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Experimental Lake Erie Real-time Data

we2 we4 we8 we13 RRB ESP WE9 WE6 WE12 WE16 Map of real-time sampling sites

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Most recent real-time data from western Lake Erie (Click here to collapse)
Variable WE2 WE4 WE8 WE13
Time "2023-10-18 13:31:00" "2023-09-25 06:46:00" "2023-10-11 19:16:00" "2019-10-02 16:46:00"
Air Temperature (deg C) 0 16.97 15.1 23.43
Water Temperature (deg C) NA 21.03 12.97 NA
Barometric Pressure (mbar) 0 996.8855 988.3999 984.3978
Wind Speed (m/s) 0 6.638 0.55 0.531
Wind Direction
(deg clockwise from North)
0 35.95 135.7 10.4
Turbidity (NTU) NA 6.452 54.43 NA
Specific Conductivity (μS/cm) NA 256.2 0.492 NA
Chlorophyll A (RFU) NA 0.833 0.142 NA
Blue-Green Algae (RFU) NA -0.085 1.283 NA
Flourescent Dissolved
Organic Matter (RFU)
NA 0.201 -1.391 NA
Nitrogen (mg/L) NA 0.1487 0
Dissolved Oxygen (mg/L) NA 8.98 10.67 NA
pH NA 8.25 7.042 NA
Phosphorus Timestamp 2000-00-00 00:00:00 2023-09-25 05:05:13 2023-10-11 18:05:12 NA
Phosphorus (μgP/L) 0 0.9 -2.7 NA





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