USGS Scientific Investigations Report 2011-5105  - Modeling Hydrodynamics, Water Temperature, and  Water Quality in the Klamath River Upstream of  Keno Dam, Oregon, 2006

Table 6. Range of measured values at calibration sites and goodness-of-fit statistics averaged over all calibration sites.  

[Abbreviations: °C, degrees Celsius; L, liter; m, meter; mg, milligram; mL, milliliter; µm, micrometer; <, less than; rl, reporting level] 

Constituent	Unit	Data type	Range of measured values	Year	Mean error	Mean absolute error	Root mean square error
Water temperature	°C	Hourly	0–28	2006	-0.01	0.54	0.69
				2007	0.06	0.64	0.78
				2008	0.17	0.63	0.80
				2009	-0.17	0.58	0.72
Dissolved oxygen	mg/L	Hourly	0–20	2006	0.12	1.12	1.57
				2007	0.51	1.30	1.84
				2008	-0.19	1.01	1.47
				2009	-0.66	1.30	1.77
Ammonia	mg/L	Grab	<rl–1.7	2007	0.05	0.12	0.17
				2008	-0.08	0.21	0.25
Nitrate	mg/L	Grab	<rl–0.8	2007	0.01	0.03	0.03
				2008	0.01	0.03	0.03
Particulate nitrogen	mg/L	Grab	0.06–4.0	2007	-0.18	0.28	0.48
				2008	-0.15	0.24	0.38
Total nitrogen	mg/L	Grab	0.6–5.9	2007	0.11	0.41	0.58
				2008	-0.03	0.38	0.48
Orthophosphorus	mg/L	Grab	0.01–0.27	2007	0.01	0.03	0.05
				2008	0.00	0.03	0.03
Total phosphorus	mg/L	Grab	0.06–0.50	2007	0.00	0.05	0.07
				2008	0.00	0.04	0.05
Blue-green algae	µm³/mL	Grab	0–113×10⁶	2007	-3.3×10⁶	7.5×10⁶	14.9×10⁶
				2008	0.5×10⁶	3.6×10⁶	5.8×10⁶
Particulate carbon	mg/L	Grab	0.5–18	2007	0.15	1.44	2.26
				2008	0.61	1.38	1.96
Dissolved organic carbon	mg/L	Grab	5–14	2007	0.36	0.75	1.15
				2008	-0.19	0.65	0.81