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Chesapeake Bay Mainstem - Bay Bridge (CB3.3C)
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Location:
North of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge
Coordinates
(NAD83):
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38.9951º |
| Longitude: |
-76.3597º |
Description:
This station is a mid-channel site located in the upper Chesapeake Bay, just north of the Bay Bridge. This station is located in the turbidity maximum, where salt water from the ocean and freshwater from the upper Bay mix. The station is in the mesohaline zone (salinity 5 to 18 ppt); however, the station has quite a range in salinity. The approximate depth is 21 meters.
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Current Parameter:
Salinity
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The yellow shaded area
represents the range of monthly mean values that have occurred from 1985 to 2012. The blue line shows the monthly mean values for each month
over that same time period. The red line shows what the current years
conditions are and how they compare to the range and the average values
we've seen.
2013
Surface Water Salinity
Chesapeake Bay Mainstem / Bay Bridge (CB3.3C)
Legend
Range 1985 to 2012 |
2013 |
Mean |
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Surface Water Salinity (ppt)
Chesapeake Bay Mainstem / Bay Bridge (CB3.3C) |
| Month |
Minimum |
Mean |
Maximum |
2012 |
2013 |
| January |
1.23
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9.52
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16.56
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2.90
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7.40
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| February |
2.77
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10.41
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15.47
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8.40
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8.60
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| March |
0.18
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7.54
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14.93
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7.10
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6.30
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| April |
0.76
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5.70
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10.17
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10.50
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7.80
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| May |
1.17
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6.48
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10.76
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9.00
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8.20
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| June |
3.21
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7.68
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11.41
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8.15
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| July |
4.02
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9.03
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12.61
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11.60
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| August |
4.96
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10.27
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15.00
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12.35
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| September |
0.00
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11.80
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16.97
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15.20
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| October |
3.74
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12.14
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17.93
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14.30
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| November |
1.85
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11.52
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16.09
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11.10
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| December |
1.40
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9.48
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15.68
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12.30
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NOTE:
Results displayed are provisional and have not undergone full Quality
Assurance procedures. Although Maryland DNR believes the data presented
here are correct, we cannot guarantee their accuracy at this time.
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