HYPACK NAVIGATION: Text Files of the DGPS Navigation Logged with HYPACK Software on USGS Cruise 06018 from Sept. 6 to Sept. 8, 2006

In order to test hypotheses about groundwater flow under and into Chesapeake Bay, geophysical surveys were conducted by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) scientists on Chesapeake Bay and the Potomac River Estuary in September 2006. Chesapeake Bay resource managers are concerned about nutrients that are entering the estuary via submarine groundwater discharge, which are contributing to eutrophication. The USGS has performed many related studies in recent years to provide managers with information necessary to make informed decisions about this issue. The research carried out as part of the study described here was designed to help refine nutrient budgets for Chesapeake Bay by characterizing submarine groundwater flow and discharge of groundwater beneath part of the mainstem and a major tributary, the Potomac River Estuary.

为验证切萨皮克湾下方及汇入该湾的地下水流动相关假说，美国地质调查局（U.S. Geological Survey, USGS）的科研人员于2006年9月在切萨皮克湾及波托马克河河口开展了地球物理勘探工作。切萨皮克湾的资源管理者极为关注通过海底地下水排泄进入河口的营养盐，此类物质会加剧水体富营养化。近年来，美国地质调查局已开展多项相关研究，为管理者针对该问题制定科学决策提供必要的信息支撑。本研究所开展的相关工作，旨在通过刻画切萨皮克湾主干河段及主要支流波托马克河河口部分区域的海底地下水流动与排泄特征，助力完善切萨皮克湾的营养盐收支模型。