Adjustment of regional regression models of urban-runoff quality using data for Chattanooga, Knoxville, and Nashville, Tennessee
Water-Resources Investigations Report
95-4140
By: Anne B. Hoos and Anant R. Patel
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Abstract
Model-adjustment procedures were applied to the combined data bases of storm-runoff quality for Chattanooga, Knoxville, and Nashville, Tennessee, to improve predictive accuracy for storm-runoff quality for urban watersheds in these three cities and throughout Middle and East Tennessee. Data for 45 storms at 15 different sites (five sites in each city) constitute the data base. Comparison of observed values of storm-runoff load and event-mean concentration to the predicted values from the regional regression models for 10 constituents shows prediction errors, as large as 806,000 percent. Model-adjustment procedures, which combine the regional model predictions with local data, are applied to improve predictive accuracy. Standard error of estimate after model adjustment ranges from 67 to 322 percent. Calibration results may be biased due to sampling error in the Tennessee data base. The relatively large values of standard error of estimate for some of the constituent models, although representing significant reduction (at least 50 percent) in prediction error compared to estimation with unadjusted regional models, may be unacceptable for some applications. The user may wish to collect additional local data for these constituents and repeat the analysis, or calibrate an independent local regression model.
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Hoos, A.B., Patel, A.R., 1996, Adjustment of regional regression models of urban-runoff quality using data for Chattanooga, Knoxville, and Nashville, Tennessee: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 95-4140, iv, 12 p. :ill ;28 cm., https://doi.org/10.3133/wri954140.
| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | Adjustment of regional regression models of urban-runoff quality using data for Chattanooga, Knoxville, and Nashville, Tennessee |
| Series title | Water-Resources Investigations Report |
| Series number | 95-4140 |
| DOI | 10.3133/wri954140 |
| Year Published | 1996 |
| Language | ENGLISH |
| Publisher | U.S. Geological Survey ; Earth Science Information Center, Open-File Report Section [distributor], |
| Description | iv, 12 p. :ill ;28 cm. |