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Virginia Real-Time Water Quality

Virginia Regression Models, by Publication Source

Hyer, K.E., Jastram, J.D., Moyer, D.L., Webber, J.S., and Chanat, J.G., 2015, Evaluation and Application of Regional Turbidity-Sediment Regression Models in Virginia.

Station Constituent Model Form n R2 BCF Standard Errors of Coefficeints Correlation Matrix Lower-Left
01632900 Suspended sediment ln(SSR) = 0.7981 + 0.8657 ln(TURB) 84 0.87 1.34 0.112, 0.037 -0.0032
01646000 Suspended sediment ln(SSR) = 0.094 + 1.015 ln(TURB) 71 0.9 1.32 0.129, 0.041 -0.0043
01654000 Suspended sediment ln(SSR) = 0.4316 + 0.9958 ln(TURB) 34 0.93 1.16 0.195, 0.049 -0.0084
01673000 Suspended sediment ln(SSR) = 0.3237 + 1.002 ln(TURB) 184 0.88 1.11 0.082, 0.028 -0.0021
02035000 Suspended sediment ln(SSR) = 0.771 + 0.898 ln(TURB) 184 0.89 1.27 0.071, 0.024 -0.0013
03524740 Suspended sediment ln(SSR) = 0.5066 + 0.9794 ln(TURB) 24 0.89 1.23 0.229, 0.071 -0.0134

John D. Jastram, Carl E. Zipper, Lucian W. Zelazny and Kenneth E. Hyer, 2010, Increasing Precision of Turbidity-Based Suspended Sediment Concentration and Load Estimates.

Station Constituent Model Form n R2 BCF Standard Errors of Coefficeints Correlation Matrix Lower-Left
02054750 Suspended sediment log(SS) = 0.2012 + 0.9863 log(TURB) 21 0.92 1.03 0.33612, 0.06429 -0.987742

John D. Jastram, Douglas L. Moyer, and Kenneth E. Hyer, 2009, A Comparison of Turbidity-Based and Streamflow-Based Estimates of Suspended-Sediment Concentrations in Three Chesapeake Bay Tributaries.

Station Constituent Model Form n R2 BCF Standard Errors of Coefficeints Correlation Matrix Lower-Left
02035000 Suspended sediment log(SS) = - 4.87 + 0.583 log(TURB) + 0.7035 log(Q) 69 0.92 1.18 1.0027, 0.07976, 0.13159 0.845691, -0.993263, -0.895284

Jastram, J.D., 2014, Streamflow, Water Quality, and Aquatic Macroinvertebrates of Selected Streams in Fairfax County, Virginia, 2007–12: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2014–5073, 68 p.

Station Constituent Model Form n R2 BCF Standard Errors of Coefficeints Correlation Matrix Lower-Left
01645704 Total phosphorous ln(TPR) = - 4.813 + 0.547 ln(TURB) + 0.107 ln(Q) 187 0.84 1.2 0.096, 0.043, 0.051 -0.0001, -0.002, -0.002
01645704 Suspended sediment ln(SSR) = 0.445 + 0.867 ln(TURB) + 0.274 ln(Q) 205 0.91 1.36 0.113, 0.048, 0.056 -0.0004, -0.002, -0.002
01645762 Total phosphorous ln(TPR) = - 4.854 + 0.605 ln(TURB) + 0.15 ln(Q) 199 0.85 1.22 0.102, 0.036, 0.043 -0.002, -0.001, -0.0013
01645762 Suspended sediment ln(SSR) = 0.321 + 0.804 ln(TURB) + 0.438 ln(Q) 212 0.93 1.3 0.111, 0.039, 0.044 -0.003, 0.001, -0.001
01646305 Total phosphorous ln(TPR) = - 3.804 + 0.47 ln(TURB) + 0.091 ln(Q) 206 0.85 1.13 0.072, 0.034, 0.037 -0.001, 0.0006, -0.002
01646305 Suspended sediment ln(SSR) = 0.889 + 0.636 ln(TURB) + 0.426 ln(Q) 233 0.88 1.38 0.112, 0.049, 0.053 -0.003, 0.001, -0.002
01656903 Total phosphorous ln(TPR) = - 3.142 + 0.412 ln(TURB) - 0.021 ln(Q) 201 0.65 1.19 0.091, 0.044, 0.045 -0.001, -0.0005, -0.002
01656903 Suspended sediment ln(SSR) = - 0.257 + 0.911 ln(TURB) + 0.3 ln(Q) 242 0.91 1.25 0.112, 0.049, 0.047 -0.002, -0.0003, -0.002

Rasmussen, P.P., Gray, J.R., Glysson, G.D., and Ziegler, A.Z., 2009, Guidelines and Procedures for Computing Time-Series Suspended-Sediment Concentrations and Loads from In-Stream Turbidity-Sensor and Streamflow Data: U.S. Geological Survey Techniques and Methods book 3, chap. C4, 53 p.

Station Constituent Model Form n R2 BCF Standard Errors of Coefficeints Correlation Matrix Lower-Left
0205551460 Suspended sediment ln(SSR) = 1.208 + 0.894 ln(TURB) 72 0.91 1.05 0.152, 0.033 -0.0049