Forecast/Nowcast annual flow estimates for unmonitored Lake Michigan streams using the Water Availability Tool for Environmental Resources (WATER) and global circulation models

Description of Work USGS is creating forecasting tools for managers to determine how water withdrawals or other hydrologic or land use changes in watersheds may affect Great Lakes ecosystems. This project is determining fish distributions in Great Lakes tributaries and how changes in stream flow may affect them. This information will help guide restoration efforts to achieve maximum effectiveness and success. Estimates were produced using WATER - a TOPMODEL based tool that estimates streamflow at any point along the stream network. The pour point is selected using a point-and-click GUI that samples information about the basin using a geodatabase of topographic and soil data spatial layers.

Categories: Project; Tags: GLRI, Great Lakes, Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, Lake, All tags... Lake, Lake:Lake Michigan, Nearshore Health, TOPMODEL, Template 134, WATER, forecast, simulation, soils, streamflow, Fewer tags

Science in the Great Lakes (SiGL) Mapper

Description of Work The Science in the Great Lakes (SiGL) Mapper is a map-based discovery tool that spatially displays basin-wide multi-disciplinary monitoring and research activities conducted by both USGS and partners from all five Great Lakes. It was designed to help Great Lakes researchers and managers strategically plan, implement, and analyze monitoring and restoration activities by providing easy access to historical and on-going project metadata while allowing them to identify gaps (spatially and topically) that have been underrepresented in previous efforts or need further study. SiGL provides a user-friendly and efficient way to explore Great Lakes projects and data through robust search options while...

Categories: Project; Tags: Accountability, GLRI, Great Lakes, Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, All tags... SiGL, Template 164, Template 330, Template 84, Watershed, Watershed:Lake Erie Basin, Watershed:Lake Huron Basin, Watershed:Lake Michigan Basin, Watershed:Lake Ontario Basin, Watershed:Lake St. Clair Basin, Watershed:Lake Superior Basin, highlight, Fewer tags

Phragmites Habitat Suitability

Habitat suitability was estimated for invasive Phragmites in the coastal Great Lakes region (shoreline to 10 km inland). These estimates were based on current distribution patterns and environmental conditions. Phragmites presence or absence was defined based on a distribution map produced by cooperative research between the GLSC and Michigan Technical Research Institute. Environmental variables were processed in a Geographic Information System (GIS) and came from existing publicly available sources. Variables include descriptors of soils, nutrients, topography, ecoregion, anthropogenic disturbance, and climate. Environmental conditions and Phragmites presence/absence were sampled in a GIS at points established...

Categories: Data; Types: Map Service, OGC WMS Layer; Tags: Accountability, GLRI, Great Lakes, Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, Invasive Species, All tags... Phragmites, Template 588, Template 67, Template 68, boosted regression trees, coastal wetlands, forecasting, invasive species, invasive species corridors, species distribution modeling, vulnerability assessment, Fewer tags

Great Lakes and Watersheds Shapefiles

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) GLRI effort is being coordinated and managed by the USGS Midwest Area in accordance with the USGS science strategy - one that is driven by cross-disciplinary integrative science and conducted in collaboration with partners to provide resource managers with the information and decision-making tools they need to help restore the Great Lakes.

Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: GLRI, Great Lakes, Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, Great Lakes Restoration Initiative