#  FILE_NAME:            MRB7Loads&Trends.ARCHIVAL_SUMMARY.txt	
#  DATASET_DESCRIPTION:  These data sets were used as part of an assessment of dissolved solids in 
#                        basin-fill aquifers and streams of the Southwestern United States
#			
#  DATA_SET FORMAT:      Ascii file	
#  DATA_SET URL:
#
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#  REPORT TITLE:        Nutrient and Suspended-Sediment Transport and Trends in the Columbia River 
#			and Puget Sound Basins, 1993-2003
#  REPORT SERIES/NUMBER: USGS Scientific Investigations Report 
#  REPORT URL:           http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2007/5186/
#
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#  NAWQA STUDY:	         MRB7	
#
#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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#  METADATA DATE:        December 20, 2007  	
#  METADATA CONTACT:     Dan Wise
#                    	 USGS Oregon Water Science Center
#                        Portland, OR 97216
#                        voice: (503) 251-3213
#                        fax:   (503) 251-3470
#                        email: dawise@usgs.gov




The following data sets were archived for the MRB7 load and trend report.

Category			Data Set(s)

climate				METADATA.total_yearly_precipitation_80_97.txt

hydrology_physical		METADATA.hydrology_physical_slope.txt
				
landuse_landcover		METADATA.land_cover_92e.txt			
				METADATA.land_cover_00.txt
		
nutrient inputs			METADATA.fertilizer_N_02_04.txt
				METADATA.fertilizer_N_87_01.txt
				METADATA.fertilizer_P_02_04.txt
				METADATA.fertilizer_P_87_01.txt
				METADATA.manure_N_02.txt
				METADATA.manure_N_82_87_92_97.txt
				METADATA.manure_P_02.txt
				METADATA.manure_P_82_87_92_97.txt
				METADATA.atmospheric_N_85_04.txt

population			METADATA.population_00.txt
				METADATA.population_1990.txt

trends				METADATA.mrb_nonfat_results_93_03.txt
				METADATA.mrb_nonfat_results_94_03.txt
				
point sources			METADATA.estimated_2000_point_source_loads.txt

loads	100 sites were used to collect intermittent surface-water 
streamflow, total nitrogen (TN), total phosphorus (TP), and 
suspended sediment (SS)  from a variety of Federal, State and 
local agencies in Oregon, Washington and Idaho to compute short 
term loads and trends.


The naming convention for each metadata file is as follows:  

(1st example) METADATA.01a050.12213100
01a050 = Water quality samples were collected at Washington 
Department of Ecology station no. 01a050 (Nooksack River at Brennan, WA)
12213100 = Streamflow measurements were collected at USGS station 
no. 12213100 (Nooksack River at Ferndale, WA)

(2nd example) METADATA.12056500.txt
12056500 = Both water quality samples and streamflow measurements were 
collected at USGS station no. 12056500 (NF Skokomish River below Staircase 
Rapids near Hoodport, WA)