Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2002
DOI
10.1029/2001jc001246
Publication Title
Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
Volume
107
Issue
C11
Pages
3192 (8 pages)
Abstract
A model of the salt balance in the Chesapeake Bay is discussed, which takes into account only time-dependent riverine input and mean ocean-bay exchange. Estimates of (spatial) mean bay salinity are made using two different data sources: a 16 year record of surveys taken by the Environmental Protection Agency's Chesapeake Bay Program, and a 10 year record of hydrographic sections taken in the lower bay by the Center for Coastal Physical Oceanography at Old Dominion University. Using United States Geological Survey river flow data to force the model, both data sets are consistent with this simple model and both imply a mean oceanic exchange (e-folding) timescale of 90 days, which is equivalent to an effective exchange rate of roughly 8 x 103 m3 s-1.
Original Publication Citation
Austin, J. A. (2002). Estimating the mean ocean-bay exchange rate of the Chesapeake Bay. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 107(C11), 3192. doi:10.1029/2001jc001246
Repository Citation
Austin, Jay A., "Estimating the Mean Ocean-Bay Exchange Rate of the Chesapeake Bay" (2002). CCPO Publications. 270.
https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/ccpo_pubs/270