Chesapeake Bay Water-Column Hypoxia Monitoring End-of-Year Data Report 2024
This report comprehensively details the NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office's buoy-based hypoxia monitoring and analysis program for the year 2024.
Description
In 2024, the NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office successfully completed its second full season of deploying buoy-based hypoxia monitoring stations across Chesapeake Bay. These stations continuously collected crucial water-quality data throughout the water column from April to December. The effort expanded monitoring of hypoxic conditions in the Potomac and Choptank rivers. Tracking real-time, seasonal water column data on dissolved oxygen (DO), conductivity, and temperature is key to understanding system dynamics. This report provides details about the 2024 project, including a discussion of on-the-water operations, data management and key findings.
Category: Report