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<br />'1 <br /> <br />Results <br /> <br />While thermal monitoring at various locations began in 1990, data from some stations <br />was inconsistent and incomplete, Data from some of the primary long-term stations from <br />1994 to present are shown in Figure 5. <br /> <br /> III I I i I malQ <br /> I 0 I <br /> 11 I I 14QlDQ <br /> 0 ~- I r--- i <br /> I I 0 I <br /> ----f--- <br /> 11 1llOa <br /> V -f 14IllXlO <br />a- II 11lllJIlI <br />I 11 lmlQ I <br />J 14 90llllQ I <br />11 IIllQllll <br />11 =1 <br />f n <br />11 IlOllllllj <br />j <br />S 40l10ll <br /> B ilOlIOll <br /> 7 IlOllQll <br /> B 1OlIOll <br /> B Q <br /> Q1)()TllIl Q1)()TlM Ql)OT9ll Ql)OTIIll Ql)OTlI7 Ql)OTIlB Ql)OT9lI Ql)OTQll <br /> -A-1I - AQQQ -AQIl1 - AlIll7 -A1l4 -AllllB -QOQ <br /> <br />~.~ <br /> <br />.. <br />~ <br />,. <br /> <br />'. , <br /> <br />Figure 5 Mean weekly temperature In GraDd CaDyoL Discharge is shOWD ill black. <br /> <br />Figure 5 shows dramatic warming in Grand Canyon in WY 2000 due to the steady 8000 <br />cfs flows that were released for much of the summer, Figure 6 shows WY 2000 data in <br />greater detail. This figure shows a large increase in temperature at downstream stations <br />when releases reached 8000 cfs on June 1, 2000. By the middle of June 2000, warming <br />above dam releaes at Diamond Creek of 10.0 deg C (0.026 deg CIkm) was recorded with <br />an average flow level of 8000 cfs. This translates to an average distance of 39 kIn for <br />each degree C of warmifig (38.8 kmIdeg C), by dividing the distance from Diamond <br />Creek (388 kIn) by the amount of warming, (Data collected since July 2000 has not yet <br />been retrieved and will be added to this report when available.) <br /> <br />By comparison, Figure 7 displays warming patterns during WY 1997, when average <br />discharge during the middle of June 1997 was 26000 cfs and 4.9 deg C (0.0127 deg <br />CIkm) of warming at Diamond Creek was achieved, about 50% lower than WY 2000 <br />rates. This corresponds to an average distance of 79 kIn for each degree C of warming <br /> <br />~~ <br />it <br />'. <br /> <br />10/25/00 <br /> <br />DRAFT <br /> <br />9 <br />