Download reservoir data (mkres)
The mkres program is used to download reservoir end-of-month stage from
the US Bureau of Reclamation web site and save the data in a suitable format.
The mkres program takes a year (or years) specified on the command line and
writes the output to the screen. The output can be redirected to a file.
Principles of Operation
The mkres program downloads the daily stage (Reservoir Forebay Elevation or
FB) in feet from the USBR website in ARC040 format from
http://www.usbr.gov/gp-bin/arc040_form.pl
for each of the seven reservoirs for each month. It selects the last stage for
the month. If this is not the last day of the month, a warning is printed. The
identifiers for each reservoir used in ARC040 is shown in the following table:
| Identifier | Name |
|---|
| BONC | Bonny Reservoir |
| EDNE | Enders Lake |
| HBNE | Hugh Butler Reservoir |
| HCNE | Harlan County Reservoir |
| HSNE | Harry Strunk Reservoir |
| KSKS | Keith Sebelius Reservoir |
| TRNE | Swanson Lake (Trenton Dam) |
Example: Download resevoir data for 2002
The monthly reservoir data for 2002 are directed to the filereservoir.new
mkres 2002 > reservoir.new
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