Tributary Refinements to Chesapeake Bay Model
Publication: Journal of Environmental Engineering
Volume 126, Issue 2
Abstract
A series of refinements was added to a previously completed three-dimensional eutrophication model of Chesapeake Bay. Refinements included increased grid resolution in the western tributaries and in shallow littoral areas, extension of the grid onto the continental shelf, extension of the validation period to 1985–1994, and addition of living resources. Computations of zooplankton, submerged aquatic vegetation, and benthos compared successfully with observations aggregated over annual time scales and at spatial scales on the order of 100 km2.
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Journal of Environmental Engineering
Volume 126 • Issue 2 • February 2000
Pages: 164 - 174
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Received: Feb 12, 1999
Published online: Feb 1, 2000
Published in print: Feb 2000
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