{"accessLevel": "public", "bureauCode": ["010:12"], "contactPoint": {"@type": "vcard:Contact", "fn": "Robert R. Reiser", "hasEmail": "mailto:rreiser@usgs.gov"}, "description": "This USGS data release represents the input data used to identify trends in New Jersey streams, water years 1971-2011 and the results of Weighted Regression on Time, Discharge, and Season (WRTDS) models and seasonal rank-sum tests. The data set consists of CSV tables and Excel workbooks of: \n\u2022 trends_InputData_NJ_1971_2011: Reviewed water-quality values and qualifiers at selected stream stations in New Jersey over water years 1971-2011 \n\u2022 trends_WRTDS_AnnualValues_NJ_1971_2011: Annual concentrations and fluxes for each water-quality characteristic at each station from WRTDS models \n\u2022 trends_WRTDS_Changes_NJ_1971_2011: Changes and trends in flow-normalized concentrations and fluxes determined from WRTDS models \n\u2022 trends_SeasonalRankSum_results_NJ_1971_2011: Results of seasonal rank-sum tests to identify step trends between concentrations in the 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s at selected stations on streams in New Jersey. \nThese data support the following publication: \nHickman, R.E., and Hirsch, R.M., 2017, Trends in the quality of water in New Jersey streams, water years 1971-2011: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2016-5176, 58 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/sir20165176.", "distribution": [{"@type": "dcat:Distribution", "accessURL": "https://doi.org/10.5066/F7NS0RZ3", "description": "Landing page for access to the data", "format": "XML", "mediaType": "application/http", "title": "Digital Data"}, {"@type": "dcat:Distribution", "description": "The metadata original format", "downloadURL": "https://data.usgs.gov/datacatalog/metadata/USGS.573e031ee4b02c61aaace7eb.xml", "format": "XML", "mediaType": "text/xml", "title": "Original Metadata"}], "identifier": "http://datainventory.doi.gov/id/dataset/USGS_573e031ee4b02c61aaace7eb", "keyword": ["USGS:573e031ee4b02c61aaace7eb", "filtered chloride", "fluxes", "nitrate plus nitrite", "nitrogen", "nutrients", "phosphorus", "specific conductance", "streamflow", "surface water quality", "total dissolved solids", "trends", "water chemistry", "water quality"], "modified": "2022-08-10T00:00:00Z", "publisher": {"@type": "org:Organization", "name": "U.S. Geological Survey"}, "spatial": "-75.668323, 38.874083, -73.822621, 41.407535", "theme": ["geospatial"], "title": "Input data and results of WRTDS models and seasonal rank-sum tests to determine trends in the quality of water in New Jersey streams, water years 1971-2011"}