Workplan for tributary refinements to Chesapeake Bay eutrophication model package. Final report

Technical Report · Sun May 01 04:00:00 EDT 1994

OSTI ID:6951242

Cerco, C F

The Corps of Engineers, in partnership with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Chesapeake Bay Program Office, recently completed a three-dimensional model study of eutrophication in Chesapeake Bay and tributaries. The model package applied included an intratidal hydrodynamic model, an intertidal water-quality model, and a benthic sediment diagenesis model. This report comprises a workplan to improve model representation of Chesapeake Bay tributaries and to incorporate living resources directly into the model framework. Four tributaries have been selected for emphasis under this tributary refinements program. They are the James, York, and Rappahannock rivers, and Baltimore Harbor. The James, York, and Rappahannock were specified because tributary-specific models are required to address water-quality and living-resource benefits to be derived from nutrient reductions. Baltimore Harbor was specified because it presents unique management problems, coupled with long-term toxic impacts, which cannot be addressed in the current model framework. The time scale for the project is 4 years from initiation to completion. Anticipated commencement is April 1, 1994.

• Research Organization: Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station, Vicksburg, MS (United States). Environmental Lab.
• OSTI ID: 6951242
• Report Number(s): AD-A-282461/3/XAB; WES/MP/EL--94-5
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
540350* -- Environment
Aquatic-- Site Resource & Use Studies-- (1990-)
ATLANTIC OCEAN
BAYS
CHESAPEAKE BAY
COASTAL WATERS
COMPILED DATA
DATA
EUTROPHICATION
HYDRODYNAMIC MODEL
INFORMATION
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
NUMERICAL DATA
PARTICLE MODELS
SEAS
STATISTICAL MODELS
SURFACE WATERS
THERMODYNAMIC MODEL