December 11, 2020
by Gabrielle Farina
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With a network of experimental buoys that are constantly recording new data every few minutes, the amount of data the NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory (GLERL) has collected in the past 15 years is massive – and prepping it … Continue reading
March 4, 2019
by Nicole Rice
Comments Off on NOAA and partners team up to prevent future Great Lakes drinking water crisis
A new video SMART BUOYS: Preventing a Great Lakes Drinking Water Crisis released by Ocean Conservancy describes how NOAA forecast models provide advance warnings to Lake Erie drinking water plant managers to avoid shutdowns due to poor water quality. An … Continue reading
September 13, 2016
by sonia joshi
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This morning, along side our partners at the University of Michigan’s Cooperative Institute for Limnology and Ecosystems Research (CILER), we deployed the very first Environmental Sample Processor (ESP) in a freshwater system. An ESP is an autonomous robotic instrument that works as a … Continue reading
August 9, 2016
by Kaye LaFond
Comments Off on UPDATE: GLERL Releases Drifter Buoys into Lake Erie
Update 08/09/2016: The buoys have drifted ashore and are being collected! The map below shows their full journey. Original post 07/13/2016: Last week, GLERL scientists released two mobile buoys with GPS tracking capabilities, known as ‘Lagrangian drifters’, into Lake … Continue reading