Hudson River Environmental Conditions Observing System

03/05/2018

Friday 3/2/18 A Nor’easter rolled into the Hudson River bringing with it winds and accompanying storm surge that flooded sections of the Rockland waterfront. The USGS tide gauge on Piermont pier was knocked out by the storm when the pier was assaulted by the surge. Several barges anchored by the Mario Cuomo Bridge were knocked free from their moorings and set off down the river until emergency crews could collect them. The low lying waterfront areas of Piermont were hard hit with flooding from storm surge that was close to 2 ft. the first day and winds that were measured by HRECOS at 39 kts on the end of the Piermont pier and gusts of up to 59 kts. The storm continues to brew offshore causing additional flooding and storm surge to impact the community with Saturday and Sunday surge levels adding ~2 ft. to the expected tide.

12/09/2016

How did this year on the river differ from last year? Ever wondered about that? Well now you have any easy way to get an answer! HRECOS has a new tool that lets you do a year to year comparison. Check out the graphs below! Both the water and the air temperatures down on the waterfront in NYC were a little warmer last year. Try it out for yourself - select 'compare years' at the HRECOS site - www.hrecos.org.

11/30/2016

This week may bring several days of rain to our parched region. Here is where the salt currently sits as a result of the dry weather we have been facing. With the ground as dry as it is and the rain coming down slowly we may see that the water mainly soaks into the ground, having little effect on the salinity levels in the Hudson.

10/06/2015

Fall has arrived according to our HRECOS data! These graphs start with the Albany station and move down the estuary to the harbor over the last several days of Sept. and the first few days of October. See how the dissolved oxygen levels increase as the water temperature drops demonstrating how gases are more soluble in cold water.

08/20/2015

HRECOS was just the right tool for adding context on the role of SAV (submerged aquatic vegetation) in the Hudson River at our workshop yesterday.

06/30/2015

Seining with the Rockland Conservation and Service Corps at Piermont Pier on Friday 6/26/15 and noted the water felt very warm. We thought perhaps it was just in the shallow embayment but a quick look at our Piermont HRECOS station confirmed that the river was a warm 82 degrees F (28 C). No tropical strays ended up in our nets - mainly a group of 17 young of the year white perch about 3.5 in (9cm) in length.

05/12/2015

River lovers - check out this video from Scott Ireland, River Pilot and HRECOS Advisory Board member - anyone else moved through the river at this pace!?!

05/06/2015

Teachers there is a new lesson plan loaded as a ppt with full instructions on the HRECOS website at the (http://www.hrecos.org/) Lesson Plans link. The lesson titled 'A Virtual Checkup of a River’s Vital Signs: Using Remotely Sensed Data in the Classroom' is a great introduction to using data to answer questions.

05/06/2015

The new document 'HRECOS Vision for the Future' outlining our plans for the next 5 years is newly released. You can see the cover here but for the full report download it from: http://www.hrecos.org

05/06/2015

HRECOS is the subject of the Hudson River Environmental Society Conference May 5th! Topics include new navigation tools for boaters, HRECOS use in education, solving science puzzles and more!
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