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| Title | Puget Sound Dissolved Oxygen Modeling Study: Development of an Intermediate Scale Water Quality Model |
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Puget Sound Dissolved Oxygen Modeling Study: Development of an Intermediate Scale Water Quality Model (Number of pages: 166) (Publication Size: 6029KB)
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| Author(s) | Khangaonkar, T. and W. Long (Pacific NW National Laboratory) and B. Sackmann, T. Mohamedali, and M. Roberts (Department of Ecology) | ||||
| Description | The Department of Ecology contracted with Pacific Northwest National Laboratory to develop a coupled hydrodynamic and water quality model. Specifically, the project is expected to help determine (1) if current and potential future nitrogen loadings from point and nonpoint sources are significantly impairing water quality at a large scale and (2) what level of nutrient reductions are necessary to reduce or control human impacts to dissolved oxygen levels in the sensitive areas. Model results were consistent with the generally accepted understanding of how Puget Sound circulation and transport processes affect algae, nutrients, and dissolved oxygen kinetics. Further efforts will refine estimates of impacts from human activities on water quality in Puget Sound and the Salish Sea. | ||||
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| Contact | Mindy Roberts at 360-407-6804 or Mindy.Roberts@ecy.wa.gov | ||||
| Keywords | biogeochemistry, Salish Sea, nitrogen, model, water quality, Puget Sound, dissolved oxygen | ||||
| WEB PAGE | Salish Sea Model | ||||
| RELATED PUBLICATIONS | Title:
Puget Sound Dissolved Oxygen Model Nutrient Load Summary for 1999-2008 Puget Sound and the Straits Dissolved Oxygen Assessment: Impacts of Current and Future Human Nitrogen Sources and Climate Change through 2070 Simulation of annual biogeochemical cycles of nutrient balance, phytoplankton bloom(s), and DO in Puget Sound using an unstructured grid model. Article in Ocean Dynamics (2012) 62:1353–1379. Puget Sound Dissolved Oxygen Modeling Study: Development of an Intermediate-Scale Hydrodynamic Model Quality Assurance Project Plan: Puget Sound Dissolved Oxygen Modeling Study: Intermediate-scale Model Development |
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