Posts for tag "data buoy"
Protecting Natural Resources: Long-Term Monitoring in Acadia National Park
The United States’ national parks are visited by millions of people each year, providing opportunities to experience the local beauty of the U.S. A core mission of the National Park Service (NPS) is to protect and preserve...
- Posted January 8, 2024
Sustainable Data Collection: Climate Monitoring in the Caribbean
The Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre works to establish environmental monitoring networks and systems in the Caribbean.
- Posted November 20, 2023
Protecting Chicago’s Lakefront: Freshwater Beach Monitoring
Thousands of people flock to the Great Lakes every year to enjoy the freshwater beaches along the coast. As an urban hub with over 2.5 million residents, beachfronts in Chicago have regular visitors as well as tourists...
- Posted November 6, 2023
Remote Water Quality Monitoring with the Oklahoma Water Resources Board
The Oklahoma Water Resource board monitors local waterways in order to ensure federal compliance and protect local ecosystems.
- Posted October 2, 2023
Data-Driven Decisions: Tracking Sediment during the Klamath Dam Removal
The largest dam removal in U.S. history, the deconstruction of the Klamath Dam is slated to begin this summer. The project includes four dams along the Klamath River with the first and smallest dam, Copco #2, scheduled...
- Posted September 25, 2023
Choosing the Right Water Quality Monitoring Systems Is Crucial for Stantec Inc.
Data is king when it comes to water quality monitoring, and Stantec Inc. is committed to providing consistent quality data in real-time.
- Posted September 11, 2023
Buoy Camera Research: Key for Regional Science Consortium
Lake Erie buoy camera data has turned out to be critical for researchers and the public alike. Camera images help give a more complete picture of waves.
- Posted March 28, 2022
Diatoms Dominate Muskegon Lake In A Cold And Rainy Year
An unusually rainy and cold year changed the phytoplankton makeup of one Michigan lake. Climate change makes similar changes more likely in the future.
- Posted October 15, 2021
Birds, Fish and Shifting Sediment; How Lake Erie Buoys Measure It All
Scientists continue finding clever ways to use data collected by Lake Erie’s Nearshore buoy at Presque Isle.
- Posted February 12, 2020
Monitoring Wilson Lake All Year Long from Underwater
An underwater buoy designed to work even while locked in ice monitors physical conditions in Wilson Lake, Maine.
- Posted September 25, 2019
Buoy Monitoring for Red Tide, Students Watching Sea Level Rise
Florida International University is deploying a data buoy to monitor for red tide, and educating citizen scientists on sea level rise.
- Posted March 27, 2019
From Alkalinity to Zebra Mussels: Murray State’s Hancock Biological Station Reveals Trends Via Long-Term and Real-Time Environmental Monitoring
Murray State’s Hancock Biological Station, a Center of Excellence in Kentucky, uses environmental monitoring to elucidate the inner workings of its large reservoir system
- Posted December 18, 2018
Coral Reef Early Warning System Buoy
The CREWS Buoy System got a new upgrade this summer, with a smaller footprint and newer technologies, to aid in its goals.
- Posted November 28, 2018
The Submerged Sensors of Sebago Lake
Sebago Lake is now being monitored in real time from May through October, to help maintain the health and clarity of the lake.
- Posted October 26, 2018
When Green Isn’t Good: Cyanobacterial Toxin Knowledge and Toxicity Forecast High on Stone Lab’s List of Research Pursuits
Ohio State’s Stone Lab researchers make headway in understanding Microcystis toxin production and predicting toxicity of HAB events in the Lake Erie region.
- Posted October 25, 2018
Texting Buoys Helping to Create a Data Democracy
The Great Lakes Observing System’s texting buoys are making all kinds of data available via text to anyone who wants it, democratizing data.
- Posted October 23, 2018
Buoy Data Powers Muskegon Lake Hypoxia Research
Experts call Muskegon Lake a “model Great Lakes estuary.” Two new studies detail its patterns of hypoxia and the ecological effects with unprecedented clarity.
- Posted April 20, 2018
BOB and MARI Will Monitor Water Chemistry in the San Francisco Bay
BOB and MARI are a buoy and marine mooring system equipped with sensors for monitoring CO2 and other measures of acidification in the San Francisco Bay.
- Posted March 15, 2018
Little Buoy, Big Waves
A record-setting wave in Lake Superior highlights the value of data buoys in informing the public while inviting speculation about the size of the waves that don’t get measured.
- Posted February 19, 2018
Lake Superior Weather Buoy Provides Valuable New Data
Superior Watershed Partnership deployed a new buoy in a remote area near Stannard Rock to provide Lake Superior weather data to locals and researchers.
- Posted October 20, 2017
