Improving Freshwater Inflows to the NOS Chesapeake Bay Operational Forecast System (CBOFS) and Assessing the Impacts on Salinity Simulations

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• Personal Author:
  Reed, Seann ; Roberts, Amanda ; Le, Duke N. ; Sullivan, Breck
• Corporate Authors:
  United States. National Weather Service. Eastern Region
• NOAA Program & Office:
  NWS (National Weather Service) ; ER (Eastern Region)
• Description:
  In this study, we investigate the potential benefits of using hydrologic modeling to provide CBOFS with more accurate estimates of river inflows. Specifically, we study the impact of using more detailed and accurate streamflow inputs on the model’s ability to predict salinity.
• Keywords:
  • Chesapeake Bay
  • Operational Forecast System
  • CBOFS
  • Hydrodynamic model
  • Salinity prediction
  • River inflow
  • Hydrology
  • National Water Model
  • Middle-Atlantic River Forecast Center
• Series:
  NOAA technical memorandum NWS ER 107
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.25923/czhe-rn66
• Format:
  pdf
• Document Type:
  Technical Memorandum
• License:
  https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
• Rights Information:
  CC0 Public Domain
• Compliance:
  Submitted
• Download URL:
  https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/67486/noaa_67486_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.39 MB]
• Collection(s):
  National Weather Service (NWS)
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:6b054249cda87df4f634988e40bc1b7b97b9bbb03ed208261bf1dcfb631f1cd99a575dcb7d3d8f06aa88680fb725160cc249db4d4888dce51defbc01db2a229f