Nutrient balances, river loads, and a counterfactual analysis to determine drivers of Mississippi River nitrogen and phosphorus loads between 1975 and 2017

This dataset consists of input and output datasets for estimating trends in river loads using the Weighted Regressions on Time Season and Discharge (WRTDS) model. The input datasets includes a discharge datafile and concentration datafiles for 6 water quality constituents: Total Phosphorus, Total Nitrogen, Nitrate plus Nitrite, Ammonium, Orthophosphate and Suspended Sediment. The period of record for the water quality data is from 1975 to 2017. The concentration and discharge data are for one site, the Mississippi River Outflow site, which is based on concentration data from USGS site 07373420, Mississippi River near St. Francisville, LA, and the discharge data are the sum of US Army Corps of Engineers Sites 01100 (Tarbert Landing) and 02600 (Old River Outflow) . Output dataset has the annual WRTDS estimates for time period 1975 to 2017 for all six constituents.

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  "010:12"
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  "geospatial"
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