Kansas Real-Time Water Quality

Kansas Real-Time Water Quality

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Model Form:

Model Form #3

log₁₀(SSR) = 0.143 + 1.1 log₁₀(TURB)

where:

SSR is computed suspended sediment, in milligrams per liter
TURB is turbidity, YSI EXO, in formazin nephelometric units

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:	22
Mean squared error:	0.00731025
Multiple R²:	0.98
Bias correction (smearing) factor:	1.02

Explanatory Variables

Variable	Value	Standard error
Intercept	0.143	0.0607
log₁₀(TURB)	1.1	0.031

Correlation Matrix

	Intercept	log₁₀(TURB)
Intercept	1	-0.954
log₁₀(TURB)	-0.954	1

Reference

Stone, M.L., and Klager, B.J., 2022, Documentation of models describing relations between continuous real-time and discrete water-quality constituents in the Little Arkansas River, south-central Kansas, 1998-2019: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2022-1010, 34 p.