USGS

Summary of Suspended-Solids Concentration Data, San Francisco Bay, California, Water Year 1997

BY Paul Buchanan and David H. Schoellhamer

US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
Open-File Report 99-189
Sacramento, California 1999

Table 2. Percentage of valid data collected by optical backscatterance sensors, Suisun Bay, and Central and South San Francisco Bays, California, water year 1997

Site

Depth

Percent valid data

Mallard Island

Near-surface

Near-bottom

78

72

Benicia Bridge

Near-surface

Near-bottom

66

65

Point San Pablo

Mid-depth

Near-bottom

72

76

Pier 24

Mid-depth

Near-bottom

46

71

Golden Gate Bridge

Near-surface

41

Channel Marker 17

Mid-depth

Near-bottom

51

53

Dumbarton Bridge

Mid-depth

Near-bottom

55

54

San Mateo Bridge

Mid-depth

Near-bottom

39

44
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Last Modified July 6, 1999