. total, average, end-of-month,
maximum, minimum.
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Monthly Statistics - displays summary statistics on a month-by-month
basis summarizing data over the entire period of record. Three types of
statistics: daily, period and exceedances.
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Station History - includes information on a station's history,
location, drainage area and gage.
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- Click on Plot from the tool bar and choose desired
graphical display.
- It is possible to plot several parameters on the same graph,
such as average minimum and maximum temperatures.
- Each successive parameter selected is added to the graph
unless cleared (i.e., Clear Plot from Plot on the tool bar).
- Clicking on the plot icon
or choosing Plotting Info from Plot
on
the tool bar, allows customization of the graph including
specifying years, view, style, labels, scaling, fonts, etc.
- From the window displaying the data you wish to print, click
on the printer icon or choose File - Print from the tool
bar.
- For the Daily Data view, a screen will appear allowing you
to
pick the years to be printed.
- For the all other views, the entire contents of the currently
active window will be printed in the format displayed.
- All data is printed, regardless of how much is currently
displayed or highlighted, except for in the Station window,
which
will only print the stations highlighted.
Click on Mark from the tool bar and then click on Mark
Station for each of the stations to be exported.
- Choose Export or the X icon from the tool bar. For
exporting multiple stations, choose Export from the tool
bar, then click on Export Marked Stations.
- Choose the desired parameter and click OK.
- Choose the desired view and format* from the scroll down menus
under Export Options.
- Choose the desired years if applicable.
- Click on the
icon on the
Export tool bar.
- Specify the drive and name the file (e.g. a:clim.tab).
*Six formats are available for exporting, although not all formats are supported
for all views:
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Station Info
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Daily Data
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Daily Statistics
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Monthly Data
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Monthly Statistics
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Station History
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Tabular
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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Delimited
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X
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X
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X
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X
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d-Base
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X
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X
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Worksheet
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X
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X
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X
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X
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Card
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X
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X
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X
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Binary
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X
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X
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X
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Choose File from the tool bar, then choose Exit.
Natural Sciences Library / natsci@u.washington.edu
University of Washington
December 1997