Connecting Researched to Real-Time Data
HRECOS monitors and documents baseline weather and water quality conditions, tracking long-term change and short-term variability. An analysis of this data can provide a solid foundation for detecting changing trends.
You can use our data and associated products for field-testing and calibration/verification of models. It also can support summary statistics, hypothesis testing, and observations to describe novel phenomena and enhance understanding of the Hudson River system.
As part of the National Estuarine Research Reserve System-Wide Monitoring Program (SWMP), the Hudson River Reserve has maintained two of their HRECOS stations since the 1990s. Compiled for the past several decades, this dataset on parameters like temperature, salinity, and dissolved oxygen, allows for year to year comparison. The Reserve provides annual analysis of this data in their SWMP Status Reports.
Publications
HRECOS data has informed studies that have advanced the understanding of the ecological and physical systems of the Hudson River and its tributaries. The following list is in chronological order, with most recent studies first.
Have a study you’d like to add to the list? Contact the HRECOS Coordinator at hrecos@dec.ny.gov

