Comparison Of Mean Annual Suspended Loads Estimated By The SedNet Model And Rating Curves In The Fitzroy Catchment, Australia

Due to the lack of adequate observed suspended sediment concentration (SSC) data, researchers have used sediment-rating (sediment transport) curves to estimate SSCs to calculate sediment loads. However, measurements and the subsequent use of rating curves alone would not answer a number of spatial and temporal scale related questions with regard to management decisions to improve water quality. These questions are better addressed using a catchmentscale spatially based model.