SIR2005-5073_CBRWM_LandSegments

Release Date

2005-01-01

Time Period

2005

Publication Date

2023-09-15

Krstolic, J.L., Martucci, S.K., Hopkins, K.J., and Raffensperger, J.P., 2005, SIR2005-5073_CBRWM_LandSegments: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9FUVL4I.

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The U.S. Geological Survey, Chesapeake Bay Program, Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin, Maryland Department of the Environment, Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation, and the University of Maryland are collaborating on the Chesapeake Bay Regional Watershed Model, using Hydrological Simulation Program - FORTRAN to simulate streamflow and concentrations and loads of nutrients and sediment. In order to establish a framework for model simulation, digital spatial datasets were created defining the discretization of the model region (including the Chesapeake Bay Watershed, as well as the adjacent parts of Maryland, Delaware, Virginia, Tennessee, and North Carolina outside the watershed) into land segments, a stream-reach network, and associated watersheds. The purpose of the Chesapeake Bay land coverage is to represent the county political boundaries and areas of differing physiography and topography in the study area. These land segments are based on an existing 1:100,000-scale digital dataset for all states in the study area. Land segments and watersheds were intersected to create land-watershed segments for the model. The land segments are to be used with the Chesapeake Bay Regional Watershed Model. Other uses are not suggested.

• Model Data Management Function (MDMF)