Kansas Real-Time Water Quality

Kansas Real-Time Water Quality

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Constituent:
Time period:
Model Form:

Model Form #3

log₁₀(HCO3) = - 0.409 + 0.984 log₁₀(SC)

where:

HCO3 is computed bicarbonate, in milligrams per liter as bicarbonate
SC is specific conductance at 25 degrees Celsius, in microsiemens per centimeter

Model Archive Summary

The model archive summary for computed bicarbonate can be viewed in pdf form here.

Model Calibration

Basic Data

Number of measurements:	135
Mean squared error:	0.00413449
Multiple R²:	0.94
Bias correction (smearing) factor:	1.01

Explanatory Variables

Variable	Value	Standard error
Intercept	-0.409	0.0611
log₁₀(SC)	0.984	0.0221

Correlation Matrix

	Intercept	log₁₀(SC)
Intercept	1	-0.996
log₁₀(SC)	-0.996	1

Reference

Stone, M.L., and Klager, B.J., 2022, Documentation of models describing relations between continuous real-time and discrete water-quality constituents in the Little Arkansas River, south-central Kansas, 1998-2019: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2022-1010, 34 p.