The circulation near the head of Chesapeake Bay

Authors

Alan J. Elliott, Chesapeake Bay Institute, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, 21218, U.S.A.
Dong-Ping Wang, Chesapeake Bay Institute, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, 21218, U.S.A.
Donald W. Pritchard, Chesapeake Bay Institute, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, 21218, U.S.A.

Abstract

Three-month long current records are examined for a position near the head of the Chesapeake Bay. For time scales longer than 5 days the flow was determined by the strength of the Susquehanna discharge. A major event was Tropical Storm Eloise which occurred near the middle of the observation period and whose influence dominated the current spectra....

Recommended Citation

Elliott, Alan J., Dong-Ping Wang, and Donald W. Pritchard. 1978. "The circulation near the head of Chesapeake Bay." Journal of Marine Research 36, (4). https://elischolar.library.yale.edu/journal_of_marine_research/1449