I need river bottom temperature from any of Alaska's major rivers (Koyakuk, Yukon, etc). Looking in particular for hourly river bottom temps for a full year, with an eye toward energy production. Any ideas where to look?
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Try contacting the West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center in Palmer, Alaska. ( wcatwc.arh.noaa.gov)  Also try the University of Alaska- Anchorage. (uaa.alaska.edu) They may not have the exact info you need, but they can help you find they sources that do.  Also try the National Parks page - \nus-national-parks.net/state/ak.hm  Good Luck!
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The answer to this is made tougher by the fact that the water will be freezing.  I mean how can you answer a question where the water is ice cold and use the data provided at STP?  Think you need to either re-read your question or provide a little more info.
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My husband and his buddy's have a cabin they go up to in the chain of lakes that they fish for Muskie. They about every year now have pulled each others resources and go, but they have to travel by boat part of the way to get up there through, to their cabin site. I have never made to trip with them yet, and I don't even know if they would want me to. I guess the mosquito's are out of this world up there. I hope that this was helpful to you, and all I have seen are the pictures. It really looks beautiful though. One of them His friend, "Joe", caught a 69 lb Muskie once, and they put him in the magazine.
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Hi. Alaska was the correct answer. : http://www.answers.com/main/ntquery?s=Aleutian%20Islands&gwp=16
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I have not been able to locate a book on fishing the River Tay specifically, however the book Rivers & Lochs of Scotland. might be suitable.
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HEY CORA! Long time no logging in on Yahoo Answers. I think cold water puts out a fire faster.
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I'm at work, night shift.\nAt the moment I'm watching a trawler bobbing up and down behind the waves,which at the moment are between 20 and 30 feet,its bitter cold and it was snowing last night.\nBut then being in the middle of the north sea gives you four seasons in one day.\nSo get thee to bed all you insomniacs out there.\nHave a nice week end you land lubbers.
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Search the USGS website, they might have something.  Or possibly the EPA website, but that might be more a longshot.  The goverment has all those records for sure, search some sites like the USGS site.
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NASA's global hydrology and climate center may be what your looking for.\n\nhttp://www.ghcc.msfc.nasa.gov/GOES/
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Permafrost--\n\n\nIn geology, permafrost or permafrost soil is a thermal condition where ground material stays at or below 0°C for two or more years. The presence of ice is not necessary, as may be in the case of nonporous bedrock, but it frequently occurs and it may be in amounts excess of the potential hydraulic saturation of the ground material. Most permafrost is located in high latitudes (e.g. North and South poles), but alpine permafrost exists at high altitudes.\n\nThe extent of permafrost can vary as the climate changes. Today, approximately 20% of the Earth's land mass is covered by permafrost (including discontinuous permafrost) or glacial ice. Overlying permafrost is a the layer of ground called the active layer that seasonally thaws during the summer. Plant life can be supported only within the active layer because growth can occur only in soil that is fully thawed for some part of the year. Thickness of the active layer varies by year and location but is typically 0.6 - 4 m (2 to 12 feet) thick. In areas of continuous permafrost and harsh winters the depth of the permafrost can be very great: 440m (1330 feet) at Barrow, Alaska, (600m (1970 feet) at Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, up to 726m (2382 feet) in the Canadian Arctic islands and as much as 1493m (4510 feet) in the northern Lena and Yana River basins in Siberia.
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Northern parts of Alaska have six months of darkness, while the farther south you go, the less darkness.   I lived for a year on the northern tip of Baffin Island and the sun set on November 2 and didn't come up again until about February 4.   I think that might bre about equivalent to the most northern part of Alaska.  \n\nThis link gives the information you need.
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for southern california just going up to big bear or lake arrowhead for a day would be awesome :] they have tons of patches of fresh snow that you could build snowmen with or sled down some nice bunny hills, theres also an ice rink and a lake that has snow around it so you can throw rocks in the water or something :) have fun!
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this web site is mostly facts and tips on fishing in northern british columbia which is right next door to alaska. http://www.sportfishingbc.com/. excellent resource for tips on salt and freshwater salmon fishing right down to rods and bait and times of day. i have been fishing salmon and steelhead for over 30 years and i would recommend it.\nhave a great time
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The artic ice shelf IS melting .Not a myth .Polar bears ARE drowning .Artic communities have experienced increased flooding and evacs.Worst droughts out west since the thirties.There is abundant evidence of glaciers retreating.The science is out there and I will believe scientific evidence and experience  over people who want to bury their heads in the sand and stupidly do nothing any day of the week.Don't let yourself get conned by people who are in denial and have no proof of their own to contradict scientific evidence and eyewitness accounts .Global warming is no joke and we must do something to prevent it from getting worse now before it's too late.
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By far, the Middle Fork of the Salmon.  The Main Salmon, Selway, and Bruneau (if the water level holds) are also top notch trips.
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The above is a good data source - browse around and you may find others. Each NWS office has climate data at thier site, and state climatologists also have some.\n\nAfter you get the data though, how do you plan to compute the average? I.e., suppose you get the data for each state. Many locations are at airports near cities which are lower than the average elevation in the state. The climates at some are affected by proximity to the Great Lakes, oceans, or mountains - some are deserts, others are wet. A simple average of data from all locations would show something, but be biased toward highly-populated areas. Seems to me the best way to proceed if you want a really accurate calculation is to weight the data for each state according to location (not easily done), then the average for each state according to area. Maybe someone already did something similar and has that information. I suggest to search for that sort of thing first, then check to see if their method seems reasonable and accurate. I do not know who has done that - could even be somewhere here:\n\nhttp://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov
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http://www.anwr.org/topten.htm\nhttp://www.anwr.org/backgrnd/theissue.htm\nHope this helps!!!