Achievements

Great Lakes Center Field Station Manager Brian Haas and Aquatic Research Specialist Ben Szczygiel were interviewed by the Buffalo News for an article that ran in the paper on May 11. The article detailed the two weather buoys maintained by the field station staff—one in Lake Erie about six miles from Dunkirk's shoreline, and one just two miles west of the Buffalo harbor.

The seasonal buoys provide real-time data by measuring above-water data such as wind speed/direction, air temperature, wave height, etc., and below-water data including temperature and varying intervals, chlorophyl, turbidity, dissolved oxygen, and conductivity.  The new Buffalo buoy will also feature a webcam that will take a 30-second image at the top of every hour. The buoys are a great community resource providing real-time data to everyone from anglers and local boaters to researchers and scientists.