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Find data for your decision. Connect your device or data stream to the observing network.

Discover Data on Seagull

We support real-time, historical, and predictive observing data from the five Great Lakes and into the watershed.

GLOS supports:

🌊 Physical data about the wind, waves, underwater environment, and more

🧪 Biogeochemical data like chlorophyll, oxygen, and toxins

🐟 Biological and ecosystem data about fish, algae, and more

Data Categories

Data sources include:

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Buoys and
Moorings

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Shore-based
Systems

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Uncrewed
Systems

Vessels of Opportunity

Vessels of
Opportunity

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High-Frequency
Radar

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Satellites

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Scientific
Models

Data sources include:

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Shore-based Stations Carousel

Uncrewed Systems Carousel

Vessels of Opportunity Carousel

High-frequency Radar Carousel

Satellite Carousel

Scientific Models Carousel

GLOS partners with dozens of organizations to maintain the observing network, share data, advance technology, and more.

GLERL

Ontario Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change

CIGLR

Lorain, OH

UofM

Aqua

Avon Lake Regional Water

Carroll Township

City of Huron

GVSU

ESF

LimnoTech

Michigan Technological University

Northern Michigan University

Ottawa County, OH

Purdue

Regional Science Consortium

Toledo

UMD

University of Toledo

UWM

Vermilion, OH

Village of Marblehead

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Algoma University Logo_500

Chippewas of Nawash Logo_500

Clarkson University Logo_500

Collective Environmental Logo_500

Conservation Ontario Logo_500

Council of the Great Lakes Region Logo_500

Current Logo_500

Datastream Logo_500

Fisheries and Oceans Canada Logo_500

Florida Atlantic University FAU Logo_500

Fondriest Environmental Logo_500

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Great Lakes Commission GLC Logo_500

International Joint Commisison Logo_500

McMaster University Logo_500

Mohawk Council of Akwesasne Logo_500

New Water Logo_500

Nexsens Logo_500

Northeast Midwest Institute NEMWI Logo_500

Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry Logo_500

Queens University Logo_500

River Institute Logo_500

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Logo_500

U.S. Geological Survey Logo_500

University of Minnesota Duluth UMD Logo_500

University of Toronto Scarborough Logo_500

University of Wisconsin Green Bay UWGB Logo_500

University Prep High School Logo_500

Upstate Freshwater Institute UFI Logo_500

Water Rangers Logo_500

Trent University Logo_500

Saugeen Ojibway Nation Environment Office Logo_500

GLOS partners with dozens of organizations to maintain the observing network, share data, advance technology, and more.

GLERL

Ontario Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change

CIGLR

Lorain, OH

UofM

Aqua

Avon Lake Regional Water

Carroll Township

City of Huron

GVSU

ESF

LimnoTech

Michigan Technological University

Northern Michigan University

Ottawa County, OH

Purdue

Regional Science Consortium

Toledo

UMD

University of Toledo

UWM

Vermilion, OH

Village of Marblehead

Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians Logo_Web Carousel

Algoma University Logo_500

Chippewas of Nawash Logo_500

Clarkson University Logo_500

Collective Environmental Logo_500

Conservation Ontario Logo_500

Council of the Great Lakes Region Logo_500

Current Logo_500

Datastream Logo_500

Fisheries and Oceans Canada Logo_500

Florida Atlantic University FAU Logo_500

Fondriest Environmental Logo_500

Great Lakes Commission GLC Logo_500_1

Great Lakes Commission GLC Logo_500

International Joint Commisison Logo_500

McMaster University Logo_500

Mohawk Council of Akwesasne Logo_500

New Water Logo_500

Nexsens Logo_500

Northeast Midwest Institute NEMWI Logo_500

Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry Logo_500

Queens University Logo_500

River Institute Logo_500

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Logo_500

U.S. Geological Survey Logo_500

University of Minnesota Duluth UMD Logo_500

University of Toronto Scarborough Logo_500

University of Wisconsin Green Bay UWGB Logo_500

University Prep High School Logo_500

Upstate Freshwater Institute UFI Logo_500

Water Rangers Logo_500

Trent University Logo_500

Saugeen Ojibway Nation Environment Office Logo_500

Mockup of Great Lakes and Buoy data on a computer and phone

Seagull

GLOS built Seagull to help connect people to the water like never before. A powerful, cloud-based platform, Seagull re-imagines how connected data becomes information and insights in peoples’ hands.

Seagull Data screenshot of water temperature in Lake Erie

Check Lake Temperature

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See Live Waves and Currents

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Track Water Quality

GLOS partners with dozens of organizations throughout the region to maintain the observing network, serve data, advance technology, and more.

U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System Certified Regional Association

GLOS offers an IOOS certified access point for real-time observing data. This standardized formatting and quality control system shows others that your data is up to federal standards.

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Hundreds of Thousands of Observers

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Over 100 Real-time Stations

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Dozens of Partner Organizations

Connect your Data