USGS Milwaukee Area / Lake Michigan Microplastics
Microplastic quantity, morphology, and polymer identity in water column and surficial sediments of Milwaukee-area streams, Milwaukee Harbor, and Lake Michigan.
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At a glance
- Region
- United States (North America)
- Coverage
- Milwaukee-area streams, Milwaukee Harbor, Lake Michigan
- Access
- Free
- Category
- Government
- Last updated
- 2019
What's inside
- Water Column Microplastics
- Sediment Microplastics
- Polymer Identity
- Vertical Distribution
What you can do with it
Typical work that data of this type supports.
- 01
Irrigation scheduling
Decide when and how much to irrigate.
Because it has: Water Column Microplastics
- 02
Water accounting
Track how much water crops actually consume across a command area.
- 03
Hotspots and trends
Find where contamination is high and whether it is getting worse.
Because it has: Sediment Microplastics
Where AI adds value
Ideas for machine learning and AI agents built on this kind of data.
- 01
Field-scale ET
Estimate crop water use per field by combining satellite and weather with ML.
- 02
Demand forecasts
Predict irrigation demand weeks ahead for canal and pump planning.
- 03
Risk maps
Predict contamination where no samples exist, from geology, land use and climate.
Machine access and documentation
Open API
Machine-readable endpoint on catalog.data.gov
Licence: Public Domain
Listed in our registry of open water APIs, which WaterDataGPT can query live.
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