Past Publications
Scientific, Technical Assessment and Reporting (STAR)
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May 01, 2017
Chesapeake Bay Program Methods and Quality Assurance for Chesapeake Bay Water Quality Monitoring Programs
The purpose of this document is to provide field and laboratory methods and associated quality control requirements for use in Chesapeake Bay water quality monitoring programs, which will result in the generation of known and comparable...
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November 28, 2017
Ambient Water Quality Criteria for Dissolved Oxygen, Water Clarity and Chlorophyll a for the Chesapeake Bay and Its Tidal Tributaries 2017 Technical Addendum
A total of seven addendum documents have been published by EPA since April 2003. Four addenda were published documenting detailed refinements to the criteria attainment and assessment procedures (U.S. EPA 2004a, 2007a, 2008, 2010)...
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September 01, 2008
Review of Phase 5 Watershed Model Hydrologic Calibration
The hydrologic calibration of the phase 5 watershed model was evaluated through 9 published acceptable criteria used in HSPF Expert system. The specific flow characteristics evaluated are: Error in total volume; Error in low flow or...
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June 01, 1993
The advantages of Measures of Particulate Carbon, Nitrogen and Phosphorous by Direct Analysis.
This document is intended to address the inconsistency between parts of the CBP in the sampling and analytical methodology for the determination of particulate concentrations, and offer alternative sampling and analytical procedures...