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Model Archive Summary for Suspended-Sediment Concentration at U.S. Geological Survey Site 385903107210800; Muddy Creek above Paonia Reservoir, Colorado

Dates

Publication Date
Start Date
2013-08-29

Citation

Richards, R.J., and Day, N.K., 2020, Surrogate regression models for computation of time series suspended-sediment concentrations at Muddy Creek above Paonia Reservoir, Anthracite Creek above mouth near Somerset, and North Fork Gunnison below Raven Gulch near Somerset, Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9USKIRP.

Summary

This model archive summary documents the suspended-sediment concentration (SSC) model developed to estimate 15-minute SSC at Muddy Creek above Paonia Reservoir, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) site number 385903107210800. The methods used follow USGS guidance as referenced in relevant Office of Surface Water Technical Memorandum (TM) 2016.07 and Office of Water Quality TM 2016.10, and USGS Techniques and Methods, book 3, chap. C5 (Landers and others, 2016). A total of 438 suspended-sediment samples were collected during the calibration period. Forty-one of these samples (22 equal-width-interval [EWI] samples and 19 single-point pump samples) were used in the model calibration dataset. These 41 samples were collected over the range of [...]

Contacts

Originator :
Rodney J Richards, Natalie K Day
Metadata Contact :
Sharon L Qi
Point of Contact :
Rodney J Richards
Publisher :
U.S. Geological Survey
Distributor :
U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase

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MuddySusSedData_Calibration.csv 2.15 KB text/csv
Muddy_SusSedModelSummary.pdf 510.76 KB application/pdf

Purpose

The model was developed to quantify suspended-sediment transport and provide high-resolution suspended-sediment concentration data that can assist in reservoir management strategies.

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