MenomineeMajorIons: Stream Water Quality

In USGS-R/smwrData: Example hydrologic data to support statistical methods in water resources

Stream Water Quality

Description

Concentrations of selected major ions in the Menominee River near McAllister, Wisconsin, USGS station number 04067500.

Usage

MenomineeMajorIons

Format

Data frame with 37 rows and 25 columns

Name	Type	Description
agency.cd	character	Agency code
site.no	character	USGS station number
sample.dt	Date	Sample date
medium.cd	character	Sample medium code
CO3.rmk	character	Remark code for carbonate concentration
CO3	numeric	Carbonate concentration
HCO3.rmk	character	Remark code for bicarbonate concentration
HCO3	numeric	Bicarbonate concentration
Nitrate.rmk	character	Remark code for nitrate concentration
Nitrate	numeric	Nitrate concentration
Calcium.rmk	character	Remark code for calcium concentration
Calcium	numeric	Calcium concentration
Magnesium.rmk	character	Remark code for magnesium concentration
Magnesium	numeric	Magnesium concentration
Sodium.rmk	character	Remark code for sodium concentration
Sodium	numeric	Sodium concentration
Potassium.rmk	character	Remark code for potassium concentration
Potassium	numeric	Potassium concentration
Chloride.rmk	character	Remark code for chloride concentration
Chloride	numeric	Chloride concentration
Sulfate.rmk	character	Remark code for sulfate concentration
Sulfate	numeric	Sulfate concentration
Fluoride.rmk	character	Remark code for fluoride concentration
Fluoride	numeric	Fluoride concentration
season	factor	Season

Note: all concentrations are in milligrams per liter as the constituent, except nitrate concentrations are in milligrams per liter as nitrogen.

Source

Data retrieved from NWISWeb (http://nwis.waterdata.usgs.gov/wi/nwis/qw) on 2002-12-30. Data were rearranged and columns renamed to the current format.

Examples

data(MenomineeMajorIons)
# Create a scatter plot matrix of the major anions
# Nitrate and Fluoride have censored values and single high values that do not plot well
pairs(MenomineeMajorIons[,c("HCO3", "Chloride", "Sulfate")])

USGS-R/smwrData documentation built on Oct. 18, 2022, 9:56 a.m.