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U-GLOS Station 001, Grand Traverse Bay

NDBC 45020
Location: 44.789 N 85.604 W

U-GLOS Station 1 was first deployed July 2005 by the University of Michigan's Marine Hydrodynamics Laboratories (MHL) in partnership with Michigan Sea Grant, Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, Northwestern College Water Studies Institute, The Great Lakes Maritime Academy, and Elmer's Crane & Dozer Inc. The original monitoring buoy was replaced in 2006 with the Aanderaa buoy that is currently deployed. This upgrade was made possible through partnerships with DTE Energy and Alliance for Coastal Technologies, a NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) sponsored program. Station 1 measures wind speed and direction, air temperature, solar radiation, water surface temperature, wave height and period, and current direction and speed. The data is logged internally as well as transmitted in ten minute intervals to the internet via cellular modem.

Traverse Bay Environmental Monitoring Buoy 2005 (PDF: 153KB)

 

Date:

Time:

Wave Period: s

Wind Speed: m/s

Wind Direction: degrees

Wave Height: m

Air Temp: C

Water Temp: C

Current Speed: cm/s

Current Direction: degrees

Solar Radiation: W/m2


24hr Wind Speed, Direction and Gusts


24hr Wave Height and Direction


24hr Air Temperature and Water Temperature


24hr Current Speed and Direction


24hr Solar Radiation


7day Wind Speed, Direction and Gusts


7day Wave Height and Direction


7day Air Temperature and Water Temperature


7day Current Speed and Direction


7day Solar Radiation

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