Table 2.8  Light Attenuation (k) at the Lower Cape Fear River Program stations for the 2001-2002 monitoring period.  nd= no data

DWQ # 59 61 92 71 72 73 75 86 87 88 89 90 91 85     All stations
month NC11 AC DP IC NAV HB BRR M61 M54 M42 M35 M23 M18 NCF6 BBT   mean
JUL 2.44 2.08 2.40 2.49 3.14 3.18 3.40 2.97 2.77 2.85 1.92 1.33 1.36 6.54 3.11   2.8
AUG 1.97 2.82 2.96 3.02 nd nd nd nd 2.08 1.60 1.07 0.89 1.63 3.01 3.19   2.2
SEP 2.75 2.95 4.10 3.64 nd nd 4.41 5.13 3.26 2.64 1.83 1.52 1.05 5.49 4.03   3.3
OCT 2.16 2.70 2.86 2.85 nd nd nd nd nd nd nd nd nd 2.59 2.89   2.7
NOV nd nd nd nd nd nd nd nd nd nd nd nd nd nd nd   nd
DEC nd nd nd nd nd nd nd nd nd nd nd nd nd nd nd   nd
JAN nd nd nd nd nd nd nd nd nd nd nd nd nd nd nd   nd
FEB 3.03 2.40 2.83 2.82 nd 3.00 3.28 3.45 3.23 3.01 2.17 1.88 2.08 2.74 2.82   2.8
MAR 2.45 2.40 2.87 3.09 2.89 3.12 3.14 3.48 3.07 2.72 2.39 1.94 2.84 4.24 2.88   2.9
APR 3.05 3.02 3.18 3.43 3.42 3.31 3.41 3.29 3.54 2.46 1.86 1.71 1.53 3.66 3.54   3.0
MAY 2.02 2.00 2.99 2.74 3.66 3.31 2.53 1.98 1.85 nd 1.85 1.48 1.37 6.29 2.96   2.6
JUN 1.68 3.45 3.08 3.14 2.64 2.24 2.24 1.77 1.79 1.78 1.49 0.93 0.90 3.04 2.77   2.2
mean 2.39 2.65 3.03 3.02 3.15 3.03 3.20 3.15 2.70 2.44 1.82 1.46 1.60 4.18 3.13   2.7
std dev 0.45 0.44 0.43 0.33 0.36 0.37 0.65 1.03 0.65 0.50 0.38 0.37 0.58 1.46 0.39    
max 3.05 3.45 4.10 3.64 3.66 3.31 4.41 5.13 3.54 3.01 2.39 1.94 2.84 6.54 4.03    
min 1.68 2.00 2.40 2.49 2.64 2.24 2.24 1.77 1.79 1.60 1.07 0.89 0.90 2.59 2.77