2017 hydrologic, water quality, and soil quality data from The Jefferson Projects 8 Tributary Stations within the Lake George basin, NY, USA.

The Jefferson Project at Lake George – a partnership between Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, IBM Research, and Lake George Association – combines Internet of Things technology and powerful analytics with science to create a new model for environmental monitoring and prediction. The project is building a computing platform that captures and analyzes data from a network of sensors tracking water quality and movement. These sensor data are combined with other monitoring and experimental data to create a thorough understanding of the factors that drive the lake’s food web and overall water quality. More information about The Jefferson Project is available at https://jeffersonproject.rpi.edu/ In 2017, The Jefferson Project had eight tributary monitoring stations around the lake collecting data on water quality, soil quality and hydrology. These stations are TS_Finkle, TS_Hague, TS_Indian, TS_NorthwestBay, TS_Outlet, TS_PoleHill, TS_ShelvingRock and TS_West. The stations have a sensor payload that may include some or all of the following sensors: EXO2 Multi-parameter sonde, CS451 pressure transducer, SonTek-IQ+ multi-beam acoustic flow meter with five 3.0 MHz transducers, Argonaut-SL Doppler current meter, WaterLOG® H-3123 submersible pressure transducer, and Stevens HydraProbe soil moisture sensor. The sensors collect data at high-frequency (~1 sample per minute) and the data is transferred in near real-time to off-site databases for monitoring and review by Jefferson Project researchers. Data provided is level 4 data which underwent data correction and down sampling to an hourly frequency.