Place US EPA Chesapeake Bay Program Estuary Models
Model
Name
Estuary 3-D
Hydrodynamic
Water
Quality
SAV and Living
Resources
Model Type   "D,Sp,Sim" "D,Sp,Sim" "D,Sp,Sim"
Spatial Extent   Bay Bay Bay
Area (km2) w/water        
Spatial
Resolution
# cells/ segmts 4073 5800    
cell size (km2) 30 (avg.)      
volume (km3) 0.045      
cells in Pax        
Temporal
Resolution
Extent        
Time step 1 hr 1 hr 1 hr 1 hr
#Vars/cell        
Calibration #Data sites        
Model
Components

(•=
calculated
in model)
Surface Water •      
Ground Water        
Stream Flow        
Sed.(in runoff) •      
Nutrients •   • •
Trace Elements        
Wat.Qual.,e.g.BOD •   •  
SAV       •
Benthos       •
Plankton       •
Fish        
Terrest.Producers        
Other
Variables
  flow rates into Bay,
tides, currents"
   
UMD COASTES MDE MOP SERC CBP/W CBP/E CBP/A