Kansas Real-Time Water Quality

Kansas Real-Time Water Quality

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Funding to maintain the continuous water-quality monitor at this site ended on December 31, 2003.

Model Form #1

log₁₀(TSS) = 0.348 + 0.818 log₁₀(TURB)

where:

TSS is computed total suspended solids, in milligrams per liter
TURB is turbidity, YSI model 6026, in formazin nephelometric units

Model Calibration

Basic Data

Number of measurements:	18
Mean squared error:	0.02418025
Multiple R²:	0.825
Bias correction (smearing) factor:	1.057

Explanatory Variables

Variable	Value	Standard error
Intercept	0.348	0.182567
log₁₀(TURB)	0.818	0.0942463

Correlation Matrix

	Intercept	log₁₀(TURB)
Intercept	1	-0.979635
log₁₀(TURB)	-0.979635	1

Reference

Christensen, V.G., 2001, Characterization of Surface-Water Quality Based on Real-Time Monitoring and Regression Analysis, Quivira National Wildlife Refuge, South-Central Kansas, December 1998 Through June 2001: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 01-4248, 28 p.