NDBC Buoy at Gray's Reef

In addition to the climate stations within the GCE study area, we will also use real time monitoring data from the National Data Buoy Center's Station 41008.  This buoy is located within the Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary, approximately 39km from the University of Georgia Marine Institute on Sapelo Island (view map).  Data from this station will be used to characterize oceanic forcing in physical models, and will serve as an oceanic end-member for various estuary studies.

Meteorological parameters	(photo from the NDBC Web Site)
wind speed wind direction wind gust air temperature atmospheric pressure pressure tendency dew point
Oceanographic parameters
wave height dominant wave period water temperature
Station Status
system is operational real time and historic data are available on the NDBC Web Site
Geographic Coordinates
latitude: 31° 24' 08" N  longitude: 080° 52' 14" W