Future of Open Water Observation Technology Workshop

Wednesday, December 1st, 2004

Day Two: What data are collected by existing systems? What are the data being used for? What lessons have been learned about managing these systems?

Presentations by representatives of organizations currently operating analogous observing systems in other regions.

Reception Sponsored by the Great Lakes Chapter of the Alliance for Coastal Technology - University of Michigan

Time	Topic	Speaker

08:30	Welcome, overview, goals & objectives for Day 2	Stephen Brandt Director, NOAA, GLERL

08:45	COOL: The evolution of a operational observatory off the coast of New Jersey [Download Presentation (PDF - 7.1MB)]	Josh Kohut Rutgers University

09:15	Landscape Metrics used to Evaluate Water Quality in the Great Lakes [Download Presentation (PDF - 4MB)]	Ric Lopez USEPA

09:45	Lake Erie 2004: Physical and Chemical observations [Download Presentation (PDF - 1MB)]	Ram Yerubandi Environment Canada

10:15	Break

10:30	International Air Deposition Network (IADN) [Download Judith's Presentation (PDF - 1MB)] [Download Frank's Presentation (PDF - 1MB)]	Judith Perlinger (Michigan Technological University) Frank Froude (Environment Canada)

11:00	The Gulf of Maine Ocean Observing System (GoMOOS) [Download Presentation (PDF - 1.6MB)]	Tom Shyka Program Specialist, GoMOOS

11:30	Texas Coastal Ocean Observation Network (TCOON) [Download Presentation (PDF - 1MB)]	Scott Duff and James Rizzo Texas A & M Corpus Christi

12:00	Lunch - Luncheon Address - Great Lakes Observing System Business Plan	Roger Gauthier Program Manager, Data and Information Management, GLC

13:00	National Data Buoy Center Observation Buoys & Coastal-Marine Automated Network (C-MAN) [Download Presentation (PDF - 2.2MB)]	David B. Gilhousen NDBC

13:30	Earth Observing System [Download Presentation (PDF - 1MB)]	Dr. Ann McMillan Director, Policy and International Affairs, Meteorologic Service of Canada

14:00	Effective New Sampling Devices and Techniques Used to Detect Contaminants in Great Lakes Water [Download Presentation (PDF - 1.7MB)]	Bob McCrea Environment Canada

14:30	Beach Monitoring and an Environmental Monitoring Network for Lake St. Clair [Download Presentation (PDF - 1.4MB)]	Guy Meadows Director, Ocean Engineering Laboratory, Professor of Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Sciences, University of Michigan

15:00	Break

15:15	Wireless Observation Systems in Lakes Michigan, Huron, and Erie: Networking and Data Transmission [Download Presentation (PDF - 1.3MB)]	Steve Ruberg NOAA, GLERL

15:45	Overview of Environment Canada's Marine Observation Network [Download Presentation (PDF - 6.2MB)]	Richard Campbell Monitoring Science and Strategies Division Environment Canada

16:15	Developing a Dynamic & Distributed Coastal GIS for the Lake Superior Coast of Wisconsin [Download Presentation (PDF - 1MB)]	Dave Hart University of Wisconsin Sea Grant

16:45	Summary of Day 2 Wrap Up and Adjourn	Stephen Brandt

17:00-18:00	Reception hosted by the Great Lakes Chapter of the Alliance for Coastal Technology - University of Michigan