Wisconsin Point Buoy 45217 from the Lake Superior NERR

Oxygen Inorganic Carbon Particulate matter Sea Surface Salinity Sea Surface Temperature Phytoplankton biomass and diversity

45217, or LKSWIWQ, is a water quality monitoring buoy located in nearshore Lake Superior near Wisconsin Point, within the Lake Superior National Estuarine Research Reserve. It was initially deployed in 2024 and is typically deployed May through October. This station was established with support from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.

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Temporal extent	2024-08-13 – 2026-11-03
Date (creation)	2026-11-04
Status	onGoing
Update frequency	asNeeded
Metadata language	en
License	The 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 metadata	ISO 19115 XML
Last updated	2026-11-04
Created	2026-11-04
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Keywords

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