1. Climate from Discharge
Tianny, Kara, and London

2. ANALYZING KANSAS RIVER DISCHARGE RECORDS TIANNY ZAPATA

3. KANSAS RIVER AT TOPEKA, KS
How is local climate reflected in the discharge data?

4. HOW DOES RIVER FLOW VARY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR?
River flow seems to fluctuate with the seasons
Early September- March “Dryer” periods
Greater discharge expected around June and July
Years following Great Flood of 1951, “Dry” period (~1956)

5. HOW OFTEN ARE THERE FLOODS?
Initial prediction of anything >40,000 cfs
Floods appear rare but not unlikely.

6. HOW LONG DO FLOODS LAST?
Varies from periods of “short intense,” to “long” floods.

7. ARE THERE PERIODS OF DROUGHT OR FREQUENT FLOODS?

8. IS THERE A TREND IN THE DATA?
Overall clear trend, with minor exceptions
Less discharge is far more common, however outliers skew the data
Near perfect bell curve fit for log-transformed discharge distribution

9. Discharge in the San Juan River Kara Smickley

10. San Juan River, New Mexicover
Starts in Utah then runs through Shiprock New Mexico and up to Colorado
Goes through Shiprock, New Mexico
Also known as the Colorado River

11. Looking over a long-period of time
Data starts in 1934 and goes to 2016 (about 30,000 day span)
You can see some fluctuation based off what we can assume may be seasons

12. Taking a closer look Data taken from 1000 day span
Has an inconsistent pattern
Seems to be more dry than wet

13. Trend
Seems to be more “flashy”.

14. Flooding
Flooding is anything more than 14,000 cubic feet per second

15. Current Weather Patterns in Shiprock, NM
This area of New Mexico has very low rainfall
August has highest precipitation
June has lowest precipitation
Inconsistent weather pattern

16. Do current weather patterns make sense with our trend?
1000 year trend

17. Discharge of Elkhorn River Waterloo, NE
London

18. Long Period of Time

19. 10,000 days

20. 1,000 Days

21. Averages

22. Kansas River, KS; San Juan River, NM; Elkhorn River, NE
Group Comparisons
Kansas River, KS; San Juan River, NM; Elkhorn River, NE

23. London
Tianny
Kara
Tianny

24. Log10 distribution by day comparisons
Kansas River, KS
San Juan River, NM
Elkhorn, NE
Tianny

25. Mean comparisons San Juan River, NM Kansas River, KS Elkhorn River, NE
Tianny
Elkhorn River, NE

26. Weather pattern comparison
Average Annual Rainfall
Topeka KS inches
Omaha NE inches
Shiprock, NM inches
Kara

27. Flooding Comparisons Kansas River, KS >40000 cfs Elkhorn, NE
San Juan River, NM
>14000 cfs
Kara: year

28. Thank you
Kansas River, KS
San Juan River, NM