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Principal Investigator(s):
Peter Murdoch, Richard Hallett
Project Update (272kb .pdf)
This project combines field and remote-sensing data in order to produce the most detailed maps available to date of forest, soil, and surface-water conditions in the Catskill Mountain region of New York State. The methodologies and data layers created will help reveal the extent and magnitude of terrestrial and aquatic responses to acidic deposition, as well as highlighting the forest stands and watersheds that are sensitive to changes in atmospheric deposition and land use. The assessment tools developed through the project will benefit the development of sound management strategies and allow future appraisals of forest conditions and more detailed forest sensitivity maps to be made at reduced costs.
Partners: University of New Hampshire
Downloads:
Project Update (272kb .pdf)
Ashokan, Neversink and Schoharie watersheds
Latitude/Longitude: (4kb .pdf)
Region(s): East Central
County(ies): Delaware, Greene, Schoharie, Sullivan, Ulster
Sampled Medium(Media): soil, stream water, foliage
Analyte(s): dissolved organic carbon, exchangeable acidity and Al, pH, exchangeable cations, foliar chemistry (calcium, nitrogen), stream water (ANC, pH, Al, Ca, Mg, Si, SO4, NO3, Cl), soil chemistry (organic matter, total carbon and nitrogen).
Sampling Technolog(ies): Hyperspectral remote-sensing imagery (AVIRIS), High-Definition Hyperspectral Imaging System (HDHIS) mounted on an airplane, Handy-PEA Continuous Field Fluorescence Measurement System, Mixture Tuned Matched Filtering (MTMF), nutrient composition analysis
Sampling Frequency: soil: 35 plots shall be sampled during each of 3 field seasons; water: archived samples gathered bi-weekly to episodically over the past 5-20 years
Total Costs: $408,630
NYSERDA Costs: $256,553
Funding Source(s): NYSERDA, USGS, US Forest Service
Contract Initiated: July, 2004
Estimated Completion Date: September, 2008
Project Website:
Related EMEP Projects: Doug Burns 6486 and 7606, Gary Lovett 6819, Ruth Yanai 8649
Related Link(s): http://ny.cf.er.usgs.gov/nyserdaproject/projects/model.cfm
Peter Murdoch
U.S. Geological Survey
425 Jordan Road
Troy, N.Y. 12180
PH: (518) 285-5663
Fax: (518) 285-5601
Email: pmurdoch@usgs.gov
Richard Hallett
US Forest Service
Northeastern Research Station
P.O. Box 640
Durham, NH 03824
PH: (603) 868-7657
Email: rah@unh.edu
