Three of the BEACON buoys have resided in Boston Harbor since July of 2009.  The buoys monitor atmospheric events such as wind direction and speed, temperature, humidity, PAR (photosynthetic light), and barometric pressure.  Just below the water surface the buoys monitor temperature, conductivity, CDOM (colored dissolved organic matter), and chlorophyll.  Using a telemetry package provided by Onset Computer Corp., the buoys can download the collected data to this website.

The Healey weather station is located on the roof of the UMass Boston Healey Library. The weather station is a Davis Vantage Pro 2 weather station that measures rainfall, air temperature, humidity, pressure, wind speed, and direction.