Great Lakes Buoy Measurements of Oceanographic and Meteorological Conditions

July 2014 to October 2020 data contains oceanographic and surface meteorological measurements collected from a moored buoy station in the Great Lakes by the University of Michigan. The Great Lakes Observing System (GLOS) assembled and submitted the data to NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) as part of the IOOS Data Stewardship Program. Data was added monthly in netCDF files following Climate and Forecast metadata conventions.

Use Cases

• Model lake surface temperature dynamics using time-series water temperature and air temperature data.
• Analyze wind patterns and their effect on wave conditions using wind speed, wind direction, and wave height measurements.
• Study seasonal hypoxia or algal blooms by correlating dissolved oxygen and chlorophyll-a readings with water temperature and solar radiation.
• Calibrate remote sensing satellite data for water quality using in-situ turbidity or conductivity readings from the buoy.

Strengths

• Over 6 years of continuous temporal coverage from 2014-07-01 to 2020-10 05.
• Data follows standardized Climate and Forecast (CF) and ACDD metadata conventions for interoperability.
• Monthly updates were performed during the collection period, ensuring regular data ingestion.

Limitations

• Specific row count, column names, and data volume are unknown from the provided metadata.
• Data collection ended in October 2020, limiting analysis of recent conditions.
• Geographic coverage is limited to a single buoy location in the Great Lakes.

Provenance

Source

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) Accession 0123660.

Collection Method

In-situ measurements collected from a moored buoy (University of Michigan Marine Hydrodynamics Laboratories Bio Buoy).

Time Range

2014-07-01 to 2020 -10-05

Freshness

Data collection ended on 2020-10-05; the dataset is a static archive.

Geography

Great Lakes region, specific buoy location.