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  • 1School of Smart City, Chongqing Jiaotong University, No. 66 Xuefu Road, Nan'an District, Chongqing, 400074, China; Technology Innovation Center for Spatio-temporal Information and Equipment of Intelligent City, Ministry of Natural Resources, No. 6 Qingzhu East Road, Yubei District, Chongqing, 400021, China.

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Reservoir regulation significantly impacts river water quality, increasing chlorophyll-a while moderately affecting total nitrogen. Machine learning, particularly XGBoost, accurately quantifies these pollutant dynamics for effective ecosystem management.

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  • Environmental Science
  • Water Resource Management
  • Remote Sensing

Background:

  • Quantifying pollutant transport and transformation in reservoir-regulated rivers is challenging due to complex hydrodynamic and biogeochemical interactions.
  • Understanding these dynamics is crucial for managing water quality in vital river systems like the Yulin River, a tributary of the Three Gorges Reservoir.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore the spatiotemporal dynamics of water quality parameters (WQPs) in the Yulin River using field monitoring and satellite imagery.
  • To evaluate the performance of advanced machine learning algorithms (XGBoost, RF, CatBoost, GBDT) for retrieving WQPs.
  • To identify the primary drivers influencing pollutant dynamics in the reservoir-regulated river system.

Main Methods:

  • Combined 48 months of high-frequency field monitoring data (Jan 2020-Dec 2023) with Sentinel-2 multispectral imagery.
  • Systematically evaluated four machine learning algorithms (XGBoost, RF, CatBoost, GBDT) for retrieving chemical oxygen demand (COD), total phosphorus (TP), total nitrogen (TN), and chlorophyll-a (Chla).
  • Analyzed the influence of hydrological regulation and meteorological factors on WQPs.

Main Results:

  • XGBoost demonstrated superior performance in WQP retrieval, with R² values from 0.9154 to 0.9488 and low RMSE (0.0267-1.7351 mg/L).
  • Reservoir impoundment significantly increased chlorophyll-a (100%-1000% in 56.2% of the area) but had minor effects on TN (≤40% in 73% of the area).
  • Hydrological conditions strongly influenced COD and Chla in estuarine regions, with elevated levels during low-flow periods; meteorological factors showed weak correlations.

Conclusions:

  • XGBoost is a robust tool for large-scale water quality parameter retrieval in reservoir-regulated river systems.
  • Hydrological regulation is the dominant factor controlling pollutant dynamics, particularly chlorophyll-a surges post-impoundment.
  • The developed XGBoost model provides high-precision, watershed-scale monitoring capabilities, offering valuable insights for river ecosystem management.