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SS is computed suspended sediment, in milligrams per liter
TURB is turbidity, YSI model 6026, in formazin nephelometric units
Q is computed discharge, stage-discharge rating curve, in cubic feet per second
Model Archive Summary
The model archive summary for computed suspended sediment can be viewed in pdf form
here.
Model Calibration
Basic Data
Number of measurements:
47
Mean squared error:
0.04190209
Multiple R2:
0.9082
Bias correction (smearing) factor:
1.14088
Explanatory Variables
Variable
Value
Standard error
Intercept
0.185
0.1036
log10(TURB)
0.715
0.0787
log10(Q)
0.188
0.0651
Correlation Matrix
Intercept
log10(TURB)
log10(Q)
Intercept
1
-0.3875
-0.1645
log10(TURB)
-0.3875
1
-0.8313
log10(Q)
-0.1645
-0.8313
1
Reference
Christensen, V.G., Ziegler, A.C., Rasmussen, P.P., and Jian, Xiaodong, 2003, Continuous Real-Time Water-Quality Monitoring of Kansas Streams, in Proceedings of 2003 Spring Specialty Conference on Agricultural Hydrology and Water Quality, May 12-14, 2003, Kansas City, Missouri: Middleburg, Virginia, American Water Resources Association, AWRA Technical Publication Series No. TPS-03-1, compact disc.
Notes
This model is used to compute values at this station only from 1999 through 2006, the range of time when a 6026-model turbidity sensor was used.
Beginning in 2007, a 6136-model turibidty sensor was installed, resulting in a change to the model.
