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Scientific Investigations Report 2009-5184

Water Budgets for Coeur d’Alene Lake, Idaho, Water Years 2000–2005

Conversion Factors, Datums, and Abbreviations and Acronyms

Conversion Factors

Inch/Pound to SI

Multiply By To obtain
Length
inch (in.) 2.54 centimeter (cm)
foot (ft) 0.3048 meter (m)
mile (mi) 1.609 kilometer (km)
Area
acre 4,047 square meter (m2)
square mile (mi2) 2.590 square kilometer (km2)
Volume
cubic foot (ft3) 0.02832 cubic meter (m3)
acre-foot (acre-ft) 1,233 cubic meter (m3)
Flow rate
acre-foot per year (acre-ft/yr) 1,233 cubic meter per year (m3/yr)
cubic foot per second (ft3/s) 0.02832 cubic meter per second (m3/s)
cubic foot per year (ft3/yr) 0.02832 cubic meter per year (m3/yr)
gallon per day (gal/d) 0.003785 cubic meter per day (m3/d)
inch per month (in/month) 30.48 centimeter per year (cm/yr)
Pressure
atmosphere, standard (atm) 101.3 kilopascal (kPa)

SI to Inch/Pound

Multiply By To obtain
Length
meter (m) 3.281 foot (ft)
Flow rate
meter per second (m/s) 3.281 foot per second (ft/s)
millimeter per day (mm/d) 0.03937 inch per day (in/d)
Density
kilogram per cubic meter (kg/m3) 0.06242 pound per cubic foot (lb/ft3)
Energy
megajoules per kilogram (MJ/kg) 0.126 kilowatt-hours per pound (kWh/lb)

Datums

Vertical coordinate information is referenced to the North American Datum of 1988 (NAVD 88).

Horizontal coordinate information is referenced to the North American Datum of 1983 (NAD 83).

Temperature in degrees Celsius (°C) may be converted to degrees Fahrenheit (°F) as follows:

°F=(1.8×°C)+32.

Abbreviations and Acronyms


GPCD gallon per capita per day
IDWR Idaho Department of Water Resources
NWS National Weather Service
SVRP Spokane Valley-Rathdrum Prairie
USGS U.S. Geological Survey
WWTF wastewater treatment facility

For additional information contact:

Director, Idaho Water Science Center
U.S. Geological Survey
230 Collins Road
Boise, Idaho 83702
http://id.water.usgs.gov

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