| Abstract: | Time-series models were constructed for analysis of daily runoff and sediment discharge data from selected rivers of the Eastern United States. Logarithmic transformation and first-order differencing of the data sets were necessary to produce second-order, stationary time series and remove seasonal trends.
Cyclic models accounted for less than 42 percent of the variance in the water series and 31 percent in the sediment series. Analysis of the apparent oscillations of given frequencies occurring in the data indicates that frequently occurring storms can account for as much as 50 percent of the variation in sediment discharge.
Components of the frequency analysis indicate that a linear representation is reasonable for the water-sediment system. Models that incorporate lagged water discharge as input prove superior to univariate techniques in modeling and prediction of sediment discharges. The random component of the models includes errors in measurement and model hypothesis and indicates no serial correlation. An index of sediment production within or between drain-gage basins can be calculated from model parameters. |
| Genre: | USGS Numbered Series |
| ProdID: | 1348 |
| Citation Author: | Fitzgerald, Michael G.; Karlinger, Michael R. |
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| Citation Phsyical Description: | vi, 24 p. :ill., 1 map ;27 cm. |
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| Citation Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey, |
| Citation Series: | Water Supply Paper |
| Citation Series Code: | WSP |
| Citation Series Number: | 2216 |
| Citation Search Results Text: | Daily water and sediment discharges from selected rivers of the eastern United States; a time-series modeling approach; 1983; WSP; 2216; Fitzgerald, Michael G.; Karlinger, Michael R. |
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| Citation Year: | 1983 |
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| Text: | Daily water and sediment discharges from selected rivers of the eastern United States; a time-series modeling approach; 1983; WSP; 2216; Fitzgerald, Michael G.; Karlinger, Michael R. |
| URL (THUMBNAIL): | http://pubs.usgs.gov/wsp/2216/report-thumb.jpg |
| URL (DOCUMENT): | http://pubs.usgs.gov/wsp/2216/report.pdf |
| Date Other: | Sat, 1 Jan 1994 00:00 -0600 |
| Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey, |
