Modeling Workgroup Publications
Technical Advisory Committee on Simulating Living Resources in the Long Island Sound Integrated Model - Final Report
Published on December 23, 2022In 2020, New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) initiated a project to develop an updated comprehensive hydrodynamic and water quality model for Long Island (LIS). The DEP Long Island Sound Hydrodynamic and Water Quality Modeling Support project (LIS-HWQMS) includes the development of updated hydrodynamic and water quality models (HWQMS) of LI Sound. The LIS-HWQMS provides the physical and biogeochemical components of the overall Integrated Model Framework (IMF) to ensure that physical, biogeochemical, and living resource sub-models provide science-based representations of how these sub-models drive circulation and mixing, biogeochemical interactions that control dissolved oxygen (especially the onset and persistence of hypoxia), nutrient cycling, eutrophication, water clarity, ecological processes and living resources in estuarine and coastal waters.
The IMF will support assessment of management strategies for a range of spatial scales including (a) system-wide (LI Sound, New York Bight, New York Harbor), (b) regional (LI Sound), and (c) local embayments and tidal river/estuaries (e.g., Port Jefferson Harbor, NY; Niantic River/estuary, CT) under current and future climate change conditions. The IMF will be developed in a modular fashion over a period of several years to account for the linkage between watershed loading, hydrodynamics, water quality and living resources. It is anticipated that the IMF will provide a state-of-the-art modeling framework to support science-based assessments and decision-making for investments in management strategies for the next decade (or longer) by DEP, EPA, and State agencies (NYSDEC, CTDEEP, NJDEP).
View detailsSimulation of high-frequency dissolved oxygen dynamics in a shallow estuary, the Corsica River, Chesapeake Bay
Published on December 16, 2022Tian R, Cai X, Testa JM, Brady DC, Cerco CF and Linker LC (2022) Simulation of high-frequency dissolved oxygen dynamics in a shallow estuary, the Corsica River, Chesapeake Bay. Front. Mar. Sci. 9:1058839. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2022.1058839
View detailsNutrient limitation of phytoplankton in three tributaries of Chesapeake Bay: Detecting responses following nutrient reductions
Published on November 1, 2022Zhang, Q., Fisher, T.R., Buchanan, C., Gustafson, A.B., Karrh, R.R., Murphy, R.R., Testa, J.M., Tian, R., Tango, P.J. Nutrient limitation of phytoplankton in three tributaries of Chesapeake Bay: Detecting responses following nutrient reductions. Water Research, Volume 226, 2022, 119099, ISSN 0043-1354, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watr....
View detailsUsing Forward and Backward Particle Tracking Approaches to Analyze Impacts of a Water Intake on Ichthyoplankton Mortality in the Appomattox River
Published on September 14, 2022Qin, Q., Shen, J., Tuckey, T.D., Cai, X., Xiong, J. Using Forward and Backward Particle Tracking Approaches to Analyze Impacts of a Water Intake on Ichthyoplankton Mortality in the Appomattox River. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering. 2022; 10(9):1299. https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse10...
View detailsImpact of Wetlands Loss and Migration, Induced by Climate Change, on Chesapeake Bay DO Standards
Published on June 6, 2021Cerco, C.F., and R. Tian. 2021. "Impact of Wetlands Loss and Migration, Induced by Climate Change, on Chesapeake Bay DO Standards." Journal of the American Water Resources Association 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1111/1752-1....
View detailsAtmospheric nitrogen deposition in the Chesapeake Bay watershed: A history of change
Published on February 23, 2021Douglas A. Burns, Gopal Bhatt, Lewis C. Linker, Jesse O. Bash, Paul D. Capel, Gary W. Shenk, Atmospheric nitrogen deposition in the Chesapeake Bay watershed: A history of change, Atmospheric Environment, Volume 251, 2021, 118277, ISSN 1352-2310, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2021.118277.
View detailsMechanisms Controlling Climate Warming Impact on the Occurrence of Hypoxia in Chesapeake Bay
Published on January 31, 2021Tian, R., C.F. Cerco, G. Bhatt, L.C. Linker, and G.W. Shenk. 2021. "Mechanisms Controlling Climate Warming Impact on the Occurrence of Hypoxia in Chesapeake Bay." Journal of the American Water Resources Association 1–21. https://doi.org/10.1111/1752-1.... 12907.
View detailsNutrient limitation of phytoplankton in Chesapeake Bay: Development of an empirical approach for water-quality management
Published on January 1, 2021Link to the document.
Citation: Zhang, Q., T. R. Fisher, E. M. Trentacoste, C. Buchanan, A. B. Gustafson, R. Karrh, R. R. Murphy, J. Keisman, C. Wu, R. Tian, J. M. Testa, and P. J. Tango, 2021. “Nutrient limitation of phytoplankton in Chesapeake Bay: Development of an empirical approach for water-quality management”, Water Research, 188C: 116407, doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2020.116407.
View detailsFactors Controlling Hypoxia Occurrence in Estuaries, Chester River, Chesapeake Bay
Published on July 10, 2020Tian R. Factors Controlling Hypoxia Occurrence in Estuaries, Chester River, Chesapeake Bay. Water. 2020; 12(7):1961. https://doi.org/10.3390/w12071....
View detailsProjections of Atmospheric Nitrogen Deposition to the Chesapeake Bay Watershed
Published on October 7, 2019Campbell, P. C., Bash, J. O., Nolte, C. G., Spero, T. L., Cooter, E. J., Hinson, K., & Linker, L. C. (2019). Projections of Atmospheric Nitrogen Deposition to the Chesapeake Bay Watershed. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 124. https://doi.org/ 10.1029/2019JG005203.
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