Snapshot Day 10/7/08 Data
(Salt Front RM 63.4)
RIVER MILE 145
Captain Chip Reynolds & The Half Moon & New Netherlands Museum, Corning
Preserve, Albany
Jane Platania, Rensselaer Middle School, 6-7th grade, 4 students
N42°38.971’ and W73°44.812’
Location: Rocky beach surrounded by rising forested land and small yard and driveway
Area: A path along the beach with rising forested hills and yard with house and driveway
Surrounding Land Use: Urban with sidewalks & amphitheater, picnic tables
Sampling Site: vegetation, banks altered, shoreline with raprap – floating dock
Water depth:
River Bottom –
Plants in area: 0 % of Hudson River water area has plants
Plants in sampling area:
ITEM
Time
Reading 1
Reading 2
Comments
Physical
Air Temperature
12:50 PM
13C
1:10 PM
14C
Wind Speed
Cloud Cover
Weather today
Weather recently
Water
Temperature
Water calm
Turbidity - secchi
Chlorophyll
Location noted as
RM 153
Beaufort #4
14 knots
North
clear
Clear, breeze – perfect day!
10/5 – partly cloudy; 10/6 rain
10:00 AM 14.5C
11:10 AM
14.5C
10:00 AM
10:15 AM
10:30 AM
Time
12:05 PM
8 ft.
9 ft
9 ft.
Color Code
Between 0.3
and 0.5
Between 0.0
and 0.1
12:10 PM
Chemical
DO
(drop count kit)
8.66 ft. avg.
10:00 AM
14.2 mg/L
14.5C
110%
100%
Average 7.26
Litmus paper
Phosphate
Nitrate
Alkalinity
10 mg/L
7.8
7.2
6.8
14.5C
pH
11:10 AM
12:35 PM
12:35 PM
80 ppm
80 ppm
80 ppm
Number
Caught
Species
CPUE
Seine
10:00 am
10:15 am
10:30 am
10:45 AM
11:15 AM
11:30 PM
11:45 AM
12:24 PM
Cm/60
554 cm
564 cm
572 cm
572 cm
605 cm
645 cm
618 cm
602 cm
Cm/sec
Rising
Rising
Rising
Rising
RIsing
Falling
Falling
Knots –
N/S -
Salinity
Fish Catch
Tides
Currents
Average 80
ppm
Traffic
Other Items
secs
853
721
946
946
1167
14.22
12.03
15.76
15.76
19.45
10:25 AM
10:30 AM
Helicopter
Tug
11:10 AM
National
Guard
Helicopter
Sailboat with
no sail
Amtrack Train
Pleasure Boat
Sailboat – no
sail
Train
Abundant
11:17 Am
11:22 AM
11:23 AM
11:30 AM
RIVER CORE
10:30 AM
Water 4 inches
deep
12:15 PM
Length
1.75
inches
Sand
(cm/sec)/50
.28
.24
.32
.32
.39
Grey
MARGO
Ebb/Flood/Still
ebb
ebb
ebb
ebb
ebb
Westbound
Southbound
Westbound
Southbound
bluebottom
Eastbound
Northbound
Southbound
Cargo
Common
Eastbound
Smell
Clay
Mud
Gravel
Pebbles
H2S