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KRIS Russian River: Chart Page

Area Geyserville
Topic Temperature: Floating Weekly Avg, Russian R. in Geys. Sub-basin, 2000
 
Caption:  This Chart shows the floating weekly average water temperature in the Russian River at Asti and Cloverdale (sites ASTW and CLOW, respectively) for the year 2000. The river cooled 0-0.2°C as it flowed from the Cloverdale site to the Asti site. This is interesting, because water temperatures usually increase as a river flows downstream. Maximum floating weekly average water temperatures (MWAT) exceeded 19.0°C at both sites. Based on a review of steelhead growth studies, Sullivan et al. (2000) found that compared to optimum temperatures, an MWAT of 17.0°C reduced steelhead growth by 10%, and an MWAT of 19.0°C reduced growth by 20%. See InfoLinks for more information. Temperature data comes from automated water temperature data probes placed in the Russian River and its tributaries by the Sonoma County Water Agency (SCWA).


To learn more about this topic click Info Links .
To view additional information (data source, aquisition date etc.) about this page, click Metadata .
To view the table with the chart's data, click Chart Table web page.
To download the table with the chart's data, click tempsum_rus_scwa_98_01_gy_dailyavg.db (size 18,432 bytes) .
To view the table with the chart's source data, click Source Table web page.
To download the table with the chart's source data, click temperature_proxy.dbf (size 80 bytes)
 
 
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