Water Quality from the Main Channel of a 6th-Order Stream (Des Moines River, Iowa)
Water quality (temperature, conductivity, dissolved oxygen, nitrate-N) and spatial coordinates from nine sampling runs along a 12.4-km reach of the Des Moines River in Central Iowa, collected with an uncrewed surface vehicle. Excel + README.
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At a glance
- Region
- United States (North America)
- Coverage
- Des Moines River, Iowa
- Access
- Free
- Category
- Research
- Last updated
- 2025
What's inside
- Water quality
- Dissolved oxygen
- Nitrate
- Conductivity
What you can do with it
Typical work that data of this type supports.
- 01
Hotspots and trends
Find where contamination is high and whether it is getting worse.
Because it has: Water quality
- 02
Compliance checks
Compare samples against drinking water and discharge standards.
- 03
Risk screening
Screen projects and assets for climate risk.
Where AI adds value
Ideas for machine learning and AI agents built on this kind of data.
- 01
Risk maps
Predict contamination where no samples exist, from geology, land use and climate.
- 02
Anomaly alerts
Catch sudden spikes in sensor or lab data automatically.
- 03
Bias correction
Correct and downscale climate model output for a site.
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