51 ppm
2009
Salinity Data for 10/8/09
A Day in the Life of the Hudson River
38 ppm
38 ppm
38 ppm
51 ppm
56 ppm
2009
76 ppm
89 ppm
83 ppm
76 ppm
196 ppm
3000 ppm
5000 ppm
3000 ppm
2009
6000 ppm
6500 ppm
9000 ppm
12000 ppm
13000 ppm
12000 ppm
22000 ppm
22000 ppm
16750 ppm
22000 ppm
27000 ppm
25000 ppm
30000 ppm
30000 ppm
RM Site
153
144
138
133
127
115
97
92
78
76
76
61
61
60
58
57
55
53#a
53#b
41
36
32
31
30
25E
25W
18
13
11
11
5
5
4b
4
3
2
2
Har14
Har13
Har10
ER 4W
ER 4E
ER 1W
ER 0.5
-7
-6.5
-9
-11
Standardized Saliniity 10/8/09
Day in the Life Data
Total
Salinity Name
ppm
notes
DIRECTIONS
Green Island
51
Rensselear Boat
38
Henry Hudson Park
38
Using crayons you will
Schodack Island
38
color in salinity in the
Stuyvesant Landing
38
sections of the river on the
Cohotate Preserve
51
map. The colors to use for
Ulster Landing
56
the salinity ranges are
Kingston Point Park
51
listed below. Match these
Quiet Cove
76
ranges to the amounts
Waryas Park MHCM
89
from the 2009 'Day in the
Waryas Park AHS*- 2 samples
both
Life of the Hudson River'
collected (surface & 40 ft.
samples
event posted on the map.
depth)
51 same
You can also look at the
Long Dock Beacon
83
compete list of values on
Newburgh Landing
63
this sheet. Do you see any
Dennings Point
89
trends in the data? Why do
Kowawese
134
you think the Data on the
Cornwall
76
East River is different from
Little Stony Point
117
the data on the Hudson
Garrison Landing
117 avg. 196 River at the same latitude?
Garrison Landing
275
(hint - think of what two
Verplanck
3000
bodies of water the East
Croton Point Park
4500
River connects.) Why do
Ossining
5000
you think the data from AM
Nyack Beach
5000
and PM is different at Fort
Nyack Memorial Park
3000
Washington Park? (Hint
Irvington
6000
look at the tides)
Piermont Pier
7000
Habirshaw Park
6500
Engelwood Boat Basin
9000
Fort Washington Park AM
9750 low tide
Fort Washington Park PM
14000 flood tide
Pier 96
13000
Pier 96
13000
Intrepid
12000
Pier 84
12000
30000-21000 RED
Christopher Street
15000
20000-11000 ORANGE
Pier 40 - Harbor School
18500 avg. 16750
10000-8000 YELLOW
Pier 40 - River Project
15000
7900-2100
GREEN
Inwood Park
9000
2000-101
BLUE
Swindler Cove
12000
100-0
PURPLE
150th Street
10000
Solar One Stuyvesant
21000
NOTE: Hudson River Miles
Newtown Creek
22000
are displayed on the map
ER Empire Fulton
22000
on the West side of the
Southstreet Seaport
22000
river in increments of
Verrazano Bridge
25000
every 5 miles.
Canarsie Park in Jamaica Bay
27000
Brighton Beach- NY Bight
30000
Breezy Point - NY Bight
30000