Day in the Life of the Hudson River 10/4/13 Data (Salt Front RM 69.3) RIVER MILE 78 Quiet Cove, Poughkeepsie Carolyn Klocker and Neil Curry from Cornell Cooperative Extension of Duchess County, plus 4 youth employees from Poughkeepsie HS as part of NCLI Robert Adams & and another DEC Fisheries Staff Skip Hoover, G. W. Krieger Elementary School (27) 4th & (26) 5th grade students, 41.44°N and 73.56°W Inspiration from Quiet Cove Waters Location: Quiet Cove, Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County Area: Grassy area with parking lot, beach like waterfront Surrounding Land Use: Picnics, boating and fishing 60% is beach with rip rap banks, – 40% previous industrial site Sampling Site: An old industrial area that has been turned into a park. Used by people for picnics, fishing. Shoreline rocky, banks altered with rip rap and wooden bulkhead, boat launch for kayaks and canoes Plants in area: none visible Debris in area: remnants of industrial site and some papers in the water Water depth: 160 cm in the area with concrete embankments muddy in beach area River Bottom – ITEM Time Reading 1 Wind Speed Precipitation & Clouds Physical Air 10:14 AM 56F 1-3 mph N heavy cloud cover Temperature C 10:38 AM 56F 4-6 mph N heavy cloud cover C 11:34AM 54F 7-10 mph N heavy cloud cover C 1:01 PM 56F 7-10 mph N heavy cloud cover C Wind Speed Cloud Cover cloudy Weather today Cool and cloudy Weather Mostly sunny temps in the high 60s recently Water Description 1:15 PM 17C Water Temperature 10:00AM 30 cm 30 cm Avg Turbidity – 10:30 AM 31 cm 32 cm 31.5 cm Avg long site tube 11:00 AM 34 cm 34 cm 34 cm Avg
Day in the Life of the Hudson River 10/4/13 Data (Salt Front RM 69.3) RIVER MILE 78 Quiet Cove, Poughkeepsie Carolyn Klocker and Neil Curry from Cornell Cooperative Extension of Duchess County, plus 4 youth employees from Poughkeepsie HS as part of NCLI Robert Adams & and another DEC Fisheries Staff Skip Hoover, G. W. Krieger Elementary School (27) 4th & (26) 5th grade students, 41.44°N and 73.56°W Inspiration from Quiet Cove Waters Location: Quiet Cove, Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County Area: Grassy area with parking lot, beach like waterfront Surrounding Land Use: Picnics, boating and fishing – 60% is beach with rip rap banks, 40% previous industrial site Sampling Site: An old industrial area that has been turned into a park. Used by people for picnics, fishing. Shoreline rocky, banks altered with rip rap and wooden bulkhead, boat launch for kayaks and canoes Plants in area: none visible Debris in area: remnants of industrial site and some papers in the water Water depth: 160 cm in the area with concrete embankments River Bottom – muddy in beach area ITEM Time Reading 1 Wind Speed Precipitation & Clouds Physical Air Temperature 10:14 AM 56F C 1-3 mph N heavy cloud cover 10:38 AM 56F C 4-6 mph N heavy cloud cover 11:34AM 54F C 7-10 mph N heavy cloud cover 1:01 PM 56F C 7-10 mph N heavy cloud cover Wind Speed Cloud Cover cloudy Weather today Cool and cloudy Weather recently Mostly sunny temps in the high 60s Water Description Water Temperature 1:15 PM 17C Turbidity – long site tube 10:00AM 10:30 AM 11:00 AM 30 cm 31 cm 34 cm 32 cm 34 cm 30 cm Avg 31.5 cm Avg 34 cm Avg
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