HYDRODYNAMICS AND CONTAMINANT TRANSPORT STUDIES IN BARNEGAT BAY

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Principal Investigators: Qizhong (George) Guo - Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Norbert P. Psuty - Institute of marine and Coastal Sciences
Sponsors: The United States Environmental Protection Agency
The United States Department of Commerce-NOAA through New Jersey Sea Grant College Program
The United States National Science Foundation
New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
The United States Geological Survey through New Jersey Water Resources Research Institute
Duration: 1994 - Present
Objectives: Study circulation and pollutant transport patterns in Barnegat Bay
Methods: Field monitoring, statistical analysis, theoretical development, and numerical modeling

Data Collection

PUBLICATIONS AND REPORTS

Projects:

  1. Hydrographic Study of Barnegat Bay, Years One, Two, and Three
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  3. Nitrogen Flux at Barnegat Inlet: Measurement and Analysis of its Variability