An acoustic Doppler current profiler uses acoustics (sound waves) to measure the velocity of the water around it. Why we collect this data The ADCP...
Raritan River Initiatives
Water Quality Meter Model: YSI ProDSS
A water quality meter directly measures many different characteristics of the water using different sensors. The R/V Rutgers has sensor that measure...
CTD Model: CastAway
A CTD is so named as it measures conductivity, temperature and depth. Why we collect this data These measurements provide us with basic information...
CTD Model: Sea-Bird
A CTD is so named as it measures conductivity, temperature and depth. This particular model aboard the R/V Rutgers also has sensors that measure...
“Raritan Welcome” Introduces Incoming Rutgers Students to Raritan River
The Raritan River is often overlooked in courses taught at Rutgers New Brunswick, yet it provides ample opportunities for research and discussion....
GPS & Drone Workshops co-sponsored by CRSSA
Are you interested in learning how to use your smartphone or tablet as a GPS or GIS data collector while you’re out in the field? Are you curious...
R3C Goals, Objectives and Strategies
Rutgers Raritan River Consortium ("R3C" or "Consortium") is a collaborative effort at Rutgers University’s New Brunswick-Piscataway campus that...
Weston Mill Dam Removed from Millstone River
The Department of Environmental Protection – in cooperation with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric...
Fish Can’t Walk Around Dams
Dr. Olaf Jensen (Rutgers Marine and Coastal Sciences) was one of the guest speakers at the August 10, 2017 riverside ceremony to mark the...
Rutgers 2030 Plan Elements Focus of Graduate Planning Studio
This Fall 2017 studio focused on environmental, conceptual design, regulatory and health and safety aspects of planning two components of Rutgers...
Recent Products
Assessing the Public Health Impacts: A Comprehensive Analysis of Health Externalities Related to Power Grid Expansion Plans
Power grid expansion decisions often are made based on models that minimize market costs, ignoring externalities that may have significant harmful financial and societal impacts. Such approaches portray an incomplete assessment of the effects of potential...
New Jersey’s Energy-Efficiency Workforce Needs, Infrastructure, and Equity Assessment
Governor Phil Murphy’s Executive Order 315 in 2023 set a goal of ensuring 100% of energy sold in New Jersey comes from clean sources by 2035, and implementing strategic recommendations in the New Jersey Council on the Green Economy’s report Green Jobs for a...
Stakeholder and Subject Matter Expert Feedback Regarding the Content of a New Jersey Ocean Acidification Action Plan
This report summarizes stakeholder and subject matter expert feedback regarding the potential elements and content of a New Jersey Ocean Acidification (OA) Action Plan. Feedback was provided by twenty-eight individuals through a stakeholder engagement process which...
The traffic calming effect of delineated bicycle lanes
We analyze the effect of a bicycle lane on traffic speeds. Computer vision techniques are used to detect and classify the speed and trajectory of over 9,000 motor-vehicles at an intersection that was part of a pilot demonstration in which a bicycle lane was...