this is the Western Sound Station: This Station: About This Station Last 12 Hours Latest WQ Latest PAR Latest Weather Latest System SoundView Tide Stage Related Wx: Sikorsky Airport NY City Radar Boston Radar National Radar Other Stations: Central Sound Eastern Sound Hempstead Harbor Norwalk Harbor Thames River Ledge Light Wx Western Sound Other Links: Station Locations Station Status Sensor Info Site Index MYSound Home		Note: The sampling interval is every 60 minutes for this station,click on your browser's refresh/reload button to update your display. Home Western PAR Panel Western WQ Panel Western Wx Panel Note: ~ PAR - Photosynthetically Active Radiation (400-700 nm light waveband) ~ All units in micromoles/sec/meter² ~ Aerial PAR is located on the superstructure of the buoy, approximately 2.5 meters above the surface of the water. ~ Two sensors are installed at the surface to compensate for shadowing by the buoy. ~ The higher reading of the two surface PARs is the more accurate reading. Aerial PAR: Li-Cor®   LI-190SZ Quantum Sensor Underwater PAR: Li-COR®   LI-192SA Underwater Quantum Sensor