A daily dataset containing precipitation, streamflow, potential evapotranspiration and average temperature for the Corin catchment (147 km²), ACT, Australia. The Corin catchment is the headwaters of the greater Cotter River catchment, which is a tributary to the Murrumbidgee River.

data("Corin")

Format

A zoo object of class "zooreg", "zoo". It is a regular time series indexed by days, in Date format. There are four columns:

  • P (precipitation, mm/day)

  • Q (streamflow, mm/day)

  • E (potential evapotranspiration, mm/day)

  • T (daily average temperature, ºC)

Source

Data obtained through the Australian Bureau of Meteorology Water Data web services API. Data owner: ACT - Icon Water Limited.

Details

  • Daily rainfall at Cotter Hut (ID: 570946).

  • Daily mean streamflow at Cotter River at Gingera (ID: 410730).

  • Daily Morton's potential ET calculated using Corin Dam (ID: 570947) weather station data.

  • Daily average temperature as measured at Corin Dam weather station (ID: 570947).

Examples

data(Corin)
summary(Corin)
#>      Index                  P                Q                E         
#>  Min.   :2016-01-01   Min.   : 0.000   Min.   :0.0088   Min.   : 0.160  
#>  1st Qu.:2016-12-31   1st Qu.: 0.000   1st Qu.:0.0999   1st Qu.: 2.740  
#>  Median :2017-12-31   Median : 0.000   Median :0.1681   Median : 3.910  
#>  Mean   :2017-12-31   Mean   : 2.352   Mean   :0.4353   Mean   : 4.456  
#>  3rd Qu.:2018-12-31   3rd Qu.: 0.940   3rd Qu.:0.3203   3rd Qu.: 6.000  
#>  Max.   :2019-12-31   Max.   :94.000   Max.   :8.3132   Max.   :11.590  
#>        T        
#>  Min.   : 0.10  
#>  1st Qu.: 6.30  
#>  Median :11.10  
#>  Mean   :11.51  
#>  3rd Qu.:16.30  
#>  Max.   :26.80  
xyplot(Corin)