Continuous water quality data modeling for Hackensack River estuary

In 2005, the New Jersey Meadowlands Commission established three continuous water quality monitoring stations and one weather station within the Hackensack River Estuary. This paper describes the analysis of the water quality data and the development of time series models for forecasting each of the 7 site variables at Kearny and Mill Creek stations. These models will be used for forecasting the water quality and for identifying unusual measurements that are outside the control limits. For Kearny, a harmonic model for the water depth has been developed. Tidal models that estimate the water depth at Kearny/Mill Creek as a linear function of water depth during the previous two hours at NOAA Battery Park station have also been developed.