Day in the Life of the Hudson River 10/16/14 Data (Salt RM 65.9) RIVER MILE 76 Waryas Park, Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County Pat Denima & Dianne Polidore, Pawling Elementary School 4th & 1st graders 34 students and 17 adults N 417’ W 739’ – Location: Waryas Park, Poughkeepsie, New York. Area: public park, pier, grassy, parking lot. Park used for fishing, small boat launch, another pier for small boat launching Surrounding Land Use: 30 % urban/residential; 30% forested; 40% park area with grass and waterfront docks Sampling Site: shoreline is riprap, vegetation, banks altered, pier, rocky River Bottom –rocky ITEM Time Reading 1 Reading 2 Comments Physical Air Temperature 10:30 AM 68 F 20 C 11:14 AM 72 F 22 C 12:39 PM 72 F 22 C Wind Speed 11:14 AM #3 Cloud Cover overcast >75% Water Calm Weather 11:14 AM rain light drizzle with short heavier showers – – Weather last 3 Overcast with heavy rain Wednesday evening into Thursday days AM 10:45 AM 22 degrees C 72 F . Temp.- overcast & water 11:34 AM 22 degrees C 72 F still 11:45 AM 22 degrees C 72 F AM 23 cm Average 31 Turbidity long – 39 cm cm site tube 31 cm 1.5 Chlorophyll Chemical DO - Drop 10:40 AM 15 ppm* Kit (Salifert) 11:00 PM 12 ppm 11:45 PM 12 ppm pH match 10:45 AM 7.5 *Possibly – 11:00 AM 7.0 result of test 11:34 AM 7.0
Day in the Life of the Hudson River 10/16/14 Data (Salt RM 65.9) RIVER MILE 76 Waryas Park, Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County Pat Denima & Dianne Polidore, Pawling Elementary School 4th & 1st graders 34 students and 17 adults N 417’ – W 739’ Location: Waryas Park, Poughkeepsie, New York. Area: public park, pier, grassy, parking lot. Park used for fishing, small boat launch, another pier for small boat launching Surrounding Land Use: 30 % urban/residential; 30% forested; 40% park area with grass and waterfront docks Sampling Site: shoreline is riprap, vegetation, banks altered, pier, rocky River Bottom –rocky ITEM Time Reading 1 Reading 2 Comments Physical Air Temperature 10:30 AM 11:14 AM 12:39 PM 68 F 72 F 72 F 20 C 22 C 22 C Wind Speed 11:14 AM #3 Cloud Cover overcast >75% Water Calm Weather 11:14 AM – rain – light drizzle with short heavier showers Weather last 3 days Overcast with heavy rain Wednesday evening into Thursday AM Temp.- overcast & water still 10:45 AM 11:34 AM 11:45 AM 22 degrees C 22 degrees C 22 degrees C 72 F 72 F 72 F . Turbidity – long site tube AM 23 cm 39 cm 31 cm Average 31 cm Chlorophyll 1.5 Chemical DO - Drop Kit (Salifert) 10:40 AM 11:00 PM 11:45 PM 15 ppm* 12 ppm 12 ppm pH – match 10:45 AM 11:00 AM 11:34 AM 7.5 7.0 7.0 *Possibly result of test
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