For over a decade, Buffalo State University’s Great Lakes Center has maintained and operated a real-time monitoring buoy deployed off the coast of Dunkirk, New York, in Lake Erie’s eastern basin. Funded by the Great Lakes Observing System (GLOS) and with field support from the NYSDEC Lake Erie Fisheries Research Unit, the buoy provides data […]
Using the GLOS API option in the Data Export tool, users can share their project data directly with the Great Lakes Observing System (GLOS) in the format recognized by GLOS. Saving/memorizing a template allows WQData to send data automatically at a specified interval. General To create a Data Export with the GLOS API: Navigate […]
The GLOSXML format is one of four options within the Data Export tool. This option follows the standard data format recognized by the Great Lakes Observing System. To create a Data Export with GLOSXML format: Navigate to the Data Export Tool and then choose the GLOSXML format. The GLOSXML format must include a station […]
Scientists deployed the buoy on the lake in 2017. Since then, it has provided continuous data on water quality from one mile north of the lighthouse.
Lake Erie buoys have a host of unique challenges to meet as they help researchers and managers acquire the data they need to protect an iconic lake.
There are many different networks out there, which are largely supported by government agencies and universities. Maintaining these networks, including servicing old buoys or launching new ones, is a big and important job.
