Modeling Workgroup Projects

New web page summarizes the priorities and identifies lead researchers for each effort. The descriptions are brief with links to more detailed workplans.

These updated modeling tools will be used by the Chesapeake Bay Program partnership to inform decisions related to the nutrient and sediment reduction goals outlined in the 2014 Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement.

The Chesapeake Bay Program and its partners produce tributary basin summary reports for the Bay’s 12 major tributaries using tidal monitoring data from more than 130 monitoring stations throughout the mainstem and tidal portions of the Bay. These reports use water quality sample data to summarize 1) How tidal water quality (TN, TP, DO, Chlorophyll a, Secchi Depth) has changed over time, 2) How and which factors may influence water quality change over time, and 3) Recent research connecting observed changes in aquatic conditions to its drivers.

These documents can be found on the CAST webpage here.

This project entry serves as a home for Phase 6 Watershed Model documentation.

This project page is the repository for documents and files related to the peer review of the Phase 6 Water Quality and Sediment Transport Model (WQSTM). Please email Kyle Hinson (khinson@chesapeakebay.net) with any questions you may have.

Documentation

All documentation for the Phase 6 WQSTM can be found in the Draft 2017 documentation and its appendices. Information on key scenarios can also be found in the Phase 6 Key Scenarios pdf file.

Additional Materials

Further attachments contain all the presentations that were presented for the STAC peer review.

This section contains resources and publications including prior reviews that may be employed in reviewing the Phase 6 Water Quality and Sediment Transport Model (WQSTM).

An exploration of how shallow-water models can improve shallow-water simulations of dissolved oxygen, chlorophyll a, suspended solids and water clarity to better understand the impacts of alternative management strategies on water quality and living resources in the tidal Chesapeake Bay.