Providing a scientific foundation for education and research programs
The Wells Reserve maintains weather and water quality stations — and monitors nutrients and biological systems — as part of the System-wide Monitoring Program.
The Wells Reserve weather station, labeled "Laudholm Farm" (or WELLFMET) at nerrsdata.org, is located east of the Maine Coastal Ecology Center on the reserve's Laudholm campus.
Water quality monitoring stations are set in the two estuaries surrounding the Wells Reserve at Laudholm, including the mouth of the Webhannet River at Wells Harbor and upstream of the Little River mouth.
Each station transmits data hourly via satellite to the NOAA Centralized Data Management Office, which provides several tools for observing, visualizing, and manipulating the data. These are among our favorites (search for WELLFMET for weather or other WELxxxxx stations for water quality and nutrient data):
The following variables are measured by the Wells Reserve:
Our research staff run quality assurance and quality control tests on weather, water, and nutrient data, then submit files to NOAAs Centralized Data Management Office. After additional QA/QC, the CDMO makes data available to researchers, coastal managers, and educators.
The Current Conditions bar on our home page uses weather and water data obtained from local monitoring equipment. These real-time data are distributed by NOAA's Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services.
Sunset times are from Sunrise Sunset.
Visit the Centralized Data Management Office to graph or download data from the Wells Reserve or any other reserve in the system.
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