Chris Pressey

Monitoring flood water in the Detroit River

Monitoring flood water in the detroit river Great Lakes water levels have reached record highs in 2019, eroding shorelines, threatening and damaging public/private infrastructure (e.g., marinas, homes and cottages), and overwhelming water systems in communities. On July 7, 2019, strong winds from the northwest pushed Detroit River water above the storm water system in Lasalle, Ontario, resulting in significant flooding, closure of streets, and limiting access to homes, public spaces (closed swimming pools and sport fields) and many businesses.…
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Validation of NOAA-GLERL and U Michigan-CIGLR Hypoxia and HABs models in Lake Erie

Lake Erie Hypoxia and HAB models
Photo credit: Ed Verhamme
During early summer and fall of 2019, RAEON deployed three real-time buoys equipped to measure weather and water-quality parameters, including dissolved oxygen, in Lake Erie near Pelee Island. These buoys will collect data that will predict the location and movement of oxygen-depleted, or hypoxic, water in Lake Erie, a source of drinking water for millions of people in northwest Ohio.…
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Aaron Fisk

Aaron Fisk RAEON Science Director, Professor and Canada Research Chair in Changing Great Lakes Ecosystems, Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research, University of Windsor
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Steven Cooke

Steve Cooke Canada Research Chair in Fish Ecology and Conservation Physiology, Professor of Environmental Science and Biology, Carleton University
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Irena Creed

Ireena Creed Professor, School of Environment and Sustainability, University of Saskatchewan
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Jill Crossman

Jill Crossman Assistant Professor of Quantitative Hydrology, Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research & Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Windsor
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Daniel Heath

Daniel Heath Professor, Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research, University of Windsor
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Scott Mundle

Scott Mundle Assistant Professor, Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research & Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Windsor
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Bryan Neff

Bryan Neff Professor & Associate Dean, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Western Ontario
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