Tag Archives: tempe

What is the volume of Tempe Town Lake?

Posted on September 10, 2010 by The Gates of Lodore

Purpose River discharge (typically given the variable Q) is defined as volume of water per unit time. The volume component of discharge enables volume calculations, and I wondered if I could easily calculate Tempe Town Lake’s volume from stream gage … Continue reading →

Posted in investigations | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Stream gages and hydrographs

Posted on September 7, 2010 by The Gates of Lodore

In my ramblings about weather stations, I mentioned that stream gages are another type of automated data recorder that provide real-time data to the public. Stream gages record the height of the flowing water above a reference datum (such as … Continue reading →

Posted in investigations | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Dam Break

Posted on September 6, 2010 by The Gates of Lodore

Tempe Town Lake is a recreational lake that occupies the Salt River channel in Tempe, Arizona. Humans de-watered the naturally perennial Salt River in the mid 20th century due to diversion and groundwater pumping. Tempe sought to return the ugly … Continue reading →

Posted in investigations | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment