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https://hdl.handle.net/11681/4509| Title: | Empirical Methods for Predicting Eutrophication in Impoundments. Report 2, Phase II, Model Testing |
| Authors: | Walker, William W. Environmental Laboratory (U.S.) |
| Keywords: | Data bases Models Eutrophication Predictions Impoundments Reservoirs Mathematical models Numerical models Water quality |
| Publisher: | U.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station |
| Series/Report no.: | Technical Report (U.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station) ; no. E-81-9 Rept.2 Phase 2 |
| Abstract: | Methods for predicting eutrophication and related water quality effects are required to aid in the design and operation of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (CE) reservoirs in ways compatible with water quality and use objectives. In many instances, simple empirical techniques are favored over complex simulation models because they require less extensive data. This report compiles existing empirical techniques and model structures from the literature and evaluates them using an extensive data base describing 299 CE reservoirs. Models evaluated were designed to predict phosphorus and chlorophyll-a concentration, transparency, and hypolimnetic oxygen depletion. Models are tested herein with both original and optimized parameter estimates. Residuals (errors) and parameter stability are analyzed to assess model generality and regional influences. The needs for restructuring models to improve generality and/or reduce prediction error are outlined. A model network relating reservoir-average water quality conditions to external loadings is presented and tested using independent data sets compiled from the literature. Empirical eutrophication models, it is found, can be adapted for use for reservoirs, with expected errors which are similar in magnitude to those reported in global studies of natural lakes. The first report in this series, Technical Report E-81-9, is entitled "Empirical Methods for Predicting Eutrophication in Impoundments; Report 1, Phase I: Data Base Development." NOTE: This file is very large. Allow your browser several minutes to download the file |
| Description: | Technical Report |
| Gov't Doc #: | Technical Report E-81-9 Report 2 |
| Rights: | Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/11681/4509 |
| Size: | 391 pages / 11.19Mb |
| Types of Materials: | PDF/A |
| Appears in Collections: | Technical Report |
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