FY 2012 Presentations List

Capitalized names represent GLERL authors.
* denotes presenter

*Alves, J.H.G.M., A. Chawla, H.L. Tolman, D.J. SCHWAB, G.A. LANG, and G.E. Mann. The Great Lakes wave model at NOAA/NCEP: challenges and future developments. Proceedings 12th International Workshop on Wave Hindcasting and Forecasting, Kohala Coast, Hawaii, HI, October 30-November 4, 2011 (2011).

*ANDERSON, E.J., and D. BELETSKY. Hydrodynamics in Lake Erie and nearshore river mouth transport for three areas of concern (AOC) using FVCOM. Estuarine and Coastal Modeling Conference, St. Augustine, FL, November 7-9, 2011 (2011).

*ANDERSON, E.J., D. BELETSKY, and D.J. SCHWAB. Investigating nearshore hydrodynamics in Lake Erie: Transport and plume dynamics near tributary mouths and associated areas of concern (AOC). 2012 Ocean Sciences Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, February 20-24, 2012. ASLO/AGU (2012).

*BAI, X., and J. WANG. Great Lakes circulation and thermal structure using FVCOM. 55th Annual Conference of the International Association for Great Lakes Research, Cornwall, Ontario, Canada, May 14-17, 2012 (2012).

*BAI, X., and J. WANG. Modeling 5 Great Lakes circulation and thermal structure using FVCOM (poster). IPY Conference, Montreal, Canada, April 23-27, 2012 (2012).

*BAI, X., and J. WANG. Modeling 5 Great Lakes circulation and thermal structure using FVCOM (poster). 55th Annual Meeting of the International Association for Great Lakes Research, Cornwall, Ontario, Canada, May 14-17, 2012 (2012).

*BAI, X., and J. WANG. Severe ice conditions in the Bohai Sea, China vs. mild ice conditions in the Great Lakes during the 2009/2010 winter with strong -AO and El Nino. IAHR International Symposium on Ice, Dalian, China, June 10-15, 2012 (2012).

*BAI, X., and J. WANG. Modeling water circulation and thermal structure in the Great Lakes with FVCOM (poster). 2012 Ocean Sciences Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, February 20-24, 2012. ASLO/AGU (2012).

BELETSKY, D. Modeling thermal structure and circulation in the Great Lakes. GIS Day 2011 Modeling Symposium, University of Notre Dame, South Bend, IN, December 2, 2011 (2011).

*BELETSKY, D., H. HU, and J. WANG. Modeling 1979-1980 winter circulation and thermal structure in Lake Erie. 2012 Ocean Sciences Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, February 20-24, 2012. ASLO/AGU (2012).

BRATTON, J.F. Conceptualizing and studying submarine groundwater flow and discharge at beach to shelf scales. Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN, October 9-12, 2011 (2011).

BRATTON, J.F. Fluid flow beneath and across the land-water interface: Conceptual and observational progress. Earth and Environmental Science Seminar Series, Wayne State University, Department of Geology and Environmental Science Program, Detroit, MI, September 12, 2012 (2012).

BRATTON, J.F. A conceptual typological model(s) for coastal environments in the Great Lakes. USGS-EPA-NOAA Nearshore Collaboratory Meeting, Duluth, MN, June 2012. USEPA Mid-Continent Ecology Division Lab (2012).

*BRATTON, J.F., and M. Baskaran. Recent advances in understanding of biogeochemical and hydrological processes in the Great Lakes basin using natural and anthropogenic tracers. 55th Annual Conference of the International Association for Great Lakes Research, Cornwall, Ontario, Canada, May 13-17, 2012 (2012).

*BRATTON, J.F., K.D. Kroeger, S.A. RUBERG, H.A. Michael, and D. Krantz. Comparison of methods and results in recent studies of direct groundwater discharge to the Atlantic coast and Great Lakes. The 22nd V.M. Goldschmidt Conference, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, June 24-29, 2012 (2012).

*BRATTON, J.F., T.F. NALEPA, and A.J. FUSARO. Evolution of the Great Lakes ecosystems through time: Ice, innovation, introduction, and invasion. Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN, October 9-12, 2011 (2011).

*Choi, J., C. Troy, N. HAWLEY, and M.J. McCORMICK. Seasonal variation of Poincaré waves and vortex modes in southern Lake Michigan. 2012 Ocean Sciences Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, February 20-24, 2012. ASLO/AGU (2012).

*CLITES, A., J. SMITH, T. HUNTER, and A.D. GRONEWOLD. A web-based portal for understanding Great Lakes water level dynamics and climate variability. 55th Annual Conference of the International Association for Great Lakes Research, Cornwall, Ontario, Canada, May 13-17, 2012 (2012).

COLTON, M.C. Innovative research for the inland seas: Freshwater strategy 2012-14. International Joint Commissioner's meeting Ann Arbor, MI, March 26, 2012 (2012).

COLTON, M.C. Great Lakes restoration efforts. Consortium for Ocean Leadership Policy Forum, Washington, DC, March 7, 2012 (2012).

COLTON, M.C. Integration of measurements, models, and missions in Great Lakes ecosystem science. 55th Annual Conference of the International Association for Great Lakes Research, Cornwall, Ontario, Canada, May 14-17, 2012 (2012).

*COLTON, M.C., and G.A. Burton. The Great Lakes: Extraordinary freshwater ecosystems. Great Lakes Panel Presentation, Annual Meeting of the Consortium for Ocean Leadership, Washington, DC, October 27, 2011 (2011).

*COLTON, M.C., and J. DAY. GLERL renewable energy. NOAA Energy Team: Initiatives, Washington, DC, February 16, 2012 (2012).

*Crooks, J., T. HUNTER, C.A. STOW, and A.D. GRONEWOLD. Accommodating precipitation estimate bias and uncertainty in large-lake dominated basins. 55th Annual Conference of the International Association for Great Lakes Research, Cornwall, Ontario, Canada, May 14-17, 2012 (2012).

*FRY, L., and A.D. GRONEWOLD. Employing state-of-the-art hydrological modeling tools to improve historical estimates and forecasts of Great Lakes basin runoff. CILER-GLERL seminar series, Ann Arbor, MI, April 2012 (2012).

*FRY, L., and A.D. GRONEWOLD. Development of a regional parameter estimation model for a basin-wide recalibration of the Large Basin Runoff Model. 55th Annual Conference of the International Association for Great Lakes Research, Cornwall, Ontario, Canada, May 14-17, 2012 (2012).

*FUJISAKA, A., J. WANG, H. HU, and D.J. SCHWAB. Simulating interannual variability of lake ice in Lake Erie. 55th Annual Conference of the International Association for Great Lakes Research, Cornwall, Ontario, Canada, May 14-17, 2012 (2012).

*FUJISAKI, A., J. WANG, H. HU, and D.J. SCHWAB. Simulating interannual variability of lake ice in Lake Erie (poster). 2012 Ocean Sciences Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, February 20-24, 2012. ASLO/AGU (2012).

FUSARO, A.J. Great Lakes Aquatic Nonindigenous Species Information System (poster). Healing Our Waters-Great Lakes Coalition's 7th Annual Great Lakes Restoration Conference, Detroit, MI, October 13, 2011 (2011).

FUSARO, A.J. Assessing Biological Stressors: Great Lakes Aquatic Nonindigenous Species Information System. NRE 523: Ecological Risk Assessment, School of Natural Resources and the Environment, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, November 10, 2011 (2011).

FUSARO, A.J. Great Lakes invaders: Past, present, and future. Presentation to visiting students from Eastern Michigan University and HUAZ University in Wuhan China, GLERL, Ann Arbor, MI, July 17, 2012 (2012).

*FUSARO, A.J., R.A. STURTEVENT, G.C. NUNEZ, and E.S. RUTHERFORD. Assessment of high risk potential Great Lakes invaders using GLANSIS. 55th Annual Conference of the International Association for Great Lakes Research, Cornwall, Ontario, Canada, May 14-17, 2012 (2012).

*Glynn, P., L. Jacobson, G. Phelps, G. Bawden, V. Grauch, R. Orndorff, R. Winston, M. Fienen, V. Cross, and J.F. BRATTON. 3D/4D modeling, visualization, and information frameworks: Current U.S. Geological Survey practice and needs. Three Dimensional Geological Mapping Workshop, Minneapolis, MN, October 8, 2011. Geological Survey of Canada (2011).

GRONEWOLD, A.D. Great Lakes hydrological modeling. Presentation to visiting scientists and students from Wayne State University Ann Arbor, MI, November 2011. NOAA, Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory (2011).

GRONEWOLD, A.D. Climate change impacts in the Great Lakes region. Climate Tools Cafe Webinar, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, May 3, 2012. Changing Climate Seminar Series (2012).

GRONEWOLD, A.D. Great Lakes water level dynamics. Frankfort Rotary Club, Frankfort, Michigan, April 2012 (2012).

GRONEWOLD, A.D. Great Lakes water level dynamics. Inland Seas Education Association, Suttons Bay, MI, January 2012 (2012).

GRONEWOLD, A.D. Introducing the Great Lakes water level dashboard. NOAA Climate Connection Seminar Series, GLERL, Ann Arbor, MI, September. NOAA Webinar (2012).

GRONEWOLD, A.D. Great Lakes hydrological forecasting and data needs. Public Forum on Great Lakes Research, Marquette, MI, August 24, 2012. Northern Michigan University (2012).

GRONEWOLD, A.D. Great Lakes water level dynamics. Frankfort Rotary Club, Frankfort, MI, April 2012 (2012).

*GRONEWOLD, A.D., and V. Fortin. Leveraging binational collaborative research to advance Great Lakes hydrological science and improve operational forecasting. 20th U.S.-Canadian Great Lakes Operational Meteorology Workshop, Chicago, Illinois, March 2012 (2012).

*GRONEWOLD, A.D., and R.L. Wolpert. Moving beyond the MPN and CFU: Novel applications of statistical models. 55th Annual Conference of the International Association for Great Lakes Research, Cornwall, Ontario, Canada, May 14-17, 2012 (2012).

*Hamidi, S.A., H.R. Bravo, V. Klump, J. Waples, D.J. SCHWAB, D. BELETSKY, E.J. ANDERSON, J. Kennedy, and T. Valenta. Circulation and thermal regime in Green Bay, Lake Michigan. 2012 Ocean Sciences Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, February 20-24, 2012 (2012).

HAWLEY, N. Observations of sediment transport during the winter in the Laurentian Great Lakes. 2012 Ocean Sciences Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, February 20-24, 2012. American Geophysical Union (2012).

*HU, H., and J. WANG. Modeling Bering Sea ice and St. Lawrence Island polynya (poster). 2012 Ocean Sciences Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, February 20-24, 2012. ASLO/AGU (2012).

*HU, H., and J. WANG. Modeling sea ice and ecosystem in the Bering and Chukchi Seas (poster). 55th Annual Meeting of the International Association for Great Lakes Research, Cornwall, Ontario, Canada, May 14-17, 2012 (2012).

JOSEPH JOSHI, S. Climate adaptation strategies: Developing tools to promote safe beaches and drinking water in the Great Lakes. American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, November 2, 2011 (2011).

JOSEPH JOSHI, S. Great Lakes and Human Health 101: Making the link. Classroom presentation, Harper Woods Middle School, Harper Woods, MI, December 16, 2011 (2011).

*Kroeger, K., C. Fernandez, C. Russoniello, A.S. Andres, J.F. BRATTON, J.K. Bohke, L. Konilow, and H.A. Michael. Denitrification and nitrogen loading at the aquifer/estuary interface: The role of coastal hydrology and implications for management of nitrogen loads. 2012 Ocean Sciences Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, February 20-24, 2012. ASLO/AGU (2012).

LESHKEVICH, G.A. Great Lakes CoastWatch research and product development. CoastWatch Node Managers Meeting, Kona, HI, April 10-12, 2012 (2012).

LESHKEVICH, G.A. CoastWatch Great Lakes program summary. Workshop for Remote Sensing of Coastal and Inland Waters, Madison, WI, June 20-22, 2012 (2012).

*LESHKEVICH, G.A., and S. LIU. Delivering environmental satellite and in situ data to the Great Lakes user community – New Great Lakes CoastWatch server. 55th Annual Conference of the International Association for Great Lakes Research, Cornwall, Ontario, Canada, May 14-17, 2012 (2012).

*LESHKEVICH, G.A., and S. LIU. Great Lakes CoastWatch operations. CoastWatch Node Managers Meeting, Kona, HI, April 10-12, 2012 (2012).

LIEBIG, J.R. Zebra and quagga mussels in the Great Lakes region. Fourth grade class, St. Matthew Lutheran School, Walled Lake, MI, October 14, 2011 (2011).

LOFGREN, B.M. Drivers on evapotranspiration under climate change: Insolation and insulation (poster). Annual Meeting of the American Meteorological Society, New Orleans, LA, January 22-26, 2012. Special Session: Advances in Estimating Land Surface Evaporation and Associated Applications (2012).

*LUO, L., and J. WANG. Modeling ecosystem in Lake Michigan (poster). 2012 Ocean Sciences Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, February 2012. ASLO/AGU (2012).

*LUO, L., and J. WANG. Modeling ecosystem in Lake Michigan. 55th Annual Meeting of the International Association for Great Lakes Research, Cornwall, Ontario, Canada, May 14-17, 2012 (2012).

*Michael, H., C. Russoniello, C. Fernandez, L. Konikow, A.S. Andres, J.F. BRATTON, J. Banaszak, and D. Krantz. Geologic effects on subsurface salinity distributions, groundwater flowpaths, and aquifer-estuary exchange in Indian River Bay, Delaware, USA. 22nd Salt Water Intrusion Meeting, Buzios, Brazil, June, 17-22, 2012 (2012).

*MUZZI, R.W., S.A. RUBERG, J.C. LANE, S.A. CONSTANT, and T.C. MILLER. Great Lakes Real-time Coastal Observation Network (ReCON) update: Using a stretch hose to provide communications to the seafloor, and other buoy system successes and failures. ONR/MTS Buoy Workshop 2012, Victoria, BC, Canada, March 5-18, 2012 (2012).

*Nghiem, S.V., and G.A. LESHKEVICH. Toward an operational satellite synthetic aperture radar (SAR) ice type classification algorithm for the Great Lakes. 55th Annual Conference of the International Association for Great Lakes Research, Cornwall, Ontario, Canada, May 14-17, 2012 (2012).

Pichel, W.G., G.A. *LESHKEVICH, X. Li, F. Monaldo, and C. Jackson. NOAA SAR-derived high-resolution winds for the Great Lakes. 55th Annual Meeting of the International Association for Great Lakes Research, Cornwall, Ontario, Canada, May 13-17, 2012 (2012).

POTHOVEN, S.A. Lower trophic food web update. Lake Michigan Technical Committee winter meeting, Chesterton, IN, January 24, 2012. Great Lakes Fish Commission (2012).

POTHOVEN, S.A. Status of Lake Michigan lower trophic food web. Lake Committee Meeting - Lake Michigan Committee, Windsor, ON, March 19, 2012. Great Lakes Fishery Commission (2012).

POTHOVEN, S.A. Status of Lake Huron and Lake Michigan lower trophic levels. Lake Huron and Michigan Technical Committee Common Session, Gaylord, MI, July 18, 2012. Great Lakes Fisheries Commission (2012).

POTHOVEN, S.A. Aquatic invasive species and recent food web disruptions in the Great Lakes. Grand Travers Regional Invasive Species Network, Traverse City, MI, June 25, 2012. Inland Seas Education Association (2012).

*Pozdnyakov, D., R.A. Shuchman, G.A. LESHKEVICH, M.J. Sayers, T.H. JOHENGEN, and C.N. Brooks. Generation of an operational algorithm to retrieve chlorophyll, dissolved organic carbon, and suspended minerals from satellite data of the Great Lakes. 55th Annual Meeting of the International Association for Great Lakes Research, Cornwall, Ontario, Canada, May 14-17, 2012 (2012).

REID, D.F. Managing biological invasion risk from ballast discharges to the Great Lakes: Is there a light at the end of the tunnel? Tenth Annual Invasive Species Field Course, Suttons Bay, MI, June 26, 2012. Inland Seas Education Association (2012).

*Ritzenthaler, A., I. Alamaddine, K. CAMPBELL, and A.D. GRONEWOLD. Developing bacterial watershed fate and transport models in data-limited tributaries. 55th Annual Conference of the International Association for Great Lakes Research, Cornwall, Ontario, Canada, May 14-17, 2012 (2012).

*ROCKWELL, D.C., K. CAMPBELL, D.J. SCHWAB, G.A. LANG, A.D. GRONEWOLD, G.E. Mann, and R. Wagenmaker. Economic implications of forecast decision support systems managing Great Lake beaches. 2012 Midwest Spatial Decision Support System Partnership, Chicago, IL, July 9-10, 2012 (2012).

*ROCKWELL, D.C., K. CAMPBELL, D.J. SCHWAB, G.E. Mann, R. Wagenmaker, S.J. JOSHI, G.A. LANG, and A.D. GRONEWOLD. Beach water quality management decision support systems for forecasting probability of exceeding E. coli levels. 55th Annual Conference of the International Association for Great Lakes Research, Cornwall, Ontario, Canada, May 14-17, 2012 (2012).

*ROCKWELL, D.C., J. Dorkin, and F. Anscombe. Quality assurance project plan for grants using secondary data. Great Lakes Restoration Initiative 2011 Quality Technical Conference, Chicago, IL, December 7, 2011 (2012).

*ROCKWELL, D.C., S.J. JOSHI, D.J. SCHWAB, K. CAMPBELL, and G.E. Mann. Beach water quality management decision support systems for forecasting probability of exceeding E. coli levels. Seminar, Limnotech, Ann Arbor, MI, November 10, 2011 (2012).

*RUTHERFORD, E.S., J.E. Breck, C.P. Simon, B. Low, T. HUNTER, P.J. Lamberson, and D. Swank. Using life history theory and a 3D temperature model to predict climate change effects on fish age at maturity for Great Lakes salmonids. 5th Annual Ecology and Evolutionary Ethology Meeting, Windsor, Ontario, Canada, June 19, 2012 (2012).

*RUTHERFORD, E.S., A.J. FUSARO, and R.A. STURTEVENT. On the lookout: Species with potential to invade the Great Lakes. Grand Travers Regional Invasive Species Network, Traverse City, MI, June 26, 2012. Inland Seas Education Association (2012).

*RUTHERFORD, E.S., E. Marshall, S. Creque, M. Kimura-Edgar, and D. Swank. Where are the wilds? Using landscape-scale habitat models to estimate natural recruitment of steelhead and Chinook salmon to Lake Michigan fisheries. Michigan Trout Unlimited Dam Removal Symposium, Ann Arbor, MI, August 29, 2012 (2012).

*RUTHERFORD, E.S., H. ZHANG, J. Breck, D.M. MASON, X. Zhu, T. Johnson, R. Cooke, M. Wittman, D. Lodge, J. Rothlisberger, and D. Finnoff. Quantifying uncertainty of Asian Carp impacts on lake Erie's food web and fisheries. 55th Annual Conference of the International Association for Great Lakes Research, Cornwall, Ontario, Canada, May 14-17, 2012 (2012).

*RUTHERFORD, E.S., H. ZHANG, J. Breck, D.M. MASON, X. Zhu, T. Johnson, R. Cooke, M. Wittman, D. Lodge, J. Rothlisberger, and D. Finnoff. Quantifying uncertainty of Asian Carp impacts on Lake Erie's food web and fisheries. 142nd Annual Meeting of the American Fisheries Society, St. Paul, MN, August 22, 2012 (2012).

*Sayers, M.J., R.A. Shuchman, A.J. Vander Woude, C.N. Brooks, G.L. FAHNENSTIEL, and G.A. LESHKEVICH. Mapping harmful algae blooms (HABs) in the Great Lakes using MODIS and MERIS satellite data. 55th Annual Meeting of the International Association for Great Lakes Research, Cornwall, Ontario, Canada, May 13-17, 2012 (2012).

*SCHWAB, D.J., and E.J. ANDERSON. An operational model of the upper St. Lawrence River for real-time forecasts of water levels and currents. Estuarine and Coastal Modeling, St. Augustine, FL, November 7-9, 2011 (2011).

*SCHWAB, D.J., D. BELETSKY, G.A. LESHKEVICH, and M.J. McCORMICK. The role of lake circulation in the development of the 2011 algal bloom in western Lake Erie. Annual Conference of the International Association for Great Lakes Research, Cornwall, Ontario, Canada, May 13-18, 2012 (2012).

*Shuchman, R.A., and G.A. LESHKEVICH. Great Lakes algorithms - A work in progress. Workshop for Remote Sensing of Coastal and Inland Waters, Madison, WI, June 20-22, 2012 (2012).

*Shuchman, R.A., M.J. Sayers, C.N. Brooks, G.L. FAHNENSTIEL, and G.A. LESHKEVICH. Satellite-derived primary productivity estimates for Lake Michigan. 55th Annual Meeting of the International Association for Great Lakes Research, Cornwall, Ontario, Canada, May 13-17, 2012 (2012).

STOW, C.A. Saginaw Bay: Mussels, microcystis, and muck, Oh My! Seminar, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, April 13, 2012 (2012).

STOW, C.A. The effects of multiple stressors on Saginaw Bay water quality. Saginaw Bay Watershed Conference, Saginaw Valley State University, University Center, MI, March 16, 2012 (2012).

STOW, C.A. Saginaw Bay multiple stressors: Preliminary water quality results. Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, Lansing, MI, April 12, 2012 (2012).

*STOW, C.A., J.V. DePinto, J. DYBLE, T.O. Hook, D.R. Kashian, T.J. Newcomb, and S. Peacor. Managing multiple stressors: The saga of Saginaw Bay. Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation, Daytona Beach, FL, November 2011 (2011).

*STOW, C.A., N. HAWLEY, S.A. RUBERG, and S.A. CONSTANT. Rapid summertime oxygen depletion in Saginaw Bay. 55th Annual Meeting of the International Association for Great Lakes Research, Cornwall, Ontario, Canada, May 14-17, 2012 (2012).

*STURTEVANT, R.A., and A.J. FUSARO. GLANSIS : An enhanced tool for rapid response. 55th Annual Conference of the International Association for Great Lakes Research, Cornwall, Ontario, Canada, May 14-17, 2012 (2012).

*Troy, C.D., S.A. Ahmed, J. Choi, T.C. Hsieh, and N. HAWLEY. Near-inertial poincare waves in Lake Michigan: Spatial and temporal structure (poster). 2012 Ocean Sciences Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, February 20, 2012. ASLO/AGU (2012).

*VANDERPLOEG, H.A., S.A. POTHOVEN, G.L. FAHNENSTIEL, E.S. RUTHERFORD, T.F. NALEPA, J.R. LIEBIG, and J.F. CAVALETTO. Cascading ecosystem impacts of dreissenid mussels in the Great Lakes. 104th Annual National Shellfisheries Association Meeting, Seattle, WA, March 24-29, 2012 (2012).

WANG, J. Interannual variability of Great Lakes ice cover: Connection to the atmospheric teleconnection patterns. Seminar Series, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI, September 20, 2012 (2012).

*WANG, J., and X. BAI. Interannual and intraseasonal variability of the Arctic Dipole Anomaly and summer sea ice minima (poster). American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 5-9, 2011. AGU (2011).

*WANG, J., and X. BAI. Interannual and intraseasonal variability of the Arctic Dipole Anomaly and summer sea ice minima. IPY Conference, Montreal, Canada, April 23-27, 2012 (2012).

*WANG, J., and X. BAI. Teleconnection patterns associated with severe and mild ice cover in the Great Lakes. 55th Annual Conference of the International Association for Great Lakes Research, Cornwall, Ontario, Canada, May 14-17, 2012 (2012).

*WANG, J., and X. BAI. Modeling sea ice and ecosystem in the Bering and Chukchi Seas (poster). 2012 Ocean Sciences Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, February 2012. ASLO/AGU (2012).

*WANG, J., and X. BAI. Teleconnection patterns associated with severe and mild ice cover in the Great Lakes. Workshop on Methods of Projecting Hydrologic Impacts of Climate Change, Muskegon, MI, August 17-29, 2012 (2012).

*WANG, J., and X. BAI. Interannual and intraseasonal variation of Arctic Dipole Anomaly pattern and summer ice minima. 2012 LASG International Summer Symposium: Climate Variability and its Changes, Xining, China, July 3-5, 2012 (2012).

*WANG, J., X. BAI, H. HU, A.H. CLITES, M. COLTON, and B.M. LOFGREN. Temporal and spatial variability of Great Lakes ice cover, 1973-2010. American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 5-9, 2011. AGU (2011).

*WANG, J., X. BAI, L. LUO, D.J. SCHWAB, and B.M. LOFGREN. Implementation of an unstructured grid Great Lakes ice-circulation-ecosystem model. IAHR International Symposium on Ice, Dalian, China, June 10-15, 2012 (2012).

*WANG, J., and H. HU. Modeling sea ice and ecosystem in the Bering and Chukchi Seas. RUSALCA PI Workshop, Miami, FL, March 9-11, 2012 (2012).

WASHBURN, E. Examining the social landscape of land use decision-making: A case study of the Lamprey River Watershed and communities in coastal New Hampshire. American Water Resources Association Annual Conference, Albuquerque, MN, November 2011 (2011).

*ZHANG, H., E.S. RUTHERFORD, D.M. MASON, S. LOZANO, M. Wiley, A. Gonzalez, Y.C. Kao, A. Steinman, C. Ruetz, D. Lodge, M. Wittman, X. Zhu, and T. Johnson. Assessing the risk of Asian Carp invasion on Great Lakes food webs and fisheries. Annual Meeting of the Midwest Fish and Wildlife Conference, Des Moines, IA, December 6, 2011 (2011).