Remotely‐sensed chl a at the Chesapeake Bay mouth is correlated with annual freshwater flow to Chesapeake Bay

High freshwater flow delivers excess nutrients to Chesapeake Bay, leading to increased phytoplankton biomass, turbidity, and eutrophication. Low flow in 2002 was associated with a persistent drought that terminated abruptly in autumn 2002, followed by extremely high flow in 2003. This large differen... View More