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Experimental Lake Erie Real-time Data

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Most recent real-time data from western Lake Erie (Click here to collapse)

Variable	WE2	WE4	WE8	WE13
Time	"2023-10-03 05:01:00"	"2023-09-25 06:46:00"	"2023-10-03 05:01:00"	"2019-10-02 16:46:00"
Air Temperature (deg C)	19.21	16.97	19.55	23.43
Water Temperature (deg C)	20.8	21.03	21.22	NA
Barometric Pressure (mbar)	1000.986	996.8855	1001.263	984.3978
Wind Speed (m/s)	2.776	6.638	2.063	0.531
Wind Direction (deg clockwise from North)	169	35.95	164.9	10.4
Turbidity (NTU)	6.425	6.452	0.109	NA
Specific Conductivity (μS/cm)	304.4	256.2	281.8	NA
Chlorophyll A (RFU)	1.614	0.833	1.519	NA
Blue-Green Algae (RFU)	0.744	-0.085	0.147	NA
Flourescent Dissolved Organic Matter (RFU)	4.3	0.201	2.562	NA
Nitrogen (mg/L)	0.1465	0.1487		0
Dissolved Oxygen (mg/L)	11.28	8.98	11.46	NA
pH	8.55	8.25	8.56	NA
Phosphorus Timestamp	2023-10-03 03:36:03	2023-09-25 05:05:13	2023-10-03 03:05:12	NA
Phosphorus (μgP/L)	0.4	0.9	-2.4	NA

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