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Spectacle Reef Light: Realtime Coastal Observation Network (ReCON) Station

Sea Surface TemperatureOcean surface stressOcean surface heat flux

The Spectacle Reef eddy covariance and meteorological station is maintained by the University of Colorado-Boulder and located 28 miles east of Mackinaw City, Michigan on Lake Huron. The station is part of the Great Lakes Evaporation Network (GLEN), which was established to improve observations of over-lake meteorology and evaporation, to use these observations to provide more accurate projections of Great Lakes water levels, and to support a variety of stakeholders, including the National Weather Service (NWS), U.S. and Canadian Coast Guard, recreational boaters and commercial shipping, emergency management officials, and the Great Lakes research community.

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Additional information

Temporal extent2016-09-10 – 2026-11-03
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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