gov.noaa.nodc:GLERL-ReCON eng utf8 series NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information ncei.info@noaa.gov https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact HTTPS NOAA Contact Information Information for contacts at NCEI. information custodian 2026-04-02T17:00:52Z ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata - Part 2: Extensions for Imagery and Gridded Data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) Oceanographic, surface meteorological, and chemical water quality parameter data collected from moored Real-time Coastal Observation Network (ReCON) buoys in the Great Lakes region by NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory since 2004 2020-04-10 publication 2022-10-27 revision 2020-03-09 creation International DOI Foundation (IDF) 10.25921/jvks-b587 NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information gov.noaa.nodc:GLERL-ReCON NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information ncei.info@noaa.gov https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact HTTPS NCEI Contact Information Information for contacts at NCEI. information publisher Lacey Mason NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory (GLERL) lacey.mason@noaa.gov http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/ HTTP NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory (GLERL) website Institution web page information resourceProvider National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) https://www.noaa.gov/ HTTPS National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) website Institution web page information resourceProvider NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory (GLERL) http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/ HTTP NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory (GLERL) website Institution web page information resourceProvider NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory (GLERL) NOAA GLERL Data Manager oar.glerl.data@noaa.gov http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/ HTTP NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory (GLERL) website Institution web page information pointOfContact Ron Muzzi NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory (GLERL) ron.muzzi@noaa.gov http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/ HTTP NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory (GLERL) website Institution web page information pointOfContact Steve Ruberg NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory (GLERL) steve.ruberg@noaa.gov http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/ HTTP NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory (GLERL) website Institution web page information principalInvestigator NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/ HTTP NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory (GLERL) website Institution web page information author NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory (GLERL) http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/ HTTP NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory (GLERL) website Institution web page information contributor tableDigital NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory has collected observations from in-situ Real-time Coastal Observation Network (ReCON) moored buoys during the open water season, in the Great Lakes since 2004. The ReCON buoy network provides continuous, real-time observations facilitates modification of sampling parameters in anticipation of episodic events, facilitates the collection of field samples in response to episodic events, supports long-term research, and contributes to sensor and system development. Parameters collected include air temperature, chlorophyll, conductivity, current profiles, depth, dissolved organic matter, dissolved oxygen, photosynthetically active radiation (PAR), pressure (hydrostatic), specific conductivity, total dissolved solids, water temperature, wind direction and speed, and wave height, direction and period. Five quality assurance for real-time oceanographic data (QARTOD) tests were run on the observations including gross range, climatological, spike, rate of change, and flat line tests. The highest value from the five tests was included under the “Qartod” column. If data were known to be invalid, that line of data was removed from the dataset. The goal of the ReCON program is to develop a national network of coastal buoys capable of seabed to sea-surface observations. This wireless observation system, with shore stations at coastal locations covering approximately 800 square miles of sea surface, uses commercially available networking equipment allowing straightforward integration into a nationwide network. Each system collects meteorological data and provides sub-surface measurements of chemical, biological, and physical parameters. The system is designed to allow controlled access to multi-institutional users through surface buoys and sub-surface sensor guest ports located on an underwater hub. The observation network currently provides environmental data to state, federal, and university researchers, educators and resource managers. Funding Agency: Great Lakes Observing System Funding Agency: NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory onGoing historicalArchive NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information ncei.info@noaa.gov https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact HTTPS NCEI Contact Information Information for contacts at NCEI. information pointOfContact asNeeded https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/metadata/landing-page/bin/gfx?id=gov.noaa.nodc:GLERL-ReCON Preview graphic PNG 0209234 0210569 0210662 0210802 0210803 0210871 0211006 0211085 0211086 0211090 0213376 0213627 0215154 0219910 0241611 0251656 0252118 0252119 0253293 0253464 0253924 0254011 0254753 0256368 0266598 NCEI ACCESSION NUMBER 2022-08-16 publication AIR TEMPERATURE BAROMETRIC PRESSURE CHLOROPHYLL CONDUCTIVITY CURRENT SPEED - EAST/WEST COMPONENT (U) CURRENT SPEED - NORTH/SOUTH COMPONENT (V) DEPTH - BOTTOM DEPTH - OBSERVATION DEPTH - SENSOR DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER DISSOLVED OXYGEN harmful algal blooms (HABs) HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE ICE NITROGEN - ORGANIC OXYGEN - PERCENT SATURATION pH PHOTOSYNTHETIC ACTIVE RADIATION (PAR) SEDIMENTS - DRY WEIGHT SEDIMENTS - ORGANIC CARBON SEDIMENTS - TOTAL CARBON turbidity WATER TEMPERATURE WAVE DIRECTION WAVE DIRECTION - AVERAGE WAVE HEIGHT - MAXIMUM WAVE HEIGHT - SIGNIFICANT WAVE PERIOD WAVE PERIOD - AVERAGE WIND DIRECTION WIND DIRECTION - AVERAGE WIND SPEED WIND SPEED - AVERAGE theme NODC DATA TYPES THESAURUS ADCP anemometer barometer buoy buoy - moored buoy CTD CTD - moored CTD current meter laboratory analysis mass spectrometer meteorological sensor multi-parameter water quality sensor oceanic dropsonde PAR Sensor pressure sensor temperature probe thermometer instrument NODC INSTRUMENT TYPES THESAURUS biological chemical in situ laboratory analyses physical theme NODC OBSERVATION TYPES THESAURUS moored buoys moorings platform NODC PLATFORM NAMES THESAURUS NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory dataCentre NODC COLLECTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory dataCentre NODC SUBMITTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS Great Lakes Observing System (GLOS) Realtime Environmental Coastal Observation Network (RECON) project NODC PROJECT NAMES THESAURUS Great Lakes place NODC SEA AREA NAMES THESAURUS oceanography theme WMO_CategoryCode 2012-09-15 publication Cooperative Institute for Limnology and Ecosystems Research, University of Michigan NOAA/OAR/GLERL dataCentre Contributing Organizations DOC/NOAA > National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration DOC/NOAA/OAR/GLERL > Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, OAR, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce dataCentre Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Data Center Keywords 2026 revision 23 Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Greenbelt MD https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords HTTPS GCMD Keyword Forum Page Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. 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URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords information custodian Real-Time Coastal Observation Network (ReCON) project Provider Keywords Real-Time Coastal Observation Network (ReCON) project Provider Project Names Great Lakes Observing System (GLOS) Realtime Environmental Coastal Observation Network (RECON) project Provider Projects EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > SURFACE WINDS > WIND DIRECTION EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > SURFACE WINDS > WIND SPEED EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > BATHYMETRY/SEAFLOOR TOPOGRAPHY > WATER DEPTH EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > MARINE SEDIMENTS EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > CHLOROPHYLL EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > NITROGEN EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > ORGANIC MATTER EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > OXYGEN EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > PH EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CIRCULATION > OCEAN CURRENTS EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN OPTICS > PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN OPTICS > TURBIDITY EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN PRESSURE > WATER PRESSURE EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > WATER TEMPERATURE EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WAVES > SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WAVES > WAVE HEIGHT EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WAVES > WAVE PERIOD EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WAVES > WAVE SPEED/DIRECTION EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > CONDUCTIVITY EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SEA ICE EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > WATER QUALITY > ALGAL BLOOMS > HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOM (HABs) EARTH SCIENCE > TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > WATER QUALITY/WATER CHEMISTRY > WATER CHARACTERISTICS > TURBIDITY theme Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords 2026 revision 23 Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Greenbelt MD https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords HTTPS GCMD Keyword Forum Page Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. 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Probe mass spectrometer instrument Provider Instruments AIR TEMPERATURE Buoy Battery Voltage Buoy Bus Voltage CDMA Received Signal Level CURRENT SPEED - EAST/WEST COMPONENT (U) CURRENT SPEED - NORTH/SOUTH COMPONENT (V) DEPTH - BOTTOM DEPTH - OBSERVATION DEPTH - SENSOR, WATER TEMPERATURE Dissolved Oxygen - Saturation Fluorescent Dissolved Organic Matter (fDOM) Ice Data Magnetic Compass Heading Modem Data Transfer Rate Phycocyanin (blue-green algae) Pitch Angle Potential Hydrogen Roll Angle SEDIMENTS - DRY WEIGHT SEDIMENTS - ORGANIC CARBON SEDIMENTS - TOTAL CARBON Sediments - organic nitrogen Significant Wave Height Solar Panel Voltage Specific Conductivity Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) Underwater Hub Bus Voltage WIND DIRECTION WIND SPEED WIND SPEED - MAXIMUM Wave Direction Wave Period altitude atmospheric pressure channel flow rate mass flux wind speed maximum theme Provider Keywords moored buoy (48MB) Saginaw Bay Light #1 station moored bouy moored buoy moorings platform Provider Platform Names ADCP > Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler ANEMOMETERS > ANEMOMETERS BAROMETERS > BAROMETERS CTD > Conductivity, Temperature, Depth CURRENT METERS DROPSONDES MASS SPECTROMETERS > MASS SPECTROMETERS PAR SENSORS > Photosynthetically Active Radiation Sensors PRESSURE SENSORS > PRESSURE SENSORS TEMPERATURE PROBES > TEMPERATURE PROBES THERMOMETERS > THERMOMETERS instrument Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Instrument Keywords 2026 revision 23 Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Greenbelt MD https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords HTTPS GCMD Keyword Forum Page Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. 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Young 05106 Marine Wind Monitor (using KVH AutoComp 1000 Fluxgate Compass for north reference) Yellow Springs YSI 6000/6600 Sonde instrument Provider Instrument Types BUOYS MOORINGS platform Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Platform Keywords 2026 revision 23 Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Greenbelt MD https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords HTTPS GCMD Keyword Forum Page Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. GCMD Keywords, Version 21. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords information custodian moored buoy moored buoy (48MB) platform Provider Platforms CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > CANADA > GREAT LAKES, CANADA CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > UNITED STATES OF AMERICA > GREAT LAKES place Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords 2026 revision 23 Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Greenbelt MD https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords HTTPS GCMD Keyword Forum Page Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. GCMD Keywords, Version 21. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). 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Societal Benefits of the Real-Time Coastal Observation Network (ReCON): Implications for Municipal Drinking Water Quality. Marine Technology Society Journal, 42(3), 103–109. https://doi.org/10.4031/002533208786842471 2008-09-01 publication International DOI Foundation (IDF) https://doi.org/10.4031/002533208786842471 https://doi.org/10.4031/002533208786842471 HTTPS https://doi.org/10.4031/002533208786842471 journal article information Ruberg, Steven A. author Guasp, Edwin author Hawley, Nathan author Muzzi, Ronald W. author Brandt, Stephen B. author Vanderploeg, Henry A. author Lane, John C. author Miller, Terry author Constant, Stephen A. author Marine Technology Society publisher documentDigital mar technol soc j 42(3) ISSN 0025-3324, pp. 103-109 crossReference sciencePaper Ruberg, S., Brandt, S., Muzzi, R., Hawley, N., Leshkevich, G., Lane, J., Miller, T., & Bridgeman, T. (2007). A wireless real‐time coastal observation network. 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Updates are performed as needed to maintain currentness. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information custodian ADCP ADCP Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler The Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) measures currents beneath a ship while underway. Sound signals sent from the moving ship bounce back to receivers aboard the ship. This provides a profile of water movement relative to the ship-precise modern navigation, allowing the ship's motion to be subtracted from the data. These devices are also used on moorings and profilers and, along with acoustic backscattering, measure animal biomass. Particles in the path of the sound waves, mostly plankton, reflect a small part of the sound energy back toward receivers, allowing researchers to make remote estimates of the sizes and numbers of animals present in the water column. Before the 1970's, the most technologically advanced instrument used to measure water velocity was known as a Doppler speed log. This evolved into the first commercial ADCP, produced in the mid-1970's, which used averaging. Later in the 1970's, the first vessel-mounted ADCP was developed to measure water velocity more accurately and to allow measurement in range cells over a depth profile. As instruments evolved, so did new techniques in Doppler signal processing. Initially, Doppler speed logs used simple analog signal processing methods, which are still used in some commercial speed logs today. However, the first ADCPs incorporated analog-to-digital signal conversion over a narrow communication bandwidth. Around 1990, this technique was developed into broadband signal processing. Since then, broadband ADCPs have been able to generate very accurate, real-time velocity measurements. anemometer anemometer measures wind speed An anemometer is an instrument that measures wind speed. Note that an aerovane (insttypes_id 175) is an anemometer which has a tail and a propeller to measure the speed and direction of the wind. barometer barometer Barometers are instruments for measuring atmospheric pressure; two types include mercury barometers and aneroid barometers. buoy buoy generic type of floating instrumentation package buoy - moored buoy buoy - moored buoy a moored buoy does not measure anything. it is a platform for instruments, which do measure things. CTD CTD Conductivity-Temperature-Depth probe CTD - moored CTD CTD - moored CTD CTD - moored CTD current meter current meter current meter laboratory analysis laboratory analysis use as an observation type mass spectrometer mass spectrometer Instrument that measure the massess and relative concentrations of atoms and molecules meteorological sensor meteorological sensor Any meteorological sensor, but also see specific instruments such as aerovane, anemometer, etc. multi-parameter water quality sensor multi-parameter water quality sensor used to measure temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen, and other parameters Instrument used to measure temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen, and other parameters, often used to measure water quality parameters. Can be a hand-held instrument or a sonde for unattended monitoring. Often used in coastal water monitoring stations. YSI is the preeminent brand (as of 2024). oceanic dropsonde oceanic dropsonde The oceanic dropsonde, or dropsonde float, is a free falling instrument that records the temperature, conductivity, pressure and average current velocity in a vertical column of water. The instrument is dropped into the ocean at a known position. It descends at a constant rate to the bottom; weights are released on bottom contact, and then the instrument ascends to the surface. The distance between the drop point and the point were the instruments first surfaces, represents the total vertically accumulated drift during the period of descent and ascent. PAR Sensor PAR Sensor Photosynthetically Active Radiation Sensor The PAR sensor measures global solar radiation from 400 to 700 nm, which approximates the spectral band active in photosynthesis. The response of the instrument falls sharply to zero on either side of this band, and between 400 and 670 nm it increases monotonically from about 50% to 100%. There is no protective glass dome over the receiving surface. Irradiance from the sun passes through a small white visible bandpass filter/diffuser in the shape of a horizontal disk at the top of the instrument. Within the instrument radiation is directed through a series of colored glass filters and onto a silicon photodiode detector. The factory-supplied calibration converts the signal from the detector to a flux of photons in micro-mole (of photons) s-1 m-2. (One micro-mole equals 6.022 E17 photons.) For the solar spectrum, these units may be converted to watts per square meter by dividing by 4.6. 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