Kansas Real-Time Water Quality

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Constituent:
Time period:
Model Form:

Model Form #1

log₁₀(TSS) = 0.011 + 0.943 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:	48
Mean squared error:	0.02944656
Multiple R²:	0.933
Bias correction (smearing) factor:	1.12666

Explanatory Variables

Variable	Value	Standard error
Intercept	0.011	0.0848
log₁₀(TURB)	0.943	0.0373

Correlation Matrix

	Intercept	log₁₀(TURB)
Intercept	1	-0.9564
log₁₀(TURB)	-0.9564	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.