Water Research Round-Ups highlight new water-related research projects and applied research products across U-M. If you would like us to feature a new project or new applied product, please send a message to graham-water-center@umich.edu.
New Projects
- Great Lakes Aquatic Habitat Framework
- The project team is developing partnerships between state and federal agencies to support a Great Lakes geospatial hub. Current partners include USEPA, USGS, NOAA, US Army Corp of Engineers, Great Lakes Fishery Commission, and Michigan Department of Natural Resources.
- Project Contact: Catherine Riseng (UM-SEAS)
- Funding: Great Lakes Fishery Trust
- The project team is developing partnerships between state and federal agencies to support a Great Lakes geospatial hub. Current partners include USEPA, USGS, NOAA, US Army Corp of Engineers, Great Lakes Fishery Commission, and Michigan Department of Natural Resources.
New Products
- Ensemble Hypoxia Forecasting for the Gulf of Mexico
- TA newly developed and applied statistical ensemble forecast for Gulf of Mexico hypoxia, based on four independent models, was used to update policy recommendations for required nutrient load reduction.
- Project PIs: Don Scavia (U-M), Dan Obenour (NCSU), Isabella Bertani (U-M), David Forrest (VIMS), Gene Turner (LSU)
- Publication: Scavia, D., I. Bertani, D.R. Obenour, R.E. Turner, D.R. Forrest, A. Katin. 2017 Ensemble modeling informs hypoxia management in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. 114:8823-8828
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- TA newly developed and applied statistical ensemble forecast for Gulf of Mexico hypoxia, based on four independent models, was used to update policy recommendations for required nutrient load reduction.