Hurricane Isabel generated an unusual fall bloom in Chesapeake Bay

2006 ◽  
Vol 33 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
W. David Miller ◽  
Lawrence W. Harding ◽  
Jason E. Adolf
Keyword(s):  
Chesapeake Bay ◽  
Hurricane Isabel

scholarly journals Chesapeake Bay plankton and fish abundance enhanced by Hurricane Isabel

Eos ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 86 (28) ◽  
pp. 261 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. R. Roman ◽  
W. C. Boicourt ◽  
D. G. Kimmel ◽  
W. D. Miller ◽  
J. E. Adolf ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Chesapeake Bay ◽  
Fish Abundance ◽  
Hurricane Isabel

scholarly journals Modeling Extreme Rainfall, Winds, and Surge from Hurricane Isabel (2003)

2010 ◽  
Vol 25 (5) ◽  
pp. 1342-1361 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ning Lin ◽  
James A. Smith ◽  
Gabriele Villarini ◽  
Timothy P. Marchok ◽  
Mary Lynn Baeck
Keyword(s):  
Chesapeake Bay ◽  
Tropical Cyclones ◽  
Storm Surge ◽  
Circulation Model ◽  
Extreme Rainfall ◽  
Rain Gauge ◽  
Metropolitan Region ◽  
Landfalling Tropical Cyclones ◽  
Surge Flooding ◽  
Hurricane Isabel

Abstract Landfalling tropical cyclones present major hazards for the eastern United States. Hurricane Isabel (September 2003) produced more than $3.3 billion in damages from wind, inland riverine flooding, and storm surge flooding, and resulted in 17 fatalities. Case study analyses of Hurricane Isabel are carried out to investigate multiple hazards from landfalling tropical cyclones. The analyses focus on storm evolution following landfall and center on simulations using the Weather Research and Forecasting Model (WRF). WRF simulations are coupled with the 2D, depth-averaged hydrodynamic Advanced Circulation Model (ADCIRC), to examine storm surge in the Chesapeake Bay. Analyses of heavy rainfall and flooding include an examination of the structure and evolution of extreme rainfall over land. Intercomparisons of simulated rainfall from WRF with Hydro-NEXRAD rainfall fields and observations from rain gauge networks are presented. A particular focus of these analyses is the evolving distribution of rainfall, relative to the center of circulation, as the storm moves over land. Similar analyses are carried out for the wind field of Hurricane Isabel as it moves over the mid-Atlantic region. Outer rainbands, which are not well captured in WRF simulations, played a major role in urban flooding and wind damage, especially for the Baltimore metropolitan region. Wind maxima in outer rainbands may also have played a role in storm surge flooding in the upper Chesapeake Bay.

scholarly journals Impact of Hurricane Isabel on Bald Eagle Nests and Reproductive Performance in the Lower Chesapeake Bay

The Condor ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 109 (1) ◽  
pp. 206-209 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bryan D. Watts ◽  
Mitchell A. Byrd
Keyword(s):  
Chesapeake Bay ◽  
Reproductive Performance ◽  
Breeding Population ◽  
Bald Eagle ◽  
Haliaeetus Leucocephalus ◽  
Bald Eagles ◽  
Hurricane Isabel ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Nest Loss ◽  
Average Brood

Abstract Abstract We evaluated the impact of Hurricane Isabel on nest loss and reproductive performance of Bald Eagles (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) in the lower Chesapeake Bay. Approximately 40% of Bald Eagle nest trees (n  =  527) were damaged and 127 nests were lost during the storm. Nest loss was significantly higher than in years prior to and after the storm. Only 46% of pairs that lost nests attempted to breed the following season, compared to 85% of pairs that did not lose nests. Of the pairs that made breeding attempts, only 69% of pairs that lost nests during the hurricane produced young compared to 83% of pairs that did not lose nests. Average brood size was also reduced for pairs that lost nests. The disparity in reproductive performance between the two groups narrowed in the second breeding season after the storm. Hurricane Isabel had a significant but short-lived impact on the Bald Eagle breeding population in the lower Chesapeake Bay.

Between ‘Savage Man’ and ‘Most Faithful Englishman’ Manteo and the Early Anglo-Indian Exchange, 1584–1590

Itinerario ◽  
2000 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 146-169 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Leroy Oberg
Keyword(s):  
North Carolina ◽  
Chesapeake Bay ◽  
One Year ◽  
Anglo Indian

In August of 1587 Manteo, an Indian from Croatoan Island, joined a group of English settlers in an attack on the native village of Dasemunkepeuc, located on the coast of present-day North Carolina. These colonists, amongst whom Manteo lived, had landed on Roanoke Island less than a month before, dumped there by a pilot more interested in hunting Spanish prize ships than in carrying colonists to their intended place of settlement along the Chesapeake Bay. The colonists had hoped to re-establish peaceful relations with area natives, and for that reason they relied upon Manteo to act as an interpreter, broker, and intercultural diplomat. The legacy of Anglo-Indian bitterness remaining from Ralph Lane's military settlement, however, which had hastily abandoned the island one year before, was too great for Manteo to overcome. The settlers found themselves that summer in the midst of hostile Indians.

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