Evaluation of Multiple Shallow Water Systems Analysis
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Scope and Purpose
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Chesapeake Bay Program Office (CBPO) is working with principal investigators (PIs) to provide the Chesapeake Bay Program (CBP) partners with proposals for the application of shallow-water models to improve Chesapeake Bay shallow-water simulations of dissolved oxygen, chlorophyll a, suspended solids, and water clarity in order to better understand the impacts of alternative management strategies on water quality and living resources in the tidal Chesapeake Bay. The RFPs cover the evaluation of the multiple, developed shallow-water models. Over the course of the two-year project, multiple modeling teams will be funded to apply different shallow-water models using common forcing conditions over a three– to five–year-base-case run at specified shallow-water sites. EPA will also fund an independent model evaluation team that will use state-of-the-art metrics to assess the relative skill of these shallow-water models based on available CBP water quality and submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV) monitoring data. The independent model evaluation team will also compare the results from a series of nutrient and sediment change scenarios and analyze causes and impacts of differences among the shallow-water models.
The CBP partners include federal agencies, the seven Chesapeake Bay watershed jurisdictions, and many non-federal organizations; however, work funded under this RFP will support the seven watershed jurisdictions and other non-federal partners. The seven watershed jurisdictions are Delaware, the District of Columbia, Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia.
Projects and Resources
Presentations: Evaluation of Multiple Shallow-water Systems Analysis
Data: Evaluation of Multiple Shallow-water Systems Analysis
To download the data please use this link: https://archive.chesapeakebay.net/?prefix=Modeling/ShallowWaterProject/
Site Selection Documentation: Evaluation of Multiple Shallow-water Systems Analysis
Documents, reports, and presentations for the site selection can be downloaded by clicking the links below.
Meeting Minutes: Evaluation of Multiple Shallow-water Systems Analysis
The meeting minutes from the PI conference calls can be downloaded by clicking the links below.
RFP and Proposals: Evaluation of Multiple Shallow-water Systems Analysis
The request for proposal (RFP) and accepted proposals can be downloaded by clicking the links below.
- 14 02 rfp shallowwaters final 11 14 13 [PDF, 329.7 KB]
- Vims friedrichs application epa r3 cbp 14 02 [PDF, 449.8 KB]
- Vims ccrprojectnarrativeattachments attachments 1234 proposal epa zhang [PDF, 745.9 KB]
- Umces projectnarrativeattachments attachments testa 2014 035 narrative1005482510 [PDF, 1.4 MB]
- Final zimmerman 14 421 revised [PDF, 3.2 MB]
Members
Lewis Linker (Coordinator), Modeling Coordinator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
1750 Forest Drive Suite 130
Annapolis, Maryland 21401
Email: linker.lewis@epa.gov
Phone: (410) 267-5741
Gary Shenk, Hydrologist, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
1750 Forest Drive Suite 130
Annapolis, Maryland 21401
Email: gshenk@chesapeakebay.net
Phone: (410) 507-2681
Richard Tian, Research Scientist, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science
1750 Forest Drive Suite 130
Annapolis, Maryland 21401
Email: rtian@chesapeakebay.net
Phone: (410) 295-1328
Gopal Bhatt, Research Scientist, Watershed Modeling and Analysis, Pennsylvania State University (Penn State)
1750 Forest Drive Suite 130
Annapolis, Maryland 21401
Email: gbhatt@chesapeakebay.net
Phone: (410) 267-9871
Charles Gallegos, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC)
Kevin Sellner, Chesapeake Research Consortium
Marjy Friedrichs, Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS)
Rt. 1208 Greate Road
Gloucester Point, Virginia 23062-1346
Email: marjy@VIMS.edu
Phone: (804) 684-7695
Raleigh Hood, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science
Richard Zimmerman, Old Dominion University (ODU)
5115 Hampton Boulevard
Norfolk, Virginia 23062
Email: rzimmerman@odu.edu
Phone: (757) 683-5991
Ping Wang, Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS)
410 Severn Avenue
Suite 112
Annapolis, Maryland 21403
Email: pwang@chesapeakebay.net
Phone: (410) 267-5744
Harry Wang, Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS)
Carl Cerco, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE)
Damian Brady, University of Maine
Jeremy Testa, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science
Joseph Zhang, Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS)
Post Office Box 1346
1375 Greate Road
Gloucester Point, Virginia 23062
Email: yjzhang@vims.edu