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Kansas Real-Time Water Quality

USGS station:

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Constituent:
Time period:
Model Form:

Model Form #1

SO4 = 0.1 + 0.0592 SC

where:

Model Archive Summary

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

Model Calibration

Basic Data

Number of measurements: 131
Mean squared error: 35.485849
Multiple R2: 0.9244
Bias correction (smearing) factor: 1

Explanatory Variables

VariableValueStandard error
Intercept0.11.084
SC 0.05920.0015

Correlation Matrix

InterceptSC
Intercept1-0.8762
SC -0.87621

Reference

Notes

sign of intercept does not match cited model, which is given as: SO4 = 0.0592SC + 1.00. Old model used through 2006.