Track A - Water Resources Center - University of Minnesota
Track A - Water Resources Center - University of Minnesota
Track A - Water Resources Center - University of Minnesota
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Temporal Scale<br />
• What is best for regressions <strong>of</strong> groundwater-fed streams?<br />
• Pilgrim et al. (1998): 36 surface water streams and 3<br />
groundwater-fed streams across MN<br />
• monthly produces highest R 2 (Apr. – Oct.)<br />
• Time lags up to 7 days for rivers up to 15 ft deep (Stefan and<br />
Pred’homme, 1993)<br />
• R 2 for a sub-set <strong>of</strong> our streams<br />
• 0.56 at monthly scale, April – October data<br />
• 0.86 at weekly scale, year-round data<br />
• Number <strong>of</strong> data points<br />
• 431 monthly averages, Apr. – Oct.<br />
• 1734 weekly averages, year-round