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S/V Denis Sullivan Fundraiser

Posted by stasiukg under Other Events on 2011-09-09

Celebrate Wisconsin's Flagship.

The 2nd annual S/V Denis Sullivan Fundraiser is being held on Thursday, October 6 from 5:30 - 8 pm.

Join us for this exciting fundraising event to help support our freshwater education programs of the Sailing vessel Denis Sullivan.

Complimentary beer, wine, and great food. Free deck tours of the S/V Denis Sullivan, cash bar, live music, silent auction.

View a pictorial history of the Schooner - Win a free day sail for two.

$25 per person (advanced)

$80 Family 4 pack (advanced)

$30 per person at the door

Purchase your tickets by calling 414-765-8625

DISCOVERY WORLD, 500 N. Harbor Drive, Milwaukee, WI 53202

www.discoveryworld.org

Supporting Sponsors: Bartolotta's Restaurant Group & Beer Capitol Distributors

Link: http://www.discoveryworld.org

Grand Traverse Bay Observing System Completes Fourth Season

Posted by stasiukg under Other Events on 2008-12-16

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Grand Traverse Bay Observing System Completes Fourth Season

The Grand Traverse Bay Observing System (GTBOS), part of the Great Lakes Observing System (GLOS), has recently completed its 4^th year of operations in West Grand Traverse Bay . Launched in April and recovered in late November, the 2008 field season was the longest duration deployment since the observing system first went into operation. The Great Lakes Water Studies Institute and Michigan Sea Grant Extension assisted a team from the University of Michigan ’s Marine Hydrodynamics Laboratories to retrieve a scientific buoy moored in 160 feet of water approximately 2 miles north of the Great Lakes Campus of Northwestern Michigan College. The buoy broadcasts a suite of information every ten minutes over the web including: Wave height and period, Water current speed and direction, Air and water temperature, Incident solar radiation and Wind direction and magnitude. Information for the last 24 hours is graphically displayed and all data is archived for further analysis. A land based weather station was also removed from the end of the pier at the Great Lakes Campus harbor. This station reports air temperature, PAR, wind direction and magnitude, relative humidity and barometric pressure. The Great Lakes Observing System is the Great Lakes node of the nine regional affiliates of the national Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS), whose mission is the coordinated collection, compilation and management of regional observing systems' data. The GTBOS data is available nationwide on the National Data Buoy Center website. Information collected from these observing systems is critical to understanding how the Great Lakes react to both natural and man induced stressors. Over the past 4 years, the Grand Traverse Bay Observing System has demonstrated that real-time oceanographic and meteorological data disseminated to the public is a very valuable educational and environmental tool. The instruments will again be deployed in early spring 2009 with the addition of a second coastal monitoring buoy located near the tip of the Old Mission Peninsula . For more information contact Hans VanSumeren, Director of the Great Lakes Water Studies Institute, at hvansumeren@nmc.edu or 231-995-1793