A Summary of Chesapeake Bay Observations Compiled for the Chesapeake Bay Observing System Steering Committee Meeting on November 10th, 2005 NWS WFO Wakefield, Wakefield, VA

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A Summary of Chesapeake Bay ObservationsCompiled
for the Chesapeake Bay Observing System
Steering Committee Meeting on November 10th,
2005NWS WFO Wakefield, Wakefield, VA
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www.cbos.org
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NOAA National Weather Service
www.nws.noaa.gov
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National Data Buoy Center

• Air temperature (Celsius)
• Sea surface temperature (Celsius)
• Dewpoint temperature taken at the same height
• as the air temperature measurement.
• Sea level pressure (hPa)
• Wind speed (m/s)
• Wind direction
• Peak 5 or 8 second gust speed (m/s)

• Significant wave height (meters)
• Average wave period (seconds)
• Dominant wave period (seconds)
• Mean wave direction corresponding to energy of
  the dominant period (DOMPD).
• Station visibility (statute miles)
• Pressure Tendency
• Water level (in feet above or below Mean Lower
  Low Water (MLLW))

http//www.ndbc.noaa.gov/Maps/Chesapeake_Bay.shtml
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NDBC Buoy Parameters http//www.ndbc.noaa.gov/Map
s/Chesapeake_Bay.shtml

• Air temperature (Celsius)
• Sea surface temperature (Celsius)
• Dewpoint temperature taken at the same height as
  the air temperature measurement.
• Sea level pressure (hPa)
• Wind speed (m/s)
• Wind direction
• Peak 5 or 8 second gust speed (m/s)
• Significant wave height (meters)
• Average wave period (seconds)
• Dominant wave period (seconds)
• Mean wave direction corresponding to energy of
  the dominant period (DOMPD).
• Station visibility (statute miles)
• Pressure Tendency
• Water level (in feet above or below Mean Lower
  Low Water (MLLW))

NDBC moored buoy
C-MAN buoy
NOS station
Chesapeake Biological Station
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NOAA Physical Oceanography Real-Time System
(PORTS)
http//140.90.121.76/d_ports.html
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Rappahannock Shoal LBB 60 Composite Real-time
Plot
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http//va.water.usgs.gov/chesbay/RIMP/index.html
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Maryland DNR - Eyes on the Bay
www.eyesonthebay.net
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Chesapeake Bay Program Water Quality
Monitoring http//www.chesapeakebay.net/
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Chesapeake Bay ProgramMD and VA Water Quality
Monitoring Stations(Sampling is nominally 2x per
month in summer monthly the rest of the year.)

• total dissolved nitrogen (TDN)
• total Kjeldahl nitrogen whole and filtered (TKNW,
  TKNF)
• nitrite plus nitrate whole and filtered (NO23W,
  NO23F)
• nitrite whole and filtered (NO2W, NO2F)
• nitrate whole and filtered (NO3W, NO3F)
• ammonium whole and filtered (NH4W, NH4F)
• particulate organic nitrogen (PN)
• total organic carbon (TOC)
• dissolved organic carbon (DOC)
• particulate organic carbon (POC).

• temperature (WTEMP)
• dissolved oxygen (DO)
• conductivity (COND)
• salinity (SALINITY)
• ph (pH)
• secchi depth (SECCHI)
• chlorophyll a (CHLA)
• pheophytin (PHEO)
• silica, whole and filtered (SIW, SIF)
• total suspended solids (TSS)
• total phosphorus (TP)
• total dissolved phosphorus (TDP)
• particulate phosphorus (PP)
• orthophosphate whole and filtered (PO4W, PO4F)

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2003 Chesapeake Bay Segmentation
http//www.chesapeakebay.net/ pubs/maps/2004-144.p
df
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Chesapeake Bay Water Quality - Current Conditions
in the Main Bay
Surf the clickable map to see current water
quality conditions (salinity, water temperature,
Secchi depth and dissolved oxygen) at
representative stations, or click on the names
below Susquehanna RiverGunpowder NeckBay
BridgeChoptankPotomacRappahannockYorkBay
Bridge Tunnel
http//www.chesapeakebay.net/status/WQcrntcond.cfm
?subjectareaTIDAL
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Animated Bay-wide Interpolated Data Maps
http//www.chesapeakebay.net/status/map-tidal1.cfm
?SUBJECTAREATIDALtidal
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CBNERRShttp//www.vims.edu/cbnerr/index.htm
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http//www.vims.edu/realtime/
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Old Dominion UniversityCenter for Coastal
Physical Oceanography Chesapeake Bay Mouth Survey

• Temperature, salinity, density, clarity,
  flourescence, oxygen
• Monthly cruises, since 1992
• http//www.ccpo.odu.edu/jay/cheshome.html

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CHESAPEAKE BAY REMOTE SENSING
Maryland DNR www.eyesonthebay.net
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Chesapeake Bay Remote Sensing Program http//www.c
brsp.org/tributary_images.htm
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http//marine.rutgers.edu/cool/sat_data/?nothumbs
0productsstregionchess
Real-time, presently collected and archived