Kansas Real-Time Water Quality

Kansas Real-Time Water Quality

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Constituent:
Time period:
Model Form:

Model Form #1

log₁₀(TSS) = 0.261 + 1 log₁₀(TURB)

where:

TSS is computed total suspended solids, in milligrams per liter
TURB is turbidity, YSI model 6136, in formazin nephelometric units

Model Calibration

Basic Data

Number of measurements:	22
Mean squared error:	0.04141225
Multiple R²:	0.95
Bias correction (smearing) factor:	1.1

Explanatory Variables

Variable	Value	Standard error
Intercept	0.261	0.1033
log₁₀(TURB)	1	0.0502

Correlation Matrix

	Intercept	log₁₀(TURB)
Intercept	1	-0.9076
log₁₀(TURB)	-0.9076	1

Reference

Rasmussen, T.J., Lee, C.J., and Ziegler, A.C., 2008, Estimation of Constituent Concentrations, Loads, and Yields in Streams of Johnson County, Northeast Kansas, Using Continuous Water-Quality Monitoring and Regression Models, October 2002 through December 2006: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2008-5014, 103 p.

Notes

does not match cited model, which is: logTSS = 1.03log(Turb, YSI 6136)+0.194