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Funding to maintain the continuous water-quality monitor at this site ended on September 30, 2005.

Model Form #1

log₁₀(TP) = - 1.26 + 0.392 log₁₀(TURB)

where:

TP is computed total phosphorus, in milligrams per liter as phosphorus
TURB is turbidity, YSI model 6026, in formazin nephelometric units

Model Calibration

Basic Data

Number of measurements:	23
Mean squared error:	0.01077444
Multiple R²:	0.83
Bias correction (smearing) factor:	1.03

Explanatory Variables

Variable	Value	Standard error
Intercept	-1.26	0.0811
log₁₀(TURB)	0.392	0.0383

Correlation Matrix

	Intercept	log₁₀(TURB)
Intercept	1	-0.9637
log₁₀(TURB)	-0.9637	1

Reference

Rasmussen, T.J., Ziegler, A.C., and Rasmussen, P.P., 2005, Estimation of Constituent Concentrations, Densities, Loads, and Yields in Lower Kansas River, Northeast Kansas, Using Regression Models and Continuous Water-Quality Monitoring, January 2000 Through December 2003: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5165, 117 p.

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