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Physical, chemical, and biological water quality data collected from moored buoy WE04, Lake Erie in the Great Lakes region from 2014-08-01 to 2018-10-18 (NCEI Accession 0190729)

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Physical, chemical, and biological water quality data collected at moored buoy WE04 in western basin of Lake Erie collected between 2014 and 2018 to support the understanding of harmful algal blooms (HABs). In situ data were collected for the following parameters, wind speed mean, wind speed maximum, air temperature, barometric pressure, depth, water temperature, specific conductivity, pH, turbidity, dissolved oxygen, chlorophyll-a, phycocyanin, dissolved organic matter, nitrate, and phosphate. Table cells with "NAN" means no data available.
  • Cite as: Cooperative Institute for Great Lakes Research, University of Michigan; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory (2019). Physical, chemical, and biological water quality data collected from moored buoy WE04, Lake Erie in the Great Lakes region from 2014-08-01 to 2018-10-18 (NCEI Accession 0190729). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0190729. Accessed [date].
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Time Period 2014-08-01 to 2018-10-18
Spatial Bounding Box Coordinates
West: -83.2
East: -83.1
South: 41.8
North: 41.9
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General Documentation
Associated Resources
  • Physical, chemical, and biological water quality monitoring data to support detection of Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) in western Lake Erie, collected by the Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory and the Cooperative Institute for Great Lakes Research since 2012
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  • Lake Erie Archived Real-Time Data - Experimental
  • Manual for real-time quality control of dissolved nutrients observations : a guide to quality control and quality assurance for dissolved nutrients observations in coastal oceans, Version 1.1, February 2018
  • Parent ID (indicates this dataset is related to other data):
    • gov.noaa.nodc:GLERL-CIGLR-HAB-LakeErie-water-qual
Publication Dates
  • publication: 2019-07-01
Data Presentation Form Digital table - digital representation of facts or figures systematically displayed, especially in columns
Dataset Progress Status Complete - production of the data has been completed
Historical archive - data has been stored in an offline storage facility
Data Update Frequency As needed
Supplemental Information
Submission Package ID: KBW7RY
Purpose These data were collected by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory (NOAA-GLERL) and the Cooperative Institute for Great Lakes Research (CIGLR) to support NOAA-GLERL’s operational development of the Lake Erie harmful algal bloom (HAB) forecasts and to directly monitor microcystin concentrations within the ecosystem.
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  • Cite as: Cooperative Institute for Great Lakes Research, University of Michigan; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory (2019). Physical, chemical, and biological water quality data collected from moored buoy WE04, Lake Erie in the Great Lakes region from 2014-08-01 to 2018-10-18 (NCEI Accession 0190729). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0190729. Accessed [date].
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  • Related Funding Agency: US Environmental Protection Agency
Theme keywords NODC DATA TYPES THESAURUS NODC OBSERVATION TYPES THESAURUS WMO_CategoryCode
  • oceanography
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords Provider Keywords
  • colored dissolved organic matter
  • fluorescent dissolved organic matter
  • organic dissolved oxygen
  • organic dissolved oxygen saturation
  • phycocyanin
  • phycoerythrin
  • specific conductivity
  • wind speed - maximum
Data Center keywords NODC COLLECTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS NODC SUBMITTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Data Center Keywords
Platform keywords NODC PLATFORM NAMES THESAURUS Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Platform Keywords
Instrument keywords NODC INSTRUMENT TYPES THESAURUS Provider Instruments
  • Airmar WS-200WX
  • Seabird/Wetlabs CycleP
  • Turner C6
  • YSI EXO2
Place keywords NODC SEA AREA NAMES THESAURUS Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords Provider Place Names
  • Lake Erie
Project keywords Provider Project Names
  • Great Lakes Restoration Initiative; US Environmental Protection Agency
Keywords NCEI ACCESSION NUMBER
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  • Cite as: Cooperative Institute for Great Lakes Research, University of Michigan; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory (2019). Physical, chemical, and biological water quality data collected from moored buoy WE04, Lake Erie in the Great Lakes region from 2014-08-01 to 2018-10-18 (NCEI Accession 0190729). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0190729. Accessed [date].
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  • 2019-07-01T12:39:13Z - NCEI Accession 0190729 v1.1 was published.
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  • Parameter or Variable: wind speed - maximum (measured); Units: meters per second; Observation Category: in situ; Sampling Instrument: Airmar WS-200WX; Sampling and Analyzing Method: In situ sensor; Data Quality Method: Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) Quality Assurance of Real-Time Oceanographic Data (QARTOD) quality control test and flags applied following procedures in the Manual for Real-Time Quality Control of Dissolved Nutrients Observations version 1.1, February 2018. Values for quality control flags can be found in the columns with analyte name and ending in "_flags". Four required flags are listed for including, gap test, syntax test, location test, and gross range test. Flag values are 1 = pass; 3 = suspect; 4 = failed..
  • Parameter or Variable: WIND SPEED - AVERAGE (measured); Units: meters per second; Observation Category: in situ; Sampling Instrument: Airmar WS-200WX; Sampling and Analyzing Method: In situ sensor; Data Quality Method: Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) Quality Assurance of Real-Time Oceanographic Data (QARTOD) quality control test and flags applied following procedures in the Manual for Real-Time Quality Control of Dissolved Nutrients Observations version 1.1, February 2018. Values for quality control flags can be found in the columns with analyte name and ending in "_flags". Four required flags are listed for including, gap test, syntax test, location test, and gross range test. Flag values are 1 = pass; 3 = suspect; 4 = failed..
  • Parameter or Variable: WIND DIRECTION - AVERAGE (measured); Units: degrees; Observation Category: in situ; Sampling Instrument: Airmar WS-200WX; Sampling and Analyzing Method: In situ sensor; Data Quality Method: Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) Quality Assurance of Real-Time Oceanographic Data (QARTOD) quality control test and flags applied following procedures in the Manual for Real-Time Quality Control of Dissolved Nutrients Observations version 1.1, February 2018. Values for quality control flags can be found in the columns with analyte name and ending in "_flags". Four required flags are listed for including, gap test, syntax test, location test, and gross range test. Flag values are 1 = pass; 3 = suspect; 4 = failed..
  • Parameter or Variable: AIR TEMPERATURE (measured); Units: degrees Celsius; Observation Category: in situ; Sampling Instrument: Airmar WS-200WX; Sampling and Analyzing Method: In situ sensor; Data Quality Method: Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) Quality Assurance of Real-Time Oceanographic Data (QARTOD) quality control test and flags applied following procedures in the Manual for Real-Time Quality Control of Dissolved Nutrients Observations version 1.1, February 2018. Values for quality control flags can be found in the columns with analyte name and ending in "_flags". Four required flags are listed for including, gap test, syntax test, location test, and gross range test. Flag values are 1 = pass; 3 = suspect; 4 = failed..
  • Parameter or Variable: BAROMETRIC PRESSURE (measured); Units: millibar; Observation Category: in situ; Sampling Instrument: Airmar WS-200WX; Sampling and Analyzing Method: In situ sensor; Data Quality Method: Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) Quality Assurance of Real-Time Oceanographic Data (QARTOD) quality control test and flags applied following procedures in the Manual for Real-Time Quality Control of Dissolved Nutrients Observations version 1.1, February 2018. Values for quality control flags can be found in the columns with analyte name and ending in "_flags". Four required flags are listed for including, gap test, syntax test, location test, and gross range test. Flag values are 1 = pass; 3 = suspect; 4 = failed..
  • Parameter or Variable: DEPTH - SENSOR (measured); Units: meter; Observation Category: in situ; Sampling Instrument: YSI EXO2; Sampling and Analyzing Method: In situ sensor; Data Quality Method: Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) Quality Assurance of Real-Time Oceanographic Data (QARTOD) quality control test and flags applied following procedures in the Manual for Real-Time Quality Control of Dissolved Nutrients Observations version 1.1, February 2018. Values for quality control flags can be found in the columns with analyte name and ending in "_flags". Four required flags are listed for including, gap test, syntax test, location test, and gross range test. Flag values are 1 = pass; 3 = suspect; 4 = failed..
  • Parameter or Variable: WATER TEMPERATURE (measured); Units: degrees Celsius; Observation Category: in situ; Sampling Instrument: YSI EXO2; Sampling and Analyzing Method: In situ sensor; Data Quality Method: Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) Quality Assurance of Real-Time Oceanographic Data (QARTOD) quality control test and flags applied following procedures in the Manual for Real-Time Quality Control of Dissolved Nutrients Observations version 1.1, February 2018. Values for quality control flags can be found in the columns with analyte name and ending in "_flags". Four required flags are listed for including, gap test, syntax test, location test, and gross range test. Flag values are 1 = pass; 3 = suspect; 4 = failed..
  • Parameter or Variable: specific conductivity (measured); Units: millisiemens per centimeter; Observation Category: in situ; Sampling Instrument: YSI EXO2; Sampling and Analyzing Method: In situ sensor; Data Quality Method: Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) Quality Assurance of Real-Time Oceanographic Data (QARTOD) quality control test and flags applied following procedures in the Manual for Real-Time Quality Control of Dissolved Nutrients Observations version 1.1, February 2018. Values for quality control flags can be found in the columns with analyte name and ending in "_flags". Four required flags are listed for including, gap test, syntax test, location test, and gross range test. Flag values are 1 = pass; 3 = suspect; 4 = failed..
  • Parameter or Variable: pH (measured); Units: pH; Observation Category: in situ; Sampling Instrument: YSI EXO2; Sampling and Analyzing Method: In situ sensor; Data Quality Method: Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) Quality Assurance of Real-Time Oceanographic Data (QARTOD) quality control test and flags applied following procedures in the Manual for Real-Time Quality Control of Dissolved Nutrients Observations version 1.1, February 2018. Values for quality control flags can be found in the columns with analyte name and ending in "_flags". Four required flags are listed for including, gap test, syntax test, location test, and gross range test. Flag values are 1 = pass; 3 = suspect; 4 = failed..
  • Parameter or Variable: turbidity (measured); Units: NTU; Observation Category: in situ; Sampling Instrument: YSI EXO2; Sampling and Analyzing Method: In situ sensor; Data Quality Method: Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) Quality Assurance of Real-Time Oceanographic Data (QARTOD) quality control test and flags applied following procedures in the Manual for Real-Time Quality Control of Dissolved Nutrients Observations version 1.1, February 2018. Values for quality control flags can be found in the columns with analyte name and ending in "_flags". Four required flags are listed for including, gap test, syntax test, location test, and gross range test. Flag values are 1 = pass; 3 = suspect; 4 = failed..
  • Parameter or Variable: organic dissolved oxygen saturation (measured); Units: percent; Observation Category: in situ; Sampling Instrument: YSI EXO2; Sampling and Analyzing Method: In situ sensor; Data Quality Method: Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) Quality Assurance of Real-Time Oceanographic Data (QARTOD) quality control test and flags applied following procedures in the Manual for Real-Time Quality Control of Dissolved Nutrients Observations version 1.1, February 2018. Values for quality control flags can be found in the columns with analyte name and ending in "_flags". Four required flags are listed for including, gap test, syntax test, location test, and gross range test. Flag values are 1 = pass; 3 = suspect; 4 = failed..
  • Parameter or Variable: organic dissolved oxygen (measured); Units: milligram per liter; Observation Category: in situ; Sampling Instrument: YSI EXO2; Sampling and Analyzing Method: In situ sensor; Data Quality Method: Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) Quality Assurance of Real-Time Oceanographic Data (QARTOD) quality control test and flags applied following procedures in the Manual for Real-Time Quality Control of Dissolved Nutrients Observations version 1.1, February 2018. Values for quality control flags can be found in the columns with analyte name and ending in "_flags". Four required flags are listed for including, gap test, syntax test, location test, and gross range test. Flag values are 1 = pass; 3 = suspect; 4 = failed..
  • Parameter or Variable: CHLOROPHYLL A (measured); Units: RFU; Observation Category: in situ; Sampling Instrument: YSI EXO2; Sampling and Analyzing Method: In situ sensor; Data Quality Method: Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) Quality Assurance of Real-Time Oceanographic Data (QARTOD) quality control test and flags applied following procedures in the Manual for Real-Time Quality Control of Dissolved Nutrients Observations version 1.1, February 2018. Values for quality control flags can be found in the columns with analyte name and ending in "_flags". Four required flags are listed for including, gap test, syntax test, location test, and gross range test. Flag values are 1 = pass; 3 = suspect; 4 = failed..
  • Parameter or Variable: phycocyanin (measured); Units: RFU; Observation Category: in situ; Sampling Instrument: YSI EXO2; Sampling and Analyzing Method: In situ sensor; Data Quality Method: Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) Quality Assurance of Real-Time Oceanographic Data (QARTOD) quality control test and flags applied following procedures in the Manual for Real-Time Quality Control of Dissolved Nutrients Observations version 1.1, February 2018. Values for quality control flags can be found in the columns with analyte name and ending in "_flags". Four required flags are listed for including, gap test, syntax test, location test, and gross range test. Flag values are 1 = pass; 3 = suspect; 4 = failed..
  • Parameter or Variable: fluorescent dissolved organic matter (measured); Units: RFU; Observation Category: in situ; Sampling Instrument: YSI EXO2; Sampling and Analyzing Method: In situ sensor; Data Quality Method: Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) Quality Assurance of Real-Time Oceanographic Data (QARTOD) quality control test and flags applied following procedures in the Manual for Real-Time Quality Control of Dissolved Nutrients Observations version 1.1, February 2018. Values for quality control flags can be found in the columns with analyte name and ending in "_flags". Four required flags are listed for including, gap test, syntax test, location test, and gross range test. Flag values are 1 = pass; 3 = suspect; 4 = failed..
  • Parameter or Variable: turbidity (measured); Units: NTU; Observation Category: in situ; Sampling Instrument: Turner C6; Sampling and Analyzing Method: In situ sensor; Data Quality Method: Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) Quality Assurance of Real-Time Oceanographic Data (QARTOD) quality control test and flags applied following procedures in the Manual for Real-Time Quality Control of Dissolved Nutrients Observations version 1.1, February 2018. Values for quality control flags can be found in the columns with analyte name and ending in "_flags". Four required flags are listed for including, gap test, syntax test, location test, and gross range test. Flag values are 1 = pass; 3 = suspect; 4 = failed..
  • Parameter or Variable: phycoerythrin (measured); Units: RFU; Observation Category: in situ; Sampling Instrument: Turner C6; Sampling and Analyzing Method: In situ sensor; Data Quality Method: Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) Quality Assurance of Real-Time Oceanographic Data (QARTOD) quality control test and flags applied following procedures in the Manual for Real-Time Quality Control of Dissolved Nutrients Observations version 1.1, February 2018. Values for quality control flags can be found in the columns with analyte name and ending in "_flags". Four required flags are listed for including, gap test, syntax test, location test, and gross range test. Flag values are 1 = pass; 3 = suspect; 4 = failed..
  • Parameter or Variable: phycocyanin (measured); Units: RFU; Observation Category: in situ; Sampling Instrument: Turner C6; Sampling and Analyzing Method: In situ sensor; Data Quality Method: Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) Quality Assurance of Real-Time Oceanographic Data (QARTOD) quality control test and flags applied following procedures in the Manual for Real-Time Quality Control of Dissolved Nutrients Observations version 1.1, February 2018. Values for quality control flags can be found in the columns with analyte name and ending in "_flags". Four required flags are listed for including, gap test, syntax test, location test, and gross range test. Flag values are 1 = pass; 3 = suspect; 4 = failed..
  • Parameter or Variable: CHLOROPHYLL A (measured); Units: RFU; Observation Category: in situ; Sampling Instrument: Turner C6; Sampling and Analyzing Method: In situ sensor; Data Quality Method: Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) Quality Assurance of Real-Time Oceanographic Data (QARTOD) quality control test and flags applied following procedures in the Manual for Real-Time Quality Control of Dissolved Nutrients Observations version 1.1, February 2018. Values for quality control flags can be found in the columns with analyte name and ending in "_flags". Four required flags are listed for including, gap test, syntax test, location test, and gross range test. Flag values are 1 = pass; 3 = suspect; 4 = failed..
  • Parameter or Variable: colored dissolved organic matter (measured); Units: ppb; Observation Category: in situ; Sampling Instrument: Turner C6; Sampling and Analyzing Method: In situ sensor; Data Quality Method: Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) Quality Assurance of Real-Time Oceanographic Data (QARTOD) quality control test and flags applied following procedures in the Manual for Real-Time Quality Control of Dissolved Nutrients Observations version 1.1, February 2018. Values for quality control flags can be found in the columns with analyte name and ending in "_flags". Four required flags are listed for including, gap test, syntax test, location test, and gross range test. Flag values are 1 = pass; 3 = suspect; 4 = failed..
  • Parameter or Variable: DEPTH - SENSOR (measured); Units: meter; Observation Category: in situ; Sampling Instrument: Turner C6; Sampling and Analyzing Method: In situ sensor; Data Quality Method: Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) Quality Assurance of Real-Time Oceanographic Data (QARTOD) quality control test and flags applied following procedures in the Manual for Real-Time Quality Control of Dissolved Nutrients Observations version 1.1, February 2018. Values for quality control flags can be found in the columns with analyte name and ending in "_flags". Four required flags are listed for including, gap test, syntax test, location test, and gross range test. Flag values are 1 = pass; 3 = suspect; 4 = failed..
  • Parameter or Variable: phosphate (measured); Units: micrograms per liter; Observation Category: in situ; Sampling Instrument: Seabird/Wetlabs CycleP; Sampling and Analyzing Method: In situ sensor; Data Quality Method: Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) Quality Assurance of Real-Time Oceanographic Data (QARTOD) quality control test and flags applied following procedures in the Manual for Real-Time Quality Control of Dissolved Nutrients Observations version 1.1, February 2018. Values for quality control flags can be found in the columns with analyte name and ending in "_flags". Four required flags are listed for including, gap test, syntax test, location test, and gross range test. Flag values are 1 = pass; 3 = suspect; 4 = failed..
Acquisition Information (collection)
Instrument
  • buoy - moored buoy
  • meteorological sensor
  • multi-parameter water quality sensor
Platform
  • moored buoys
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