Resources

Oblique view of Chesapeake Bay watershed and surrounding region
http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a000000/a000400/a000474/index.html

QuickTime movie locating the Chesapeake Bay
http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a000000/a000100/a000165/

Information on the AVIRIS mission
http://geo.arc.nasa.gov/sge/johnson/epa/chesbay.html

Information on the SeaWiFS mission
http://seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEAWIFS.html

Information on point/non-point pollution
http://seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/OCEAN_PLANET/HTML/peril_non_point_source.html

Shuttle images of Earth
http://earth.jsc.nasa.gov/

USGS Chesapeake Bay website
http://chesapeake.usgs.gov/

Poster image of the Chesapeake Bay watershed
http://chesapeake.usgs.gov/poster.html

Chesapeake Bay Ecosystem background information
http://geochange.er.usgs.gov/pub/info/facts/chesapeake/

Resource site developed by the Chesapeake Bay Program
http://www.chesapeakebay.net/

Look up your community's watershed
http://www.epa.gov/surf2/locate/

Population Data
http://www.chesapeakebay.net/land.htm

Land Use Data
http://www.chesapeakebay.net/landscape.htm

USGS FactSheet FS-116-00. September 2000. "Effects of Climate Variability and Human Activity on Chesapeake Bay and the Implications for Ecosystem Restoration."

 Images (downloadable .jpg)

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