CuyahogaTDS: Stream Water Quality

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Stream Water Quality

Description

U.S. Geological Survey National Stream Quality Accounting Network (NASQAN) station: Cuyahoga River at Independence, Ohio (04208000).

Usage

CuyahogaTDS

Format

Data frame with 80 rows and 4 columns

Name	Type	Description
MONTH	integer	Month number
TIME	numeric	Sample collection time, in decimal years
TDS	integer	Total dissolved solids concentration, milligrams per liter
Q	integer	Streamflow, in cubic feet per second

Source

Appendix C9 in Helsel and Hirsch (2002).

References

Helsel, D.R., and Hirsch, R.M., 2002, Statistical methods in water resources: U.S. Geological Survey Techniques of Water-Resources Investigations, book 4, chap. A3, 522 p.

Examples

data(CuyahogaTDS)
# TDS concentration is inversely related to flow
with(CuyahogaTDS, plot(Q, TDS, log='xy'))

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