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Daily baseflow specific conductance, daily baseflow discharge, and seasonal baseflow discharge and baseflow dissolved solids loads at selected sites within the Colorado River Basin for water years 1980 – 2022

January 18, 2024

This data release contains three sets of estimated values at selected sites within the Colorado River Basin: 1) daily specific conductance at 143 sites in the Upper Basin and 3 sites in the Lower Basin (WY 1980-2022); 2) daily baseflow discharge at 100 sites in the Upper Basin and 3 sites in the Lower Basin (WY 1980-2022); and 3) seasonal baseflow discharge and baseflow dissolved solids load at 143 sites in the Upper Basin (WY 1986-2020). The estimates of daily baseflow discharge will be used as input to an application of the USGS GSFLOW model, which is a coupled groundwater and surface-water flow model based on the integration of the USGS Precipitation-Runoff Modeling System and the USGS Modular Groundwater Flow Model. The estimates of seasonal baseflow discharge and dissolved solids load will be used in an application of the USGS Spatially Referenced Regression on Watershed attributes (SPARROW) model.

Publication Year 2024
Title Daily baseflow specific conductance, daily baseflow discharge, and seasonal baseflow discharge and baseflow dissolved solids loads at selected sites within the Colorado River Basin for water years 1980 – 2022
DOI 10.5066/P9QXQ8UD
Authors Morgan C. McDonnell, Patrick C Longley, Daniel Wise
Product Type Data Release
Record Source USGS Digital Object Identifier Catalog
USGS Organization Salt Lake City Main Office