http://www.glos.us The Great Lakes Observing System (GLOS) provides critical real-time data for multiple users, including, among others, resource managers, researchers, homeland security interests, the commercial shipping industry and the recreational boating community. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oe3_pvyw-1I The new buoy that was launched on Friday July 9 is the first of three coastal monitoring buoys that will be deployed by Michigan Tech in an effort to collect data on weather, surface and subsurface water temperature, wind speed and direction, wave height and air temperature in the Great Lakes. GLOS N/A All content is copyright GLOS iste 2010-07-27T13:38:38Z Link http://www.uppermichiganssource.com/news/story.aspx?list=~homelistssearch&id=481366 A collaborative research team from Michigan Tech is taking a $1.4 million grant to the waters of Lake Superior. Friday morning, the first of three coastal monitoring buoys was towed out to its summer location about two miles north of the Keweenaw Waterway entry. The 600-pound buoy was developed at the University of Michigan and is a part of the Great Lakes observing system. It will be used to measure about 20 variables above and below the water including weather conditions and surface temperature. GLOS N/A All content is copyright GLOS iste 2010-07-15T13:38:38Z Link http://www.mtu.edu/news/stories/2010/july/story28822.html The first of three coastal monitoring buoys travelled from Ann Arbor to Houghton late last week. After spending an afternoon hunkered down on a walkway in front of the Dow Environmental Sciences and Engineering Building, the new buoy was towed to its data-collecting location two miles northeast of the North Entry of the Portage Canal. The buoys are being deployed by Michigan Tech to collect data on weather, surface and subsurface water temperature, wind speed and direction, wave height and air temperature in the Great Lakes. The information will enhance Great Lakes weather forecasting and help scientists study global climate change. GLOS N/A All content is copyright GLOS iste 2010-07-12T13:38:38Z Link http://www.seagrant.umn.edu/news/2010/07/09 Duluth, Minn. - Researchers at the Large Lakes Observatory (LLO) of the University of Minnesota Duluth predict that the surface of the open waters of Lake Superior will be exceptionally warm this summer. They suspect that water temperatures may exceed the high recorded during the strong El Nino summer of 1998, 68 degrees Fahrenheit (20 degrees Celsius). The average water temperature of Lake Superior surface waters in August is about 59 degrees Fahrenheit (15 degrees Celsius). (It is already about 59 degrees at the NOAA Western Lake Superior buoy.) GLOS N/A All content is copyright GLOS iste 2010-07-12T13:38:38Z Link http://glos.us/pdf/GLOS_GLRI_NOAA_pr52410.pdf ANN ARBOR, MI - The Great Lakes Observing System (GLOS) Regional Association is pleased to announce it will receive funding through a $1,080,815 grant from NOAA to assist efforts to monitor the Great Lakes and assess critical information needs in the region. The funds are being provided through the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative. GLOS N/A All content is copyright GLOS iste 2010-05-24T13:38:38Z Link http://glos.us/mtgs/blueprint10/ Bringing researchers and resource managers together to identify data needs for making informed decisions. How can we improve the collection, management, integration and exchange of data so that it is more accessible and meets the needs of resource managers and decision-makers in the Great Lakes? GLOS is hosting a meeting for observers, modelers, researchers, data managers, resource managers and decision-makers to begin a dialogue about Great Lakes information needs. These needs can include data gaps, integration issues, modeling or data delivery needs. During this meeting we will hear presentations on data needs and existing capabilities, and hold breakout sessions to develop strategies to meet those needs. GLOS N/A All content is copyright GLOS iste 2010-05-24T13:38:38Z Link