NOAA: Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory (GLSEA lake temperature, daily ice cover), National Data Buoy Center (real-time buoy reports and the St. Clair Shores station CLSM4), National Weather Service, Climate Prediction Center, Office of Coast Survey (charts), National Centers for Environmental Information (climate normals)
NOAA nowCOAST, National Ocean Service (on the map, loaded by your browser from nowcoast.noaa.gov: rain radar, the base reflectivity mosaic of the Multi-Radar/Multi-Sensor System of NWS and NOAA OAR; lightning, the strike density of the National Lightning Detection Network and the Global Lightning Detection Network GLD360 from the NWS Ocean Prediction Center)
Great Lakes Aquatic Habitat Framework (GLAHF), University of Michigan and Michigan State University (spawning and nursery sites on the map, after Goodyear et al. 1982, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, updated 2011)
Fisheries and Oceans Canada, through CIOOS Pacific (history of buoy 45147, Lake St. Clair, an Environment and Climate Change Canada buoy; used to check the wind, wave and lake temperature models). Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.
OpenStreetMap contributors (launch positions, base map)
Protomaps (base map tiles)
Natural Earth (lake outline and border)
Lake Erie (western basin): NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory (GLSEA lake temperature, mean of the western-basin grid), National Data Buoy Center (buoy 45005 and the South Bass Island station SBIO1, and the partner buoys of LimnoTech, 45165, and the Cleveland Water Alliance, 45200, 45201 and 45202, distributed by NDBC), National Weather Service Cleveland and Detroit (marine zones LEZ142-144, LEZ162-164 and LEZ444), CO-OPS (Toledo and Marblehead water levels) and Office of Coast Survey (electronic navigational chart soundings, the depth check of the area outlines)
U.S. Geological Survey, National Hydrography Dataset (Lake Erie shoreline); NOAA Office of Coast Survey, U.S. Maritime Limits and Boundaries (U.S.-Canada boundary; not for legal use)
Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Parks Canada (regulations and launch positions); Great Lakes Aquatic Habitat Framework (GLAHF: Lake Erie substrate and spawning sites, for area bottoms and evidence)
Natural Resources Canada: Canadian Geographical Names Database (Ontario launch positions) and Canada Lands Survey System (Point Pelee National Park boundary). Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.
Lake Erie (eastern basin): NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory (GLSEA lake temperature, mean of the eastern-basin grid), National Data Buoy Center (the partner buoys of the Regional Science Consortium, 45167, and SUNY Buffalo State, 45220, distributed by NDBC), National Weather Service Cleveland and Buffalo (marine zones LEZ020, LEZ040, LEZ041, LEZ061, LEZ149 and LEZ169), CO-OPS (Erie and Buffalo water levels) and Office of Coast Survey (electronic navigational chart soundings, the depth check of the area outlines)
U.S. Geological Survey, National Hydrography Dataset (Lake Erie shoreline); NOAA Office of Coast Survey, U.S. Maritime Limits and Boundaries (U.S.-Canada boundary; not for legal use)
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission, Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, the Seneca Nation, the St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation and the U.S. Coast Guard (regulations and launch positions); Great Lakes Aquatic Habitat Framework (GLAHF: Lake Erie substrate and spawning sites, for area bottoms and evidence); New York Sea Grant (Angling for Smallmouth Bass in Lake Erie, 1984) and the New York Department of State (coastal fish and wildlife habitat forms), for the New York areas
Fisheries and Oceans Canada: Canadian Hydrographic Service NONNA-100 non-navigational bathymetry (depth lines and area outlines in Canadian water; not for navigation) and the Marine Environmental Data Section archive of Environment and Climate Change Canada buoy 45142 (Port Colborne; the land-to-water wind factor); Environment and Climate Change Canada: Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database (National Wildlife Area boundaries); Natural Resources Canada: Canadian Geographical Names Database (Ontario area and launch positions). Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada (marine forecasts and warnings for the Canadian water of Lake Erie (western basin) and Lake Erie (eastern basin), from the MSC Datamart; warnings shown as issued). Used under the ECCC Data Servers End-use Licence 2.1.1.