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Uncertainty in Phosphorus Retention, Williams Fork Reservoir, Colorado
Author(s) -
LaBaugh James W.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
water resources research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.863
H-Index - 217
eISSN - 1944-7973
pISSN - 0043-1397
DOI - 10.1029/wr021i011p01684
Subject(s) - residual , phosphorus , environmental science , hydrology (agriculture) , fork (system call) , mathematics , chemistry , geology , geotechnical engineering , engineering , organic chemistry , mechanical engineering , algorithm
Uncertainties in the calculation of water and phosphorus budgets for a bottom‐withdrawal reservoir were determined for 1979–1982. Ungaged components of the water budget were estimated from the residual of measured terms. This residual accounted for less than 30% of total water input and for more than 45% of total phosphorus input in each year of the study. Uncertainty in phosphorus retention data was large because of uncertainty in the total phosphorus input, due to use of a residual term.