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Chesapeake Bay River Input Monitoring Network 1985-2017: Annual loads

Dates

Publication Date
Start Date
1984-10-01
End Date
2017-09-30

Citation

Moyer, D.L. and Blomquist, J.D., 2018, Nitrogen, phosphorus, and suspended-sediment loads and trends measured at the Chesapeake Bay River Input Monitoring stations: Water years 1985-2017, U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P96NUK3Q.

Summary

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 Network (RIM) stations for the period 1985 through 2017. 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.

Contacts

Point of Contact :
Douglas L Moyer, USGS Virginia and West Virginia Water Science Center
Originator :
Douglas L Moyer, Joel D Blomquist
Metadata Contact :
Douglas L Moyer, U.S. Geological Survey
Publisher :
U.S. Geological Survey
Distributor :
U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase
USGS Mission Area :
Ecosystems
SDC Data Owner :
Virginia and West Virginia Water Science Center

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RIM2017_AnnualLoadTab.csv
“Annual Load Data Table” 		163.57 KB text/csv
RIM_1985-2017_AnnualLoads.xml
“Annual Loads - Metadata File”
Original FGDC Metadata
View 		13.11 KB application/fgdc+xml

Purpose

The purpose of this dataset is to communicate the annual loads of nitrogen, phosphorus, and suspended sediment being generated in the nontidal portion of the major rivers in the bay watershed.

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