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  2. ERF1 -- Enhanced River Reach File 1.2

ERF1 -- Enhanced River Reach File 1.2

Dates

Release Date
1999-02-28
Time Period
1999-01-07
Publication Date

Citation

Alexander, R.B., Brakebill, J.W., Brew, R.E., and Smith, R.A., 1999, ERF1 -- Enhanced River Reach File 1.2: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P93JFBOE.

Summary

These data were released prior to the October 1, 2016 effective date for the USGS’s policy dictating the review, approval, and release of scientific data as referenced in USGS Survey Manual Chapter 502.8 Fundamental Science Practices: Review and Approval of Scientific Data for Release. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's River Reach File 1 (RF1) to ensure the hydrologic integrity of the digital reach traces and to quantify the mean water time of travel in river reaches and reservoirs see USEPA (1996) for a description of the original RF1].

Contacts

Point of Contact :
Richard B. Alexander, U.S. Geological Survey
Originator :
Richard B. Alexander, John W. Brakebill, Robert E. Brew, and Richard A. Smith
Metadata Contact :
U.S. Geological Survey
Publisher :
U.S. Geological Survey
SDC Data Owner :
Integrated Modeling & Prediction Division
USGS Mission Area :
Water Resources

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erf1.xml
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View 		56 KB application/fgdc+xml
erf1.e00.gz 46.72 MB application/x-gzip

Purpose

Riveer reaches capable of supporting regional and national water-quality and river-flow modeling and transport investigations in the water-resources community. ERF1 has been recently used at the U.S Geological Survey to support interpretations of stream water-quality monitoring network data (see Alexander and others, 1996; Smith and others, 1995). In these analyses, the reach network has been used to determine flow pathways between the sources of point and nonpoint pollutants (e.g., fertilizer use, municipal wastewater discharges) and downstream water-quality monitoring locations in support of predictive water-quality models of stream nutrient transport.

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These data were originally released on the Water Mission Area National Spatial Data Infrastructure Node and were migrated to sciencebase.gov in 2023. These data were released prior to the October 1, 2016 effective date for the USGS's policy dictating the review, approval, and release of scientific data as referenced in USGS Survey Manual Chapter 502.8 Fundamental Science Practices: Review and Approval of Scientific Data for Release.

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DOI https://www.sciencebase.gov/vocab/category/item/identifier doi:10.5066/P93JFBOE

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