Surrogate Measures for Providing High Frequency Estimates of Total Suspended Solids and Total Phosphorus Concentrations

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 239-253

  Jones, Amber Spackman ^a   Stevens, David K ^a   Horsburgh, Jeffery S ^a   Mesner, Nancy O ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Monitoring; Regression; Surface water quality; Surrogate measures; Suspended sediment; Total phosphorus; Turbidity

Indexed keywords

BASEFLOWS; BROAD APPLICATION; CENSORED DATA; EXPLANATORY VARIABLES; HIGH FREQUENCY; HIGH FREQUENCY TIME SERIES; HYDROLOGIC CONDITIONS; HYDROLOGICAL CONDITION; IN-SITU; MONITORING APPROACH; MONITORING LOCATIONS; REGRESSION; RIVER WATERSHEDS; SITE-SPECIFIC; SNOWMELT; SURROGATE MEASURES; TOTAL PHOSPHORUS; TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLIDS; TSS CONCENTRATION; WATER QUALITY CHARACTERISTICS; WATER QUALITY MEASUREMENT;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; LANDFORMS; MONITORING; PHOSPHORUS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS; SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS; TIME SERIES; TURBIDITY; WATER POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

SURFACE WATERS;

BASEFLOW; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATA SET; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PHOSPHORUS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RIVER BASIN; SAMPLING; SEMIARID REGION; SNOWMELT; SURFACE WATER; SURROGATE METHOD; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TURBIDITY; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

LITTLE BEAR BASIN; UNITED STATES; UTAH;

EID: 79953050403     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: 17521688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2010.00505.x     Document Type: Article

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