Calculation of a Suspended-Sediment Concentration-Turbidity Regression Model and Flood-Ebb Suspended-Sediment Concentration Differentials From Marshes Near Stone Harbor and Thompsons Beach, New Jersey, 2018–19 and 2022–23

Data Report 1193
Coastal/Marine Hazards and Resources Program
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    • USGS data release - Time-series measurements of oceanographic and water quality data collected at Thompsons Beach and Stone Harbor, New Jersey, USA, September 2018 to September 2019 and March 2022 to May 2023
    • USGS data release - Supplementary data in support of oceanographic and water quality times-series measurements made at Thompsons Beach and Stone Harbor, NJ from September 2018 to February 2023
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Abstract

The U.S. Geological Survey collected water velocity and water quality data from salt marshes in Great Channel, southwest of Stone Harbor, New Jersey, and near Thompsons Beach, New Jersey, to evaluate restoration effectiveness after Hurricane Sandy and monitor postrestoration marsh health. Time series data of turbidity and water velocity were collected from 2018 to 2019 and 2022 to 2023 at both sites. Water samples were collected and analyzed for suspended-sediment concentration (SSC), which was used to derive a regression model to estimate a time series of SSC data from turbidity data. The SSC time series data were then combined with the water velocity data to calculate the flood-ebb SSC differential. This report presents the data collection methods, the repeated median regression model used to estimate SSC from turbidity, and the flood-ebb SSC differential calculations.

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De Meo, O.A., Bales, R.D., Ganju, N.K., Marsjanik, E.D., and Suttles, S.E., 2024, Calculation of a suspended-sediment concentration-turbidity regression model and flood-ebb suspended-sediment concentration differentials from marshes near Stone Harbor and Thompsons Beach, New Jersey, 2018–19 and 2022–23: U.S. Geological Survey Data Report 1193, 12 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/dr1193.

ISSN: 2771-9448 (online)

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Table of Contents

  • Abstract
  • Introduction
  • Sensor Deployment and Water Sample Collection
  • Laboratory Determination of Suspended-Sediment Concentration
  • Calculation of Suspended-Sediment Concentrations From Turbidity Values
  • Flood-Ebb Suspended-Sediment Concentration Differential
  • Summary
  • Acknowledgments
  • References Cited
Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Calculation of a suspended-sediment concentration-turbidity regression model and flood-ebb suspended-sediment concentration differentials from marshes near Stone Harbor and Thompsons Beach, New Jersey, 2018–19 and 2022–23
Series title Data Report
Series number 1193
DOI 10.3133/dr1193
Year Published 2024
Language English
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
Publisher location Reston, VA
Contributing office(s) Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Description Report: iv, 12 p.; 2 Data Releases
Country United States
State New Jersey
Online Only (Y/N) Y
Additional Online Files (Y/N) N
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