Estimation of Suspended Sediment Concentration from Remote Sensing and In Situ Measurement over Lake Tana, Ethiopia

Table 1

Descriptive statistics of measured SSC, turbidity, and SDD from the surface of Lake Tana for sampled campaigns.

Descriptive statistics	May	June	July	August
SSC (mg/l)
Mean	205.7	190.8	377.4	422.7
Median	181.7	154.1	169.9	228.6
Standard deviation	89.4	92.2	470.5	435.8
Minimum	113.1	107.6	108.2	104
Maximum	375.9	375.2	1661.3	1519.2
Count	20	20	20	20
Turbidity (NTU)
Mean	20.10	41.24	91	72.07
Median	14.60	20.00	50	54.85
Standard deviation	15.18	45.02	125	57.52
Minimum	7.30	12.70	14	16.80
Maximum	68.60	178.0	558	253.0
Count	20	20	20	20
SDD (m)
Mean	0.78	0.56	0.40	0.31
Median	0.82	0.62	0.27	0.26
Standard deviation	0.29	0.27	0.22	0.18
Minimum	0.28	0.06	0.13	0.09
Maximum	1.50	0.87	0.84	0.75
Count	20	20	20	20