Week One: June 24-June 28

Friday ( June 28): Climate and Water Movement

Tentative Activities for that Day 8:00 am: Turn in Lab2               Discussion issues in water data collection and resolve difficulties (Dr. Fortner)  8:15am: Demonstrations and discussion of climate and water relationships in Lake Erie             -seasonal stratification demo             -storm surge demo and videotape             -water levels chart and measurement schedule for coming weeks (Dr. Fortner) 10:00am: Computer Lab- Climate and Water Movement 11:30am: Concept mapping introduction and practice (Dr. Fortner) 1:00 pm-4:00pm: GIS Lab- Data Preparation for Field Trip1 (Lin, Jason)

Reading Materials (Option) Beletsky, D., J.H. Saylor, and D.J. Schwab. 1999. Mean circulation in the Great Lakes. J. Great Lakes Res. 25, 78-93. Long shore current and beach drift : http://www.gvsu.edu/videticp/longshore.htm Seasonal lake stratification : http://www.gvsu.edu/videticp/stratification.htm Great Lakes surfing photoes: http://www.coastalbc.com/surf/newgard/index.htm Circulation in Great Lakes National data buoy center : http://chswww.bur.dfo.ca/danp/currents_e.html Great Lakes Storm, Seiches and Surge: http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/seagrant/glwlphotos/Seiche/SeicheHome.htm

Web sites to retrieve water temperature, movement data Great Lakes Forecasting System: http://superior.eng.ohio-state.edu/ Coastalwatch: http://coastwatch.glerl.noaa.gov/cwdata/, http://www.coastwatch.msu.edu/ Buoy Data: http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/rmd.shtml National marine forecast center http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/marine/zone/usamz.htm Great lakes water level home page: http://huron.lre.usace.army.mil/levels/hmpglv.html Retrieve Observation and water levels in U.S. and Great Lakes: http://co-ops.nos.noaa.gov/data_res.html

Lab: Climate and Water Movement          Scoring Climate and Water Movement       Data Preparation for Field Trip 1       Supplement Materials for Basic ArcView

More references Great Lakes water level photo gallery: http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/seagrant/glwlphotos/ Great Lakes history water level data: http://chswww.bur.dfo.ca/danp/netgraphs_e.html Lake Erie Storm ,1874 : http://www.magma.ca/~jdreid/nov_1874_great_lakes_storm.htm Great Lakes statistics: http://coastwatch.glerl.noaa.gov/statistic/statistic.html

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