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Category Archives: water
Spring Tides and Perfect Storms
A storm with similarities to the Perfect Storm of 1991 is expected to come northward by early next week and may make landfall in the Northeastern U.S. or Canadian Maritimes. Some have been mentioning that the storm would arrive near … Continue reading
Posted in water, weather
Tagged astronomical, forecast, hurricane, Hurricane Sandy, long island, new jersey, New York City, Perfect Storm, predicted, Sandy, storm surge, storm tide, tidal range, tide
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NYC’s Ultimate Locavore Food: Blue Crab
How often do you eat Tuna per month? Well, let me introduce you to a seafood that has dramatically lower pollution levels in its flesh, and comes straight from our local waters: The humble blue crab. Not only is it far better … Continue reading
Posted in locavore, water, water pollution
Tagged bioaccumulation, blue crab, dioxin, East River, health, Hudson River, intake, local, locavore, mercury, New York City, PCB, pollution, recommended, striped bass, tuna
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Re-Awakening the American Meteorological Society’s NYC Meetings
A few of us are re-awakening the long-dormant public NYC seminar series of the NYC / Long Island chapter of the American Meteorological Society, with 1-2 evening events held per semester at Columbia University. The webpage for seminars is: http://apam.columbia.edu/ams-nyclong-island-chapter-seminar The first … Continue reading
Posted in climate, water
Tagged American Meteorological Society, AMS, chapter, Columbia, cyclone, hurricane, Kerry Emanuel, meeting, New York City, seminar, storm surge, tropical
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Presenting Wednesday: Impacts of Irene & Lee on the Hudson
Experts gather to outline and analyze the historic combined effect of the two storms by Craig Wen, Stevens Institute of Technology During a torrid week in 2011, cities and communities along the Hudson River were hammered by Tropical Storms Irene … Continue reading
Posted in water, weather
Tagged Cary Institute, conference, Hudson River, hurricane, hydrology, Irene, lee, Mohawk River, New York, river, stage, storm surge, tropical storm
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Birds-Eye and Fish-Eye Views of Irene’s Floodwaters
Approaching the anniversary of last year’s landfall in New York City of Tropical Storm Irene, I decided to make some animations of that storm’s flood elevations and water currents. The model-based animations have voice-overs explaining what happened in the water during … Continue reading
Posted in water, weather
Tagged animation, cyclone, estuary, Hudson River, hurricane, hydrology, Irene, long island, movie, new jersey, New York City, river, salinity, speed, stage, storm surge, tide, tropical storm, velocity, wind
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What Effect Would Stopping the Flow Have on Ironman?
Westchester County officials say that repairs on a broken pipe are almost complete and they hope to stop discharging sewage into the Hudson River by Friday afternoon. So, what effect would shutting it down have on pathogen concentrations near George … Continue reading
Posted in water, water pollution
Tagged George Washington Bridge, Hudson River, Ironman, New York City, pathogen, plume, sewage, sewer, Sleepy Hollow, swim, Tarrytown, tracer, Yonkers
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Tracing the Sewage Plume and Impact on the Iron Man Swim
There’s nothing that says summer like a raw sewage leak into one of New York City’s major rivers. There was another sewage spill in the Hudson, this time due to a broken pipe and resulting diversion into the Hudson at … Continue reading
Posted in water, water pollution
Tagged George Washington Bridge, Hudson River, Ironman, New York City, pathogen, plume, sewage, sewer, Sleepy Hollow, swim, Tarrytown, tracer, Yonkers
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Trees Tell the Story of 500 Years of NYC Drought History
by Neil Pederson I didn’t see this coming. Yes, winter 2011-2012 has been quite unusual and it is becoming more obvious that almost anything can happen with our weather these days (see October snowstorm followed by days in winter 2012 … Continue reading
Posted in climate, water, weather
Tagged drought, dry, Ed Cook, history, Hudson River, Hudson Valley, index, measurement, Neil Pederson, New York City, rain, Richard Seager, tree, tree ring, water, wet
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Blowing out the Ocean’s Waters
A fellow blogger over at Spoonbeams read my post on king tides and beachcoming and asked what caused this Sunday’s extreme low tide in the Hudson way up near Germantown, which was baring previously unseen underwater obstacles. Here’s a plot … Continue reading
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