Table 2.8 Light Attenuation (k) at the Lower Cape Fear River Program stations for the 2002-2003 monitoring period.

DWQ # 59 61 92 71 72 73 75 86 87 88 89 90 91 93 85     All stations
month NC11 AC DP IC NAV HB BRR M61 M54 M42 M35 M23 M18 SPD NCF6 BBT   mean
JUL 1.79 2.91 2.57 2.81 2.55 2.76 2.18 1.60 2.47 2.10 nd 1.09 0.66 1.42 1.90 2.20   2.1
AUG 1.80 2.91 2.19 2.82 2.29 3.04 2.34 1.51 1.81 1.38 1.79 0.96 1.16 2.26 2.20 2.17   2.0
SEP 3.05 3.61 2.60 2.50 3.35 3.17 2.97 2.26 2.73 2.46 1.92 1.47 1.78 2.49 4.72 2.56   2.7
OCT 2.03 3.19 3.21 3.33 4.39 2.93 2.87 2.07 2.53 2.57 2.04 1.31 1.35 2.39 3.66 3.42   2.7
NOV 2.37 2.29 2.25 2.79 3.23 3.16 3.26 2.85 3.15 2.78 nd 1.72 1.54 2.17 2.95 2.54   2.6
DEC nd 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   nd
FEB nd nd nd nd nd nd nd nd nd nd nd nd nd nd nd nd   nd
MAR nd nd nd nd nd nd nd nd nd nd nd nd nd nd nd nd   nd
APR 3.55 3.56 3.45 3.25 3.43 3.72 3.34 3.76 4.11 4.35 3.27 2.59 1.66 2.58 3.91 3.16   3.4
MAY 2.82 2.36 2.90 2.82 3.38 4.36 3.13 3.57 3.14 2.89 2.64 2.14 2.22 2.98 5.63 3.23   3.1
JUN nd 3.81 3.64 3.54 3.62 3.48 nd 3.72 3.70 3.37 3.21 2.37 1.69 2.40 4.63 3.32   3.3
mean 2.49 3.08 2.85 2.98 3.28 3.33 2.87 2.67 2.96 2.74 2.48 1.71 1.51 2.34 3.70 2.83    
std dev 0.63 0.53 0.51 0.33 0.60 0.48 0.42 0.88 0.68 0.82 0.60 0.57 0.43 0.41 1.21 0.48    
max 3.55 3.81 3.64 3.54 4.39 4.36 3.34 3.76 4.11 4.35 3.27 2.59 2.22 2.98 5.63 3.42    
min 1.79 2.29 2.19 2.50 2.29 2.76 2.18 1.51 1.81 1.38 1.79 0.96 0.66 1.42 1.90 2.17    

*  nd = no data