Day in the Life of the Hudson River 10/20/16 Data RIVER MILE 3.2 Hudson River Pier #51, Manhattan Susan Price & 3 other lab teachers - NYC Lab High School 64 APES students (4) 11& (60) 12th grade GPS coordinates: 40.738138, -74.010706 Location: Pier 51 the Playground Pier, concrete pier – Area: Pier used for boating, picnics, fishing, playground, jogging, sitting and walking Surrounding Land Use: 60% Urban/residential; 30% Industrial/Commercial; 5% Entertainment, 5% Planted. Sampling Site: Recreational pier, grassy and concrete Banks altered, wood bulkhead, pipe entering water, riprap, concrete bulkhead Shoreline: Water Area: Bottom muddy, rocky Calm, slight chop, some wind Water: Plants in area: no plants in water, some trees planted on pier ITEM Time Air Temp. Wind Wind Physical Beaufort # Anemometer 9:57 AM 13.4C #4 - SW 4.3 m/s SW Air Temperature & Wind 10:25 AM 14C 3 m/s SW 10:46 AM 17 C Cloud Cover Partly 26-50% Weather today Some clouds to the north and to the south but no rain Weather recently No rain dry stretch – 9:57 AM 14C Water Temperature 10:05 AM 15C 10:30 AM 48 cm Average 55 Turbidity –site 10:50 AM 62 cm cm tube Chemistry Time Sigma Color test Test Strip match 10:05 AM N/R 8.2 pH Color test – 10:13 AM 7.5 N/R match and test 10:27 AM 7.7 N/R strip 10:52 AM 7.8 N/R 9:52 AM 27.5 ppt Plastic hydrometer Salinity plastic – 10:05 AM 28 ppt Glass hydrometer temp 15C hydrometer 9:57 AM 15C 5 ppm 47% saturated D.O. - CHEMets 10:05 AM 15C 7 ppm 61% Nitrate 1.2 Ammonia Nitrite - 0 Nitrogen API – – ppm - 0 Saltwater Master Test Kit
Day in the Life of the Hudson River 10/20/16 Data RIVER MILE 3.2 Hudson River Pier #51, Manhattan Susan Price & 3 other lab teachers - NYC Lab High School 64 APES students (4) 11& (60) 12th grade GPS coordinates: 40.738138, -74.010706 Location: Pier 51 – the Playground Pier, concrete pier Area: Pier used for boating, picnics, fishing, playground, jogging, sitting and walking Surrounding Land Use: 60% Urban/residential; 30% Industrial/Commercial; 5% Entertainment, 5% Planted. Sampling Site: Recreational pier, grassy and concrete Shoreline: Banks altered, wood bulkhead, pipe entering water, riprap, concrete bulkhead Water Area: Bottom muddy, rocky Water: Calm, slight chop, some wind Plants in area: no plants in water, some trees planted on pier ITEM Time Air Temp. Wind Wind Physical Beaufort # Anemometer Air Temperature & Wind 9:57 AM 13.4C #4 - SW 4.3 m/s SW 10:25 AM 14C 3 m/s SW 10:46 AM 17 C Cloud Cover Partly 26-50% Weather today Some clouds to the north and to the south but no rain Weather recently No rain – dry stretch Water Temperature 9:57 AM 14C 10:05 AM 15C Turbidity –site tube 10:30 AM 10:50 AM 48 cm 62 cm Average 55 cm Chemistry Time Sigma Test Strip Color test match pH – Color test match and test strip 10:05 AM 10:13 AM 10:27 AM 10:52 AM N/R 7.5 7.7 7.8 8.2 N/R N/R N/R Salinity – plastic hydrometer 9:52 AM 10:05 AM 27.5 ppt 28 ppt Plastic hydrometer Glass hydrometer temp 15C D.O. - CHEMets 9:57 AM 10:05 AM 15C 15C 5 ppm 7 ppm 47% saturated 61% Nitrogen – API Saltwater Master Test Kit Nitrate – 1.2 ppm Ammonia - 0 Nitrite - 0
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