Western Lake Ontario 2 - OMECP Environmental Sensors
OxygenInorganic CarbonParticulate matterSea Surface SalinitySea Surface TemperatureSurface CurrentsPhytoplankton biomass and diversity
Western Lake Ontario 2 is real-time water quality data system consisting of a buoy, benthic unit and mid-depth nodes deployed by the Ontario Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change (OMOECC) in Lake Ontario. The system is located ~2 km offshore of Etobicoke, ON in ~20 m of water and is used to monitor nearshore water quality conditions at the surface, bottom, 5 m off bottom and 11 m off bottom within the water column.
Data and resources
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ERDDAP's version of the OPeNDAP .html web page for this dataset. Specify a subset of the dataset and download the data via OPeNDAP or in many different file…ERDDAP Open
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ERDDAP's Make-A-Graph .html web page for this dataset. Create an image with a map or graph of a subset of the data.ERDDAP Open
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Background information from the sourceHTML Open
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Background information from the sourceHTML Open
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Background information from the sourceHTML Open
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ERDDAP's tabledap service (a flavor of OPeNDAP) for tabular (sequence) data. Add different extensions (e.g., .html, .graph, .das, .dds) to the base URL for…ERDDAP Open
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Background information from the sourceHTML Open
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An OPeNDAP service for tabular (sequence) data. Add different extensions (e.g., .html, .das, .dds) to the base URL for different purposes.ERDDAP Open
Additional information
| Temporal extent | 2023-05-10 – 2026-11-03 |
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| 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 |
| API | package_show |