Annotations for Monthly Discharge Data for Rivers and Streams of Russia and former Soviet Union [FSU] Republics Derived from NCAR ds553, ds552 and Other Sources Byron A. Bodo [email protected] Toronto, Canada v1.2, March, 2000 Disclaimer Users assume responsibility for errors in the river and stream discharge data, associated metadata [river names, gauge names, drainage areas, & geographic coordinates], and the annotations contained herein. Until further information and data become available, this set of monthly discharges for 316 river and stream gauges in Russia and FSU republics and the associated metadata are about as clean and complete as can presently be obtained from freely available data sources. No doubt errors and discrepancies remain in the metadata and discharge records. Anyone data set users who uncover further errors and other discrepancies are invited to report them to NCAR. Preface Work-up of river and stream discharge data for Russia and the republics of the former Soviet Union [FSU] contained in NCAR data sets 552 and 553 was undertaken in support of certain UNEP/WHO sponsored contract work [for anyone interested in environmental contamination in Russia by DDT, PCBs, dioxins & other organochlorines [see http://www.cciw.ca/gems/pops-rf.html]. The initial work was done in great haste during summer 1997. On obtaining some additional data sets in late 1998, I reworked the comparative analysis. This document was created as a record of changes, deletions, and optional choices made in the process of synthesizing available data into a coherent working data base. This document was prepared for on-screen viewing, not printing !!! Tables sprawl across page breaks, so printed output can be very messy. This document is intended mainly as a look-up reference when concerns arise about particular gauge records. Users of the data set should read the introductory sections. Otherwise, the file can be searched for gauge name or code number for information on particular sites. To ensure wide accessibility, this document was prepared as an MS Word 6 doc file. The www addresses are not active hyperlinks. They have to be copied and pasted into www browsers. Clicking on a page number in the Table of Contents will jump the cursor to the beginning of that section of text [in the MS Word version, not the pdf file]. 2 Notes: Russia–FSU Discharge Data Revision 1.2 — What’s New 1. metadata quality of river and gauge names and numerous location coordinates has improved appreciably 2. data were updated for an average gain of 9.5 net years (total months divided by 12) at 145 gauges · a large set of discharge records for nominally 1,494 gauges in the Russian / FSU Arctic drainage basin is now available on R-arcticnet [http://www.R-arcticnet.sr.unh.edu/] · see R-arcticnet sub-section · see section on Version 1.2 Updates Why this data set remains useful 1. good records are available for 178 gauges not readily available in other sources; most of these gauges are in non-Arctic drainage basins of Russia and the FSU 2. many of the 135 gauges common to R-ArcticNET have longer or more correct data than available in R-ArcticNET 3. the metadata are generally better than those in other sources; specifically, for most sites, the river and gauge names adhere reasonably to conventional English forms for Russian names; also most location coordinates should be within 15 km of the true gauge locations 3 Notes: Russia–FSU Discharge Data Table of Contents Disclaimer ..............................................................................................................................................2 Preface ...................................................................................................................................................2 Revision 1.2 — What’s New .............................................................................................................3 Why this data set remains useful ...............................................................................................3 Table of Contents ..................................................................................................................................4 Distribution Files ..............................................................................................................................7 Monthly Discharge Data for Russia and republics of the former Soviet Union [FSU].......................9 FSU–Russian Basin & Stream Gauge Coding System .................................................................10 Version 1.2 Updates .......................................................................................................................10 Metadata Corrections ................................................................................................................10 R-arcticnet..................................................................................................................................11 R-arcticnet – Data Retained ......................................................................................................12 V-file ...........................................................................................................................................12 Caveats: ................................................................................................................................13 Data Retained........................................................................................................................13 Net Data Base Improvement......................................................................................................13 Caveats..................................................................................................................................13 RUS [Russia_American exchange] data set..................................................................................14 3881 Alazeya @ Argakhtakh.....................................................................................................14 1492 / 1594 Amguema @ mouth of Shoumny Bk....................................................................15 10251 / 10252 Tom @ Tomsk ...................................................................................................15 70801 Severnaya Dvina @ Ust Pinega.....................................................................................15 Pseudo FSU–Russian Gauge IDs ..................................................................................................16 Assignment of Unknown Sites ......................................................................................................16 10127 Charysh @ Charyshskoye .............................................................................................16 71193 Umba @ Umba Lake outlet............................................................................................16 76229 Usva @ Usva ..................................................................................................................16 76566 Vyatka @ Arkul...............................................................................................................17 78142 Khoper @ Novokhopersk ..............................................................................................17 75241 Kostroma @ Bui d/s Veksa............................................................................................17 72450 Lovat @ Sel’tso..............................................................................................................17 78011 Don @ Georgiu-Dezh (Liski)..........................................................................................18 Others.........................................................................................................................................18 UNESCO/WMO files: IHD, WMO and RIV......................................................................................19 11542 Severnaya Sosva @ Sosvinskaya Kultbaza..................................................................20 13005 Kara-Turgay (Qaratorghay) @ Akutkol .........................................................................20 75309 Oka @ Orel (Kostamarovo)............................................................................................21 82801 Rioni @ Zemochaladidi .................................................................................................21 Volga — lower Volga sites ........................................................................................................21 Vorotan River, Azerbeijan sites ................................................................................................22 Vorotan Data Retained .........................................................................................................22 Drainage Area Discrepancies — Ob River Basin ..........................................................................23 Ob @ Salekhard 11801 ..............................................................................................................23 Ishym @ Petropavlovsk 11410..................................................................................................24 Drainage Area Discrepancies — other sites..................................................................................24 Kalaus @ Svetlograd 84009 — Kalaus @ Petrovskoye ...........................................................24 Kara Turgai @ Akutkol 13005....................................................................................................24