Great Lakes Buoy Oceanographic And Meteorological Measurements 2014-2020

Oceanographic and surface meteorological data collected from the MTU1 Buoy, an in-situ moored station in the Great Lakes. The dataset contains netCDF files following CF and ACDD metadata conventions, collected from 2014-07-01 to 2020-10 05. Michigan Technological University collected the data, which was assembled by the Great Lakes Observing System and submitted to NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information.

Use Cases

• Analyzing temporal trends in water temperature and air pressure from buoy sensor time-series.
• Modeling wave height and wind speed relationships using concurrent meteorological and oceanographic measurements.
• Calibrating satellite-derived sea surface temperature data with in-situ buoy temperature records.
• Studying seasonal ice formation and melt cycles in the Great Lakes using multi-year temperature and meteorological data.

Strengths

• Data spans over 6 years from July 2014 to October 2020.
• Follows established Climate and Forecast (CF) and Attribute Convention for Data Discovery (ACDD) metadata standards.
• Collected from a fixed, in-situ moored station (MTU1 Buoy) providing consistent location data.

Limitations

• Specific row count, column names, and file size are unknown.
• Data collection ended in October 2020, limiting analysis of recent conditions.
• Geographic coverage is limited to the single MTU1 Buoy location in the Great Lakes.

Provenance

Source

Michigan Technological University (data collector), Great Lakes Observing System (GLOS) (data assembler), NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) (data steward).

Collection Method

In-situ measurements collected from the MTU1 Buoy, a moored station.

Time Range

2014-07-01 to 2020-10-05

Freshness

Data collection concluded on 2020-10-05; historical archive.

Geography

Great Lakes region, specific location of the MTU1 Buoy.