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Kansas Real-Time Water Quality

USGS station:

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Constituent:
Time period:
Model Form:

Model Form #1

Cl = - 112 + 0.203 SC + 25.7 log10(Q)

where:

Model Archive Summary

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

Model Calibration

Basic Data

Number of measurements: 131
Mean squared error: 207.0721
Multiple R2: 0.9419
Bias correction (smearing) factor: 1

Explanatory Variables

VariableValueStandard error
Intercept-1129.5484
SC 0.2030.0058
log10(Q) 25.72.6079

Correlation Matrix

InterceptSC log10(Q)
Intercept1-0.9065-0.9622
SC -0.906510.7902
log10(Q) -0.96220.79021

Reference

Notes

Old model used through 2006.