G. Lang
NOAA/GLERL
734-741-2250
gregory.lang@noaa.gov
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created 10/5/2005
LBRM_metadata.txt
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Data from: 
Tim Hunter
tim.hunter@noaa.gov
734-741-2344
Tom Croley
tom.croley@noaa.gov
734-741-2238
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The files ERI??_RUN.TXT contain daily modeled runoff (mm) from Tom Croley's Large Basin 
Runoff Model (LBRM) for each subbasin around Lake Erie as well as one for the entire 
land surface lumped together ("AL").  The 'lumped' file represents the weighted average 
of the 21 subbasins.  See the subbasin map.  The file summary.txt contains output from 
the MIDLAKES routing model, listing daily Detroit and Niagara River flows.
Keep in mind that ALL of this data is model output, not measured.  And the 
recent stuff should definitely be considered provisional.
File Format:
 ERInn_RUN.txt
 where nn = 01, 02, ... 21, AL
Period of Record:
 1948-2005
Header:
 Lake ERI  Subbasin 01
 Modeled Daily Runoff (millimeters over the land surface)  - from GLERL LBRM
 YYYY/MM  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
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To convert daily modeled runoff (mm) to flow (cubic meters per second), multiply by area (sq meters) and 
divide by 1000 (mm per meter) and by 86400 (sec per day).

runoff (mm/day) * area (m2)
---------------------------  = m3/sec
 1000 mm/m * 86400 sec/day