Friends of Merrymeeting Bay Cybrary (Cyber-Library)

Current Study

Current Study of Merrymeeting Bay - Summary and Links (web page)
Ed Friedman, Friends of Merrymeeting Bay (Date: 2004)
Data from 2005 - 2006 deployments
Please read this first This document contains information about drifter deployments, how to view drifter animations, etc.(pdf)
Drifter Animations
 To view these animations you will need to install Macromedia Flash Player
NOTE: All animation files are between 5 and 8 MB
. Flow level (based on North Sidney gage data)
Deployment Location Low flow (2005 data) Medium flow (2006 data) High flow (pending)
From the head of tide on all tributaries PC version
or MAC version 		PC version
or MAC version 		-
From the Chops, incoming tide PC version
or MAC version 		PC version
or MAC version 		-
From the Chops, outgoing tide PC version
or MAC version 		PC version
or MAC version 		-
Flow data
Note: These files are best viewed with Internet Explorer. Other browsers may output the data as a text file.
Stream Flow discharge data for North Sidney on the Kennebec River April 19, 2005 - April 18, 2006 (USGS)

Graphs of discharge and gage height for North Sidney on the Kennebec River (USGS data)
April 18 - May 9, 2006 (USGS)
May 21 -June 21, 2006 (USGS)
Ground-truthing data
Please read this first: About ground-truthing

For the LANDSTAT images below, red lines are the incoming tide, white lines are outgoing. These data were collected between August 18 and September 14, 2006
Ground truth drifter track for the Upper Kennebec (Augusta, down) (jpg; file size: 1.2 MB)
Ground truth drifter track for Bay and lower tributaries (jpg; file size: 3.9 MB)

Photo of Abbagadassett Inflow (8/31/06) (jpg; file size: 189 KB)
Photo of Cathance Inflow (8/30/06) (jpg; file size: 84 KB)
Current Study [2005 Deployments] (Thumbnails below link to larger pictures)





Thanks to volunteers :
Simon Beirne, David W. Chipman, Andy Ellis, Ed Friedman, Jim & Susan Gillies, Barry Goodman, Kathleen McGee, Dick Nickerson, Owen & Brandon Pierce, Leonard Skelton, Kermit Smyth, Bob Weggel, & Elisa Vandervort and for animation to Carey Phillips, Geno Carpentier and Woodlot Alternatives. Thanks also to our major funder: The Merrymeeting Bay Trust, to our sometime host; Chop Pt. School, to Hancock Lumber for donation of buoy materials and to Downeast Building Supply, DeLorme Mapping, and Tracker Radio Systems for discounts on various materials.

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