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Mackinac Straits West Buoy : meteorological station

Sea StateSea Surface TemperatureOcean surface stressOcean surface heat flux

The buoy at the Mackinac Straits West buoy station (NDBC Station 45175) is a marine research station equipped with an Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler. The buoy is removed each year during the winter months. As currently configured, the station collects wind direction, wind speed and gust speed, air and water surface temperatures, relative humidity, dew point, barometric pressure, significant wave height, dominant period of waves, wave direction, buoy battery voltage, and the depth and eastward and northward water velocities for each of 28 vertical bins of the water column.

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Additional information

Temporal extent2026-11-01 – 2026-11-02
Date (creation)2026-11-04
StatusonGoing
Update frequencyasNeeded
Metadata languageen
LicenseThe data may be used and redistributed for free but is not intended for legal use, since it may contain inaccuracies. Neither the data contributor, GLOS, NOAA, nor the United States Government, nor any of their employees or contractors, makes any warranty, express or implied, including warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose, or assumes any legal liability for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness, of this information.
Source metadataISO 19115 XML
Last updated2026-11-04
Created2026-11-04
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