USGS Scientific Investigations Report 2010–5203  - Use of Acoustic Backscatter and Vertical Velocity to Estimate Concentration and Dynamics of Suspended Solids in Upper Klamath Lake, South-Central Oregon: Implications for Aphanizomenon flos-aquae 

Scientific Investigations Report 2010–5203 

Prepared in cooperation with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 

Use of Acoustic Backscatter and Vertical Velocity to Estimate Concentration and Dynamics of Suspended Solids in Upper Klamath Lake, South-Central Oregon: Implications for Aphanizomenon flos-aquae

By Tamara M. Wood and Jeffrey W. Gartner 

Tables

Table 1. Correlation coefficients between vertical velocities and horizontal currents and air temperature, Upper Klamath Lake, south-central Oregon. 

Table 2. Correlations of computed suspended solids concentrations (SSC) at ADCP sites with chlorophyll a and dissolved oxygen at water quality sites, Upper Klamath Lake, south-central Oregon. 

Table 3. Average mass and average daily range in mass of suspended solids at ADCP sites, Upper Klamath Lake, south-central Oregon.  

Table 4. Correlation coefficients between the depth-integrated computed suspended solids concentrations (SSC) at ADCP sites and depth-integrated horizontal currents at the same site, or air temperature as measured at site WMR-MET, Upper Klamath Lake, south-central Oregon.  

First posted March 16, 2011

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