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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 May 28.
Published in final edited form as: J Adv Model Earth Syst. 2021 May 28;13(6):10.1029/2020ms002284. doi: 10.1029/2020ms002284

Table 7.

Monthly TSS, TN and TP Calibration and Validation Statistics

Calibration (1997–2016)
 Validation (1975–1996)
Variable Calibration points R2 NSE PBIAS R2 NSE PBIAS
TSS Sidney 0.55 0.24 −13.6 0.57 0.56 21.1
Sioux 0.56 0.45 −20.7 0.18 −0.31 11.6
Omaha 0.4 −0.25 −20.3 0.3 0.12 27.9
TN Sidney 0.6 −0.13 −28.8 0.68 0.6 29.2
Desoto 0.59 0.33 −28.1 0.74 0.69 26.8
Hermann 0.69 0.67 12.2 0.68 0.65 17.7
TP Sidney 0.57 0.56 −4.6 0.59 0.53 27.9
Desoto 0.65 0.55 2 0.84 0.83 13.8
Hermann 0.71 0.7 3.9 0.78 0.75 −2.9

Abbreviations: NSE, Nashe-Sutcliffe efficiency; PBIAS, Percent bias; R2, coefficient of determination; TN, total nitrogen; TP, total phosphorus; TSS, total suspended sediment.