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