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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 8.

Annual 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 0.82 −0.15 −20.8 0.64 0.58 15.5
Sioux 0.69 0.61 −22.9 0.31 0.26 2.5
Omaha 0.49 −0.1 −22.2 0.42 −0.48 25
TN Sidney 0.53 −0.39 −29.4 0.81 0.1 28.1
Desoto 0.62 0.36 −28.1 0.89 0.67 26.8
Hermann 0.76 0.65 12.2 0.84 0.62 17.7
TP Sidney 0.56 0.53 −4.6 0.67 0.36 28.1
Desoto 0.68 0.62 2 0.93 0.87 13.8
Hermann 0.68 0.67 3.9 0.86 0.85 −2.9

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