Michael McCormick

Current Research Projects:
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• Thermal Structure Monitoring and Related Studies
• Hydrodynamic Studies on Lake Champlain

Recent GLERL Publications:
(See also All GLERL Publications for McCormick)

• VANDERPLEOG, H.A., T.H. JOHENGEN, P.J. Lavrentyev, C. Chen, G.A. LANG, M.A. Agy, M.H. Bundy, J.F. CAVALETTO, B.J. EADIE, J.R. LIEBIG, G.S. MILLER, S.A. RUBERG, and M.J. McCORMICK. Anatomy of the recurrent coastal sediment plume in Lake Michigan and its impacts on light climate, nutrients, and plankton. Journal of Geophysical Research 112(C03S90, doi:10.1029/2004JC002379):23 pp. (2007). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2007/20070010.pdf
• BELETSKY, D., D.J. SCHWAB, and M.J. McCORMICK. Modeling the 1998-2003 summer circulation and thermal structure in Lake Michigan. Journal of Geophysical Research 111:C10010 (doi:10.1029/2005JC003222) (2006). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2006/20060032.pdf
• Höök, T.O., M.J. McCORMICK, E.S. Rutherford, D.M. MASON, and G. S. Carter. Short-term water mass movements in Lake Michigan: Implications for larval fish transport. Journal of Great Lakes Research 32:728-737 (2006). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2006/20060044.pdf
• FOLEY, A. J. III., T. F. NALEPA, G. K. Walker, and M. J. McCORMICK. Epibiont populations associated with Diporeia spp. (amphipoda) from Lake Michigan. Verh. Internat. Verein. Limnol. 29:1205-1211 (2006).
• McCORMICK, M. J., T. O. Manley, A. J. FOLEY III, J. C. Gascard, and G. L. FAHNENSTIEL. Lake Champlain Lagrangian experiment. Verh. Internat. Verein. Limnol. 29:1683-1687 (2006).
• FAHNENSTIEL, G.L., D. Klarer, D. Millie, M. McCORMICK, and A. FOLEY. Epilithic algae in the North Channel, Lake Huron. Verh. Internat. Verin. Limnol. 29:823-826 (2005). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2005/20050037.pdf
• BELETSKY, D., D. J. SCHWAB, D. M. MASON, E. S. Rutherford, M. J. McCORMICK, H. A. VANDERPLOEG, and J. J. Janssen. Modeling the transport of larval yellow perch in Lake Michigan. Proceedings of the Estuarine and Coastal Modeling 8th International Conference, Monterey, CA, November 3-5, 2003. American Society of Civil Engineers, 439-454 pp. (2004).

Recent Presentations:
* denotes speaker

• *BELETSKY, D., D.J. SCHWAB, and M.J. McCORMICK. Modeling the 1998-2003 summer circulation and thermal structure in Lake Michigan. 50th Annual Conference of the International Association for Great Lakes Research, Penn State University, University Park, PA, May 28-31, 2007. (2007).
• *DYBLE, J., G.L. FAHNENSTIEL, D.J. SCHWAB, M.J. McCORMICK, R. Whitman, S. JOSEPH, and S.B. BRANDT. Current successes, challenges, and going forward at the Center of Excellence for Great Lakes and Human Health. OHHI Annual Meeting, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, March 2007. (2007).
• *Gungor, E., P.J. Roberts, M.J. McCORMICK, and D.J. SCHWAB. Dynamical behavior of the Grand River plume entering Lake Michigan. 50th Annual Conference of the International Association for Great Lakes Research, Penn State University, University Park, PA, May 28-31, 2007. (2007).
• *Manley, T.O., K.L. Hunkins, M.J. McCORMICK, J.C. Gascard, P. Tillier, and P.L. Manley. Subsurface neutrally buoyant drifters and cross-lake intra-thermocline flow in Lake Champlain, VT. 50th Annual Conference of the International Association for Great Lakes Research, Penn State University, University Park, PA, May 28-31, 2007. (2007).
• McCORMICK, M.J. Physical limnology. Seminar, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, January 18, 2007. (2007).
• McCORMICK, M.J. Report on planned Grand River dye experiments for 2007. Grand Haven City Council Meeting, Grand Haven, MI, April 16, 2007. (2007).
• McCORMICK, M.J. Five equations that have changed the world. Seminar, Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, Ann Arbor, MI, September 134, 2007. (2007).
• *McCORMICK, M.J., and D.J. SCHWAB. Circulation of outer Saginaw Bay. The State of Lake Huron Conference, Honey Harbor, Ontario, Canada, October 11-13, 2007. (2007).
• McCORMICK, M.J., D.J. *SCHWAB, D. BELETSKY, P.J. Roberts, A.G. WINKELMAN, A.J. FOLEY, E. Gungor, and N. Nekounee. Dispersion of the Grand River plume into the coastal waters of Lake Michigan. 50th Annual Conference of the International Association for Great Lakes Research, Penn State University, University Park, PA, May 28-31, 2007. (2007).
• *Nekounee, N., P.J. Roberts, M.J. McCORMICK, and D.J. SCHWAB. 3-D numerical predication of the Grand River plume. 50th Annual Conference of the International Association for Great Lakes Research, Penn State University, University Park, PA, May 28-31, 2007. (2007).
• *Rao, Y. R., W. M. Schertzer, N. HAWLEY, and M.J. McCORMICK. Obervations of physical processes in the Great Lakes. 50th Annual Conference of the International Association for Great Lakes Research, Penn State University, University Park, PA, May 28-31, 2007. (2007).
• *SCHWAB, D. J., D. BELETSKY, W. Frick, Z. Ge, M. J. McCORMICK, A. G. WINKELMAN, and A. J. FOLEY. Development of nearshore hydrodynamic models for beach closure forecasting in the Great Lakes. American Geophysical Union Ocean Sciences Meeting, Honolulu, HI, February 21, 2006. (2006).
• *SCHWAB, D. J., D. BELETSKY, W. Frick, Z. Ge, M. J. McCORMICK, A. G. WINKELMAN, and A. J. FOLEY. Development of nearshore hydrodynamic models for beach closure forecasting in the Great Lakes. 49th Annual Conference of the International Association for Great Lakes Research, Windsor, Ontario, Canada, May 22-26, 2006. (2006).
• *BELETSKY, D., D. J. SCHWAB, D. M. MASON, E. Rutherford, M. J. McCORMICK, and J. Janssen. Modeling the transport, growth, and settlement of larval yellow perch in Lake Michigan. 48th Annual Conference of the International Association for Great Lakes Research, Ann Arbor, MI, May 23-27, 2005. (2005).
• *WINKELMAN, A. G., M. J. McCORMICK, and T. E. CROLEY II. Tracer studies in streams and dispersion experiments using sulfur hexafluoride gas: development and preliminary results. 48th Conference of the International Association for Great Lakes Research, Ann Arbor, MI, May 23-27, 2005. (2005).