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UW-Milwaukee
Great Lakes WATER Institute
600 East Greenfield Avenue
P.O. Box 413
Milwaukee, WI 53201-0413
Phone: (414) 382-1700
Fax: (414) 382-1705
WATER Institute Lake Michigan Monitoring Buoy
Location
Map provided by NOAA.
- 43° 12.547' N, 87° 39.363' W
- Maximum Depth at Location: 109 m
Background Information
A pelagic monitoring buoy is moored on a triangular anchor system in 109 m of water. It is equipped for both meteorological measurements and water quality measurements (profiling surface to bottom). Data are logged on the buoy and transmitted via cell phone to the WATER Institute twice per day.
View buoy specifications.
The meteorology data are collected continuously and averaged over half hour intervals. The water quality sounding takes place twice a day. The data are kept in two separate tables.
Database structure
View the meteorology or water quality table structures.
Sample plot of data
Contact
Harvey A. Bootsma, PhDUW-Milwaukee WATER Institute
email:
Phone: 414 382-1717
Tom Hansen, Webmaster
UW-Milwaukee WATER Institute
email:
Phone: 414 382-1700