Hudson River Watershed Internet Map ServiceData SourcesLAYER: SOURCE: METADATA: DESCRIPTION:
USGS Stream Gauging Stations (samples) National Atlas http://nationalatlas.gov/atlasftp.html Metadata http://nationalatlas.gov/realstam.html Examples of USGS real-time stream gauging stations within the Hudson River Watershed. Contains a hotlink field within the shape file which will allow the user to link to real time stream flow levels directly from the USGS site. Detailed Hydrology – Linear Features USGS National Hydrological Dataset http://nhd.usgs.gov/data.html Metadata http://rmmcweb.cr.usgs.gov/public/nmpstds/nhdstds.html Rivers, streams, and other linear hydrological features falling within the Hudson River Watershed. Detailed Hydrology – Polygon Features USGS National Hydrological Dataset http://nhd.usgs.gov/data.html Metadata http://rmmcweb.cr.usgs.gov/public/nmpstds/nhdstds.html Lakes, ponds, oceans and other hydrological features with polygon attributes falling within the Hudson River Watershed. Roads ESRI Data CD 2002 http://www.esri.com/data/datacd02.html Metadata http://www.esri.com/library/whitepapers/pdfs/datamaps2002.pdf Combined Major Roads Files from NY, NJ, CT, VT, MA, clipped to Hudson River Watershed boundary Counties within the Hudson River Watershed National Atlas http://nationalatlas.gov/atlasftp.html Metadata http://nationalatlas.gov/countiesm.html Counties (NY, NJ, CT, MA, VT) falling within the Hudson River Watershed State Boundaries National Atlas http://nationalatlas.gov/atlasftp.html Metadata http://nationalatlas.gov/statesm.html Boundaries of States within the Hudson River Watershed region. Major Watersheds National Atlas http://nationalatlas.gov/atlasftp.html Metadata http://nationalatlas.gov/hucsm.html Also called Hydrological Unit Boundaries with corresponding Hydrological Unit Codes (HUC), from the USGS national system Polygons covering the watersheds for the main rivers of the Northeastern US. Hudson River Watershed National Atlas http://nationalatlas.gov/atlasftp.html Metadata http://nationalatlas.gov/hucsm.html Drainage Basins with Regional and Sub-Regional watershed
Hydrological Unit Codes (HUC) for waters draining into the Hudson River,
including the Mohawk River, upstate NY. Landsat 7 ETM Image Link USGS Landsat 7 Project http://landsat7.usgs.gov/wrsprshape.php Metadata http://landsat7.usgs.gov/wrsprshape.php Polygon Row\Path file indicating the footprints for particular, repeated Landsat 7 ETM+ (and Landsat 5) satellite image coverage areas. Based on the USGS’s Landsat Word Reference System II (WRS-2), hotlinks within the shape file will allow one to view the Landsat 7 ETM satellite data archive stored within the USGS Global Visualization Browse: Glovis http://glovis.usgs.gov/, for the area corresponding to the particular polygon region “clicked on” within the Map Window. Landsat 5 and ASTER data can also be browsed from within the Glovis site (by changing the Sensor Selection window, for virtually any location on our planet. Hudson River MagnetometryImage Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory - Columbia University http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/Hudson/ Metadata: http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/Hudson/articles/article5.html Image showing magnetic anomaly reading intensity for
a section of the Hudson River. Part of Lamont Doherty’sHudson River
Benthic Mapping Project(see metadata link above) Described in detail
in: "Geophysical survey of the Hudson River - Tallman Park, Palisades,
New York to 59th street, Manhattan, New York" Bell, R., Nitsche,
F. O., Carbotte, S., Ryan, W.B., Studinger, Slagle, A., Kenna, T. and
Chillrud, S. Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University
July 12, 2002 Landsat 5 TM Image – 4/28/89 WRS Scene 14/31 Towson University – Chesapeake Bay and Mid-Atlantic Region Assessment Source and Metadata: http://chesapeake.towson.edu/data/land_data.asp Landsat 5 Thematic mapper image, bands 4,5,2 acquired April 28, 1989 Landsat 5 TM Image – 10/16/87 WRS Scene 14/30 Towson University – Chesapeake Bay and Mid-Atlantic Region Assessment Source and Metadata: http://chesapeake.towson.edu/data/land_data.asp Landsat 5 Thematic mapper image, bands 4,5,2 acquired October 16, 1987 Shaded Relief Image generated by CIESIN from USGS 250m (~1 degree or 3 arc second) digital elevation data from http://edc.usgs.gov/products/elevation/dem.html Relevant sections (quadrangles, by state) were mosaiced, subset and colorized, to depict areas of higher and lower elevation. USGS – National Land Cover Data USGS NALC 1997-2000 (re-sampled to 90m) http://edc.usgs.gov/products/landcover.html 21 Class Land Use\Land Cover data resampled from 30 m to 90m. To see Legend, click on USGS LULC Legend button. |