Great Lakes Meteorological and Oceanographic Station Data from Gibraltar Island

From May 2015 to October 2020, this collection contains oceanographic and surface meteorological data from a moored station at Gibraltar Island in the Great Lakes. The data was collected by Ohio State University's Stone Laboratory, assembled by the Great Lakes Observing System (GLOS), and submitted to NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI). It is part of the Integrated Ocean Observing System Data Assembly Centers Data Stewardship Program.

Use Cases

• Analyze temporal trends in surface water temperature and air pressure from the Gibraltar Island station.
• Model relationships between meteorological features like wind speed and oceanographic variables such as wave height.
• Validate regional climate models using in-situ sensor measurements of humidity and air temperature.
• Study seasonal cycles in the Great Lakes using the multi-year time-series of collected parameters.

Strengths

• Over 5 years of continuous data collection from 2015-05-26 to 2020-10-05.
• Data follows standardized metadata conventions (CF and ACDD) for climate and forecast data.
• Regular monthly updates were added to the accession during its active collection period.

Limitations

• The dataset is temporally stale, with no new data recorded after October 2020.
• Specific data volume (row count), column names, and measured parameters are unknown.
• Geographic coverage is limited to a single moored station at Gibraltar Island.

Provenance

Source

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI Accession 0130545).

Collection Method

Collected from an in-situ moored station by Ohio State University; Stone Laboratory.

Time Range

2015-05-26 to 2020-10-05

Freshness

Data collection ended on 2020-10-05; the accession was updated monthly during its active period.

Geography

Gibraltar Island Station in the Great Lakes region, United States.