Day in the Life of the Hudson River 10/10/13 (Salt Front RM 69.3) RIVER MILE 85 Mills Mansion, Staatsburgh, NY, Dutchess County Maribel Pregnall, Arlington High School Sara (Orange County), Christine (SCA), Marshall Pregnall (Vassar College) 23 High School 11-12th graders, 4 adults N41.8566°N W73.9299°W (iphone coordinates) Location: Sampling done on beach at Northside of the pumphouse at Mills Mansion Area: pastoral setting, clean no houses except mansion and pumphouse, Forested; grassy; beach Surrounding Land Use: picnics, fishing, sight seeing Sampling Site: on beach at Northside of the pumphouse at Mills Physical station: Mansion; Fish Station: off beach area, ebb tide, sandy, made our way over riprap rocks with fencing (erosion control), sandy/rocky and then muddy Chemistry: near beach at mansion at pumphouse/icehouse – Shoreline: sandy and rocky close to shore, further out it gets muddy Plants in area: none in water River Bottom – ITEM Time Reading 1 Reading 2 Comments Time Physical Air Temperature 10:20 AM 10.6C 51F 11:30 AM 11.1 52 11:34 AM 11.7 53 Wind Speed 0.9m/sec N/NE 11:18 AM Beaufort #2 on meter Cloud Cover 11:19 AM Overcast >75% Weather today Cloudy and threat of rain but @ 11:32 AM no rain Weather recently Mon 10/7 strong winds and heavy precip (~2/3 inch in afternoon, Tues 10/8 ~2/3 in precip in afternoon, Wed. 10/9 partly sunny Water choppy 9:36 AM 17.8C 17.1C Avg. 17.5C Water Temperature 11:40 AM 17.4 17.1 Avg. 17.3 9:36 1 ft. water 11:40 0-6 inch water 56.4 cm Turbidity Average 60.2 63.9 cm cm 10:45 AM 60.2 cm 63.6 cm Average 64.4 11:50 AM 62.6 cm cm
Day in the Life of the Hudson River 10/10/13 (Salt Front RM 69.3) RIVER MILE 85 Mills Mansion, Staatsburgh, NY, Dutchess County Maribel Pregnall, Arlington High School Sara (Orange County), Christine (SCA), Marshall Pregnall (Vassar College) 23 High School 11-12th graders, 4 adults N41.8566°N W73.9299°W (iphone coordinates) Location: Sampling done on beach at Northside of the pumphouse at Mills Mansion Area: pastoral setting, clean no houses except mansion and pumphouse, Forested; grassy; beach Surrounding Land Use: picnics, fishing, sight seeing Sampling Site: Physical station: on beach at Northside of the pumphouse at Mills Mansion; Fish Station: off beach area, ebb tide, sandy, made our way over riprap rocks with fencing (erosion control), sandy/rocky and then muddy Chemistry: near beach at mansion – at pumphouse/icehouse Shoreline: sandy and rocky close to shore, further out it gets muddy Plants in area: none in water River Bottom – ITEM Time Reading 1 Reading 2 Comments Physical Time Air Temperature 10:20 AM 11:30 AM 11:34 AM 10.6C 11.1 11.7 51F 52 53 Wind Speed 11:18 AM Beaufort #2 0.9m/sec on meter N/NE Cloud Cover 11:19 AM Overcast >75% Weather today Cloudy and threat of rain but @ 11:32 AM no rain Weather recently Mon 10/7 strong winds and heavy precip (~2/3 inch in afternoon, Tues 10/8 ~2/3 in precip in afternoon, Wed. 10/9 partly sunny Water choppy Water Temperature 9:36 1 ft. water 11:40 0-6 inch water 9:36 AM 11:40 AM 17.8C 17.4 17.1C 17.1 Avg. 17.5C Avg. 17.3 Turbidity 10:45 AM 56.4 cm 63.9 cm 60.2 cm Average 60.2 cm 11:50 AM 63.6 cm 62.6 cm Average 64.4 cm
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