Publications by Richard Tian

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Chesapeake Bay

Chesapeake Bay's water quality condition has been recovering: Insights from a multimetric indicator assessment of thirty years of tidal monitoring data

Zhang Q, Murphy RR, Tian R, Forsyth MK, Trentacoste EM, Keisman J, Tango PJ ·
2018

To protect the aquatic living resources of Chesapeake Bay, the Chesapeake Bay Program partnership has developed guidance for state water quality standards, which include ambient water quality criteria to protect designated uses (DUs), and associated assessment procedures for dissolved oxygen (DO), water clarity/underwater bay grasses, and chlorophyll-a. For measuring progress toward meeting the respective states' water quality standards…

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Assessing water quality of the Chesapeake Bay by the impact of sea level rise and warming (Page 1)

Assessing water quality of the Chesapeake Bay by the impact of sea level rise and warming

Wang P,Linker L, Wang H, Bhatt G, Yactayo G, K Hinson K and Tian R ·
2017

The influence of sea level rise and warming on circulation and water quality of the Chesapeake Bay under projected climate conditions in 2050 were estimated by computer simulation. Four estuarine circulation scenarios in the estuary were run using the same watershed load in 1991-2000 period. They are, 1) the Base Scenario, which represents the current climate condition, 2) a Sea Level Rise Scenario, 3) a Warming Scenario, and 4) a combined Sea Level Rise and Warming Scenario.

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Effects of cross-channel bathymetry and wind direction on destratification and hypoxia reduction in the Chesapeake Bay (Page 1)

Effects of cross-channel bathymetry and wind direction on destratification and hypoxia reduction in the Chesapeake Bay

Wang P, Wang H, Linker L, and Tian R ·
2016

A coupled estuarine hydrodynamic model and water quality model were used to analyze differences in destratification and anoxia/hypoxia reduction by wind directions in the north-south oriented Chesapeake estuary, USA. The predominant cross-channel bathymetry in the Bay's anoxic center is asymmetric with a steeper and narrower shoal on the eastern shore than on the western shore, which modifies wind-induced circulation differently for two opposite wind directions.

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Influence of Reservoir Infill on Coastal Deep Water Hypoxia (Page 1)

Influence of Reservoir Infill on Coastal Deep Water Hypoxia

Linker LC, Batiuk RA, Cerco CF, Shenk GW, Tian R, Wang P, and Yactayo G ·
2016

Ecological restoration of the Chesapeake through the Chesapeake Bay total maximum daily load (TMDL) requires the reduction of nitrogen, phosphorus, and sediment loads in the Chesapeake watershed because of the tidal water quality impairments and damage to living resources they cause. Within the Chesapeake watershed, the Conowingo Reservoir has been filling in with sediment for almost a century and is now in a state of near-full capacity called dynamic equilibrium.

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