Upper Washita river experimental watersheds: Data screening procedure for data quality assurance

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1250-1261

  Guzman, Jorge A ^a   Chu, Ma L ^b   Starks, Patrick J ^a   Moriasi, Daniel N ^a   Steiner, Jean L ^a   Fiebrich, Christopher A ^c   McCombs, Alexandria G ^c  

^a USDA ARS GRAZINGLANDS RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Waterborne Environmental Inc   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA PROCESSING; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RAIN; SUN; SYSTEMATIC ERRORS; TIME SERIES;

ANTHROPOGENIC STRESSORS; CALIBRATION PROTOCOLS; DETECTION AND IDENTIFICATIONS; DETECTION OF CHANGES; EXPERIMENTAL WATERSHEDS; NETWORK OPERATIONS; NON-STATIONARY CONDITION; OBSERVATION NETWORKS;

TESTING;

RAIN;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; DATA PROCESSING; DATA SCREENING PROCEDURE; HUMIDITY; HYDROLOGY; QUALITY CONTROL; RIVER; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SOLAR RADIATION; SYSTEMATIC ERROR; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTENT; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

EID: 84904704264     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: 15372537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2013.08.0325     Document Type: Article

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