Current GLOS Projects

About GLOS Factsheet (updated September 2008)

GLOS is currently leading development of a continuously running 3-dimensional model of the St. Clair - Detroit River system to protect drinking water supplies for more than 4 million people in the Lake Huron to Erie Corridor. This area has been shown to be at risk for oil and hazardous material spills.

>> Factsheet: Huron to Erie Corridor (HEC) Hydrodynamic Model Project (July 2008)

>> Products:

• HEC Nowcasting/Forecasting
• HEC Flows (requires Google Earth web plug-in)
  
  

>> Lake St. Clair River Dye Study
GLOS has issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) for services to undertake a dye study in the St. Clair River. The purpose of the dye study is to calibrate a 3d hydrodynamic model that will: address critical needs for protecting drinking water supplies; support commercial and recreational navigation; improve responsiveness for search and rescue operations; and improve reactions and recovery from hazardous materials and oil spills within the waterway.

>> Huron-Erie Corridor User Engagement Workshop: Presentations and Summary
Included below are presentations and summary of workshop attendees' comments from the break-out sessions at an Aug. 22, 2008, meeting held at the Macomb-Clinton Public Library.

• Attendees
• Meeting Summary
• Roger Gauthier presentation, Great Lakes Commission
• Dave Schwab presentation, NOAA-GLERL
  
  

>> Huron to Erie Corridor (HEC) Technical Hydrodynamic Modeling Workshop
Included below are a summary of results from an March 15-16, 2006, workshop in Port Huron, Mich.

• Agenda/Prospectus
• Attendees
• Meeting Summary

In 2008 GLOS partially supported deployment of five marine observation buoys in lakes Superior, Michigan, Erie and Ontario in nearshore regions which have heretofore been largely unmonitored.

GLOS researchers and technicians are developing HarborView, an Internet-based decision-support tool for recreational boaters and commercial navigation, and a conditions viewer prototype which allows Internet users to access the latest of a series of Great Lakes physical observations.

>> View and comment on HarborView prototype

>> View and comment on Conditions Viewer prototype

While much modeling takes place across the region regarding the lakes' physical, chemical, biological, social and economic characteristics, there is currently no coordinative body through which modelers can share tools, resources and knowledge to support development and implementation of regional policies dealing with pressing environmental and economic development issues. GLOS seeks to fill this void through the creation and operation of the GLMAC. With modest staffing and resources, it's envisioned that the GLMAC will provide a virtual and networked environment for researchers, resource managers, policy developers and others to share expertise and to better define observational requirements to support both process and predictive modeling development and application. Of particular interest, the GLMAC will provide a forum for integrating discrete model output with other data and information to develop assessments and scenario forecasts for Integrated Environmental Assessments. In its inaugural year, the GLMAC has focused on inventorying existing modeling tools employed across the region, and defining the critical components of a multi-year GLMAC work plan including establishment of a formal GLMAC Steering Committee.

>> Details can be found on the GLMAC wiki