The Great Lakes Hydrography Dataset: Consistent, Binational Watersheds for the Laurentian Great Lakes Basin

Meteotsunamis in the Laurentian Great Lakes

The generation mechanism of meteotsunamis, which are meteorologically induced water waves with spatial/temporal characteristics and behavior similar to seismic tsunamis, is poorly understood. We quantify meteotsunamis in terms of seasonality, causes, and occurrence frequency through the analysis of long-term water level records in the Laurentian Great Lakes. The majority of the observed meteots...

Radionuclides in the Great Lakes basin.

The Great Lakes basin is of radiologic interest due to the large population within its boundaries that may be exposed to various sources of ionizing radiation. Specific radionuclides of interest in the basin arising from natural and artificial sources include 3H, 14C, 90Sr, 129I, 131I, 137Cs, 222Rn, 226Ra, 235U, 238U, 239Pu, and 241Am. The greatest contribution to total radiation exposure is th...

Paleolimnological comparison of the Laurentian Great Lakes based on diatoms

We used cluster analysis to compare records of diatom succession recorded in dated cores from offshore basins of the five Great Lakes. Most recently deposited samples from Lakes Erie and Ontario are far removed from the cluster centroid, as are samples deposited in Lakes Huron and Michigan during forest clearance. Most recently deposited samples from Lake Superior are also clearly segregated, b...

Fisheries, Aquaculture and Exotic Species of the Laurentian Great Lakes

Monitoring agricultural cropping patterns across the Laurentian Great Lakes Basin using MODIS-NDVI data

The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MODIS) Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) 16-day composite data product (MOD12Q) was used to develop annual cropland and cropspecific map products (corn, soybeans, and wheat) for the Laurentian Great Lakes Basin (GLB). The crop area distributions and changes in crop rotations were characterized by comparing annual crop map products for 20...