The accurate, long-term monitoring networks of New Jersey Water Science Center provide valuable data in real-time and historical perspective to compare that data to. The longer a monitoring location is in operation, the more valuable it becomes, since more statistical comparisons can be performed. Our field technicians continuously make field measurements and maintain these networks.
Long-Term Networks
Streamgaging Network (discharge) - data are crucial for modeling, forecasting, and statistical analysis. These data help properly size a culvert, determine how high a bridge must be to withstand high waters, allow water resource engineers to manage a basin’s water supply, and forecasters predict flood crests.
Groundwater Network - provide indicators of available water supplies and drought resiliency.
Water-quality Network - both discrete (single point) and continuously collected, allow for analysis of constituent loadings (how much?), effects of land use change on our rivers, and detection of spills and pollutants in our waterways and aquifers.
- Real-time Water Quality Monitors
- Historic Water Quality Data
- Ambient Surface-Water-Quality Monitoring Network
- Ambient Groundwater-Quality Monitoring Network
Tide Network - data to assist with forecasting, statistical analysis, and storm preparation done by our cooperators.
- New Jersey SWaTH (Coastal Surge, Wave, and Tide Hydrodynamics Network)
Precipitation and Weather Network - to provide short-term (120 day) data augmentation to many locations for: Precipitation, Water and Air Temperature, and even Wind speed and direction at some of our coastal sites.
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National Data
Below are other science projects associated with this project.
The New Jersey Streamgaging Network
New Jersey Groundwater Network
New Jersey Tide Network
New Jersey Ambient Surface-Water-Quality Monitoring Network
New Jersey Ambient Groundwater-Quality Monitoring Network
- Overview
The accurate, long-term monitoring networks of New Jersey Water Science Center provide valuable data in real-time and historical perspective to compare that data to. The longer a monitoring location is in operation, the more valuable it becomes, since more statistical comparisons can be performed. Our field technicians continuously make field measurements and maintain these networks.
Long-Term Networks
Streamgaging Network (discharge) - data are crucial for modeling, forecasting, and statistical analysis. These data help properly size a culvert, determine how high a bridge must be to withstand high waters, allow water resource engineers to manage a basin’s water supply, and forecasters predict flood crests.
Groundwater Network - provide indicators of available water supplies and drought resiliency.
Water-quality Network - both discrete (single point) and continuously collected, allow for analysis of constituent loadings (how much?), effects of land use change on our rivers, and detection of spills and pollutants in our waterways and aquifers.
- Real-time Water Quality Monitors
- Historic Water Quality Data
- Ambient Surface-Water-Quality Monitoring Network
- Ambient Groundwater-Quality Monitoring Network
Tide Network - data to assist with forecasting, statistical analysis, and storm preparation done by our cooperators.
- New Jersey SWaTH (Coastal Surge, Wave, and Tide Hydrodynamics Network)
Precipitation and Weather Network - to provide short-term (120 day) data augmentation to many locations for: Precipitation, Water and Air Temperature, and even Wind speed and direction at some of our coastal sites.
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National Data
- Science
Below are other science projects associated with this project.
The New Jersey Streamgaging Network
The USGS New Jersey Water Science Center streamgage program is part of the nationwide program that provides streamflow information for a variety of purposes—including the protection of life and property, infrastructure design, recreational usage, and long-term trend assessment. This information is critical to resource managers, farmers, fishermen, kayakers, land-use planners, engineers...New Jersey Groundwater Network
Groundwater is the sole source of water supply for many people in New Jersey. Large-scale groundwater pumpage, installation of sanitary- and storm-sewer systems, and frequent variations in precipitation all have significant effects on regional groundwater levels and aquifer storage. In order to properly manage this resource, there needs to be a consistent dataset of hydrologic data available for...New Jersey Tide Network
USGS monitors data for estuary and back-bay areas all along the New Jersey coast and links to related projects with more information about coastal flood hazards, water quality, and other topics. The USGS operates the most extensive satellite network of tide-gaging stations in the region, many of which form the backbone of flood-warning systems. The USGS provides current ("real-time") water-level...New Jersey Ambient Surface-Water-Quality Monitoring Network
The USGS New Jersey Water Science Center, in cooperation with the NJ Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP), New Jersey Water Supply Authority, and the Delaware River Basin Commission, maintain the New Jersey Ambient Surface-Water-Quality Monitoring Network (ASWQMN) — a collection of monitoring stations on streams throughout New Jersey. Constituent concentration data from the ASWQMN are...New Jersey Ambient Groundwater-Quality Monitoring Network
The USGS, in cooperation with the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, New Jersey Geological and Water Survey, Ambient Groundwater-Quality Monitoring Network (AGWQMN), which is designed to characterize the status of groundwater quality at or near the water table as a function of land use. Shallow groundwater is generally the first and most significantly affected part of the... - Data