Progress and challenges in coupled hydrodynamic-ecological estuarine modeling

NK Ganju, MJ Brush, B Rashleigh, AL Aretxabaleta… - Estuaries and …, 2016 - Springer
Numerical modeling has emerged over the last several decades as a widely accepted tool
for investigations in environmental sciences. In estuarine research, hydrodynamic and …

Worsened physical condition due to climate change contributes to the increasing hypoxia in Chesapeake Bay

J Du, J Shen, K Park, YP Wang, X Yu - Science of the Total Environment, 2018 - Elsevier
There are increasing concerns about the impact of worsened physical condition on hypoxia
in a variety of coastal systems, especially considering the influence of changing climate. In …

Impacts of marine heatwaves on subsurface temperatures and dissolved oxygen in the Chesapeake Bay

NP Shunk, PLF Mazzini… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Subsurface impacts associated with Marine Heatwaves (MHWs) in estuaries are not well
understood, largely due to data scarcity. Using over three decades (1986–2021) of …

Quantifying the effects of nutrient loading on dissolved O2 cycling and hypoxia in Chesapeake Bay using a coupled hydrodynamic–biogeochemical model

JM Testa, Y Li, YJ Lee, M Li, DC Brady… - Journal of Marine …, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract The Regional Ocean Modeling System (ROMS) was coupled to a biogeochemical
model (RCA) to understand the controls on dissolved oxygen (O 2) depletion in Chesapeake …

[HTML][HTML] Assessing the effects of climate change on water quantity and quality in an urban watershed using a calibrated stormwater model

N Alamdari, DJ Sample, P Steinberg, AC Ross… - Water, 2017 - mdpi.com
Assessing climate change (CC) impacts on urban watersheds is difficult due to differences in
model spatial and temporal scales, making prediction of hydrologic restoration a challenge …

[PDF][PDF] Ecological forecasting and the science of hypoxia in Chesapeake Bay

JM Testa, JB Clark, WC Dennison, EC Donovan… - …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Chronic seasonal low oxygen condition (hypoxia) occurs in the deep waters of Chesapeake
Bay as a result of eutrophication-induced phytoplankton blooms and their subsequent …

A machine‐learning‐based model for water quality in coastal waters, taking dissolved oxygen and hypoxia in Chesapeake Bay as an example

X Yu, J Shen, J Du - Water Resources Research, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Hypoxia is a big concern in coastal waters as it affects ecosystem health, fishery yield, and
marine water resources. Accurately modeling coastal hypoxia is still very challenging even …

Assessing climate change impacts on the reliability of rainwater harvesting systems

N Alamdari, DJ Sample, J Liu, A Ross - Resources, Conservation and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Rainwater harvesting (RWH) systems recycle runoff, increasing the sustainability of water
supplies; they may also reduce runoff discharges, and thus help meet water quality …

Potential salinity and temperature futures for the Chesapeake Bay using a statistical downscaling spatial disaggregation framework

BA Muhling, CF Gaitán, CA Stock, VS Saba… - Estuaries and …, 2018 - Springer
Estuaries are productive and ecologically important ecosystems, incorporating
environmental drivers from watersheds, rivers, and the coastal ocean. Climate change has …

The contribution of physical processes to inter‐annual variations of hypoxia in Chesapeake Bay: A 30‐yr modeling study

ME Scully - Limnology and Oceanography, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
A numerical circulation model with a very simple representation of dissolved oxygen
dynamics is used to simulate hypoxia in Chesapeake Bay for the 30‐yr period 1984–2013 …