Maine River Temperature Monitoring for Habitat Suitability

NOAA's Maine River Temperature Monitoring dataset provides seasonal and annual temperature measurements collected on an hourly or quarter-hourly basis. The data is used to monitor habitat suitability for Atlantic Salmon and other species, supporting projects like growth analysis and migration behavior studies. The dataset was last updated on March 14, 2026.

Use Cases

• Modeling habitat suitability for Atlantic Salmon based on continuous temperature monitoring.
• Analyzing seasonal temperature trends for growth analysis of aquatic species.
• Studying migration behavior patterns in response to river temperature changes.

Strengths

• Data is collected at a high temporal resolution (hourly or quarter-hourly).
• Produced by the authoritative NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service.
• Last updated on March 14, 2026, indicating recent maintenance.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and dataset scale are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data is provided in PDF format, which may require extraction for computational analysis.

Provenance

Source

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce

Collection Method

Continuous temperature monitoring in rivers.

Time Range

Seasonal and annual measurements.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-14 22:46:53.572118

Geography

Maine, United States