A Day in the Life of the Hudson River 10/10/13 Data (Salt Front RM 69.3) RIVER MILE 61W Newburgh Landing, Newburgh Jim Uhlig, Storm King School, 12th grade 8 students – 41.509 degrees Latitude 74.00 degrees Longitude Location: Newburgh Landing, Newburgh waterfront, Orange County NY Area: Newburgh waterfront near the Torches, piers and riprap Surrounding Land Use: 100% Urban/Industrial Sampling Site Shoreline: shoreline bulkheaded, large rip rap, debris in area such as broken concrete Plants in area: Water depth: 15 ft. Bottom Surface: rocky and gravelly Plants in water –0% ITEM Time Reading 1 Reading 2 Comments Physical Air Temperature 2:00 PM 63F Wind Speed 2 Beaufort Cloud Cover Overcast Water Choppy Weather today No rain but overcast and cool Weather recently Some rain previous 2 days 1:55 PM 16C Avg. 15.34C Water 15C Temperature 15C yes Water calm 1:45 PM 35 inches 2:17 PM 32 inches Turbidity - Secchi disk 36 31 inches 36 32 inches 1:50 PM 0.3 Chlorophyll Chemical DO 2:00 PM 5 mg/L 19C 60% (drop count kit) pH 2:00 PM 7.5 litmus paper Salinity - quantabs 2:00 PM 2.4 on strip 74 Cl- ppm 134 ppm total salinity Fish Catch Number Species CPUE - Seine – 20 ft. X4 seine 1 Caught – – pull no fish 0 catch 1:40 PM 30 inches Tides Rising 2:30 PM 20 inches 10 inches/50 0.5 cm/min
A Day in the Life of the Hudson River 10/10/13 Data (Salt Front RM 69.3) RIVER MILE 61W Newburgh Landing, Newburgh Jim Uhlig, Storm King School, 12th grade – 8 students 41.509 degrees Latitude 74.00 degrees Longitude Location: Newburgh Landing, Newburgh waterfront, Orange County NY Area: Newburgh waterfront near the Torches, piers and riprap Surrounding Land Use: 100% Urban/Industrial Sampling Site Shoreline: shoreline bulkheaded, large rip rap, debris in area such as broken concrete Plants in area: Water depth: 15 ft. Bottom Surface: rocky and gravelly Plants in water –0% ITEM Time Reading 1 Reading 2 Comments Physical Air Temperature 2:00 PM 63F Wind Speed 2 Beaufort Cloud Cover Overcast Water Choppy Weather today No rain but overcast and cool Weather recently Some rain previous 2 days Water Temperature 1:55 PM 16C 15C 15C Avg. 15.34C Water calm yes Turbidity - Secchi disk 1:45 PM 35 inches 36 36 2:17 PM 32 inches 31 inches 32 inches Chlorophyll 1:50 PM 0.3 Chemical DO (drop count kit) 2:00 PM 5 mg/L 19C 60% pH litmus paper 2:00 PM 7.5 Salinity - quantabs 2:00 PM 2.4 on strip 74 Cl- ppm 134 ppm total salinity Fish Catch 20 ft. X4 seine – 1 pull Number Caught – no fish Species – CPUE - 0 catch Seine Tides 1:40 PM 30 inches Rising 2:30 PM 20 inches 10 inches/50 0.5 cm/min
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