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Chesapeake Bay River Input Monitoring Network 1985-2023: Short- and long-term trends
Nitrogen, phosphorus, and suspended-sediment loads, and changes in loads, in major rivers across the Chesapeake Bay watershed have been calculated using monitoring data from the Chesapeake Bay River Input Monitoring (RIM) Network stations for the period 1985 through 2023. Nutrient and suspended-sediment loads and changes in loads were determined by applying a weighted regression approach called WRTDS (Weighted Regression on Time, Discharge, and Season). The load results represent the total mass of nitrogen, phosphorus, and suspended sediment that was exported from each of the RIM watersheds. To determine the trend in loads, the regular annual load (non-Kalman) results are flow normalized to integrate out the year-to-year variability in river discharge. The trend in load is derived from the flow-normalized load timeseries and represents the change in load resulting from changes in sources, delays associated with storage or transport of historical inputs, and (or) implemented management actions.
| Author(s) | Christopher A Mason, Alexander M Soroka |
| Publication Date | 2024-05-30 |
| Beginning Date of Data | 1984-10-01 |
| Ending Date of Data | 2023-09-30 |
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| DOI | https://doi.org/10.5066/P13QLXFP |
| Citation | Mason, C.A., and Soroka, A.M., 2024, Chesapeake Bay River Input Monitoring Network 1985-2023: Short- and long-term trends: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P13QLXFP. |
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| Metadata Date | 2024-05-30 |
| Related Publication | There was no related primary publication associated with this data release. |
| Citations of these data | No citations of these data are known at this time. |
| Access | public |
| License | http://www.usa.gov/publicdomain/label/1.0/ |
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