Skip to main content
  1. ScienceBase Catalog
  2. USGS Caribbean-Florida Water Science Center
  3. Public Data Releases 2018
  4. Data for the Hydrologic and Water-Quality Characterization of Caño Boquerón, Cabo Rojo, and Puerto Mosquito, Isla de Vieques, Puerto Rico, July 2015-July 2016
  5. Daily rainfall collected at Caño Boquerón, Cabo Rojo and Puerto Mosquito, Isla de Vieques, Puerto Rico, July 1, 2015 to July 28, 2016

Daily rainfall collected at Caño Boquerón, Cabo Rojo and Puerto Mosquito, Isla de Vieques, Puerto Rico, July 1, 2015 to July 28, 2016

Dates

Publication Date
Start Date
2015-07-01
End Date
2016-07-28

Citation

Gómez-Fragoso, J.M., and Santiago-Saez, J.A., 2018, Daily rainfall collected at Caño Boquerón, Cabo Rojo and Puerto Mosquito, Isla de Vieques, Puerto Rico, July 1, 2015 to July 28, 2016: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F7WH2P6K.

Summary

The dataset includes daily rainfall collected at Puerto Mosquito, Isla de Vieques and Caño Boquerón, Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico from July 1, 2015 to July 28, 2016. Two rain gages were installed at: 1) USGS stations: 50129935 - Caño Boquerón No. 3, and 2) 50231500 - Laguna Bahía Puerto Mosquito No. 1. Site inspections of both rain gages occurred at 6-weeks intervals. Further details regarding the calibration, equipment, and data processing are available in the USGS National Information System (NWIS).

Contacts

Point of Contact :
Julieta M. Gómez-Fragoso, U.S. Geological Survey, Caribbean-Florida Water Science Center
Originator :
Julieta M. Gómez-Fragoso, José A. Santiago-Saez
Metadata Contact :
Julieta M. Gómez-Fragoso, U.S. Geological Survey
Publisher :
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
Distributor :
U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase

Attached Files

Click on title to download individual files attached to this item.

dailyrainfall_CBoqueron_PMosquito.xml
Original FGDC Metadata
View 		11.04 KB application/fgdc+xml
dailyrainfall_data.xlsx 15.23 KB application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet

Purpose

The purpose of this dataset was to estimate the amount of freshwater entering Caño Boquerón, Cabo Rojo, and Puerto Mosquito, Vieques directly from rainfall and indirectly from rainfall runoff (inflow). Estimates of the inflow into both lagoons as surface-water runoff were completed using the rainfall-runoff ratio described by Giusti and López (1967). Both surface-water bodies have intermittent inflows; however substantial runoff may occur during some rainfall events. Reference: Giusti, E., V., and López, M. A., 1967, Climate and streamflow of Puerto Rico, Caribbean Journal of Science, Vol. 7 No. 3-4.

Map

Map Preview

Communities

  • USGS Caribbean-Florida Water Science Center

Tags

Provenance

Data source
Input directly

Item Actions

View Item as ...

JSON ATOM ISO XML

Save Item as ...

JSON FGDC MODS XML ISO XML

View Item...

Metrics