Kansas Real-Time Water Quality

Kansas Real-Time Water Quality

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Funding to maintain the continuous water-quality monitor at this site ended on December 31, 2004.

Model Form #1

TIN = - 1.33 - 0.14 TEMP + 0.69 PH

where:

TIN is computed diss. nitrate + nitrite, in milligrams per liter as nitrogen
TEMP is water temperature, in degrees Celsius
PH is pH, in standard units

Model Calibration

Basic Data

Number of measurements:	12
Mean squared error:	0.58232161
Multiple R²:	0.63
Bias correction (smearing) factor:	1

Explanatory Variables

Variable	Value	Standard error
Intercept	-1.33	2.8744
TEMP	-0.14	0.0458
PH	0.69	0.3319

Correlation Matrix

	Intercept	TEMP	PH
Intercept	1	-0.4239	-0.9517
TEMP	-0.4239	1	0.1358
PH	-0.9517	0.1358	1

Reference

Mau, D.P., Ziegler, A.C., Porter, S.D., and Pope, L.M., 2004, Surface-Water-Quality Conditions and Relation to Taste-and-Odor Occurrences in the Lake Olathe Watershed, Northeast Kansas, 2000-02: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2004-5047, 95 p.