Recorded data are available at a gauging site in Antakya, Turkey, for the period from 1984 to 2008.
Classical hydrological measurements provide only point data, for example at a weather station, a gauging station or a borehole.
They are not counting medals so much as gauging pride.
This Thursday's business investment numbers for the quarter will be crucial in gauging economists' forecasts.
But Dr. Chassin said the criteria used by his group were the best available for gauging performance.
In Newsweek, Richard N. Haass, president of the Council on Foreign Relations, offers a "fairway theory" for gauging friendliness toward the United States.
He has a reputation for andaj — the Bengali word for "estimate" — accurately gauging quantities that tend to baffle other cooks.
Other opponents of initial margin rules have been similarly vague when gauging factors that might reduce the burden.
April is an important month for gauging personal income tax, as many tax returns flood in around the April 15 deadline.
Mr. Bush did take on critics of his plan to regularly test students as a way of gauging school performance.
