All Projects

The science and research conducted as part of the International Upper Great Lakes Study was essential to support the Study Board's key findings and recommendations.  A list of projects is provided below.  Use the filters provided to help find what you're looking for, and select "View Details" to find more information about projects you are interested in.

Closing the Water Balance using Adjusted GLERL Data

Carlo DeMarchi;

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Max & Min Great Lakes Levels

Frank H. Quinn;

Estimates of extreme high and low lake levels over the past 1000 years were developed using paleo-data

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Stochastic Generation and Forecasting of NBS

Taha Ouarda; Ousmane Seidou, Taesam Lee

Study of relationships between climate indices and NBS, and related models to predict and generate time series of NBS

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Ungauged Daily Streamflow Estimation

Taha Ouarda; Christian Charron, Barbara Martel

Software to estimate streamflow at ungauged sites in the Great Lakes basin was developed using flow duration curves.

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Hydroclimate Synthesis and Summary

Alain Pietroniro; Deborah Lee, Richard Thomas, Syed M. A. Moin

Synthesis & summary of studies related to contemporary hydrology and plausible future scenarios and their impacts

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Water Uses Contextual Narrative

Kimberly Shaffer;

General information on domestic, municipal and industrial water uses and they are affected by water levels and flows.

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Impacts of Fluctuations in Levels and Flow Rates

Environmental Consulting & Technology Inc.; Veritas Economic Consulting, Great Lakes Commission

A general assessment was made to identify potential problems of water uses associated with water level changes.

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Assessment of Present and Future Water Uses

Benedykt Dziegielewski; Mitchell Horrie

An assessment was made on past, present and future water withdrawals, returns, and consumptive use in the Great Lakes basin.

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Simulation of Consumptive Use Impacts on Water Levels

Yin Fan;

Using the Coordinated Great Lakes Regulation & Routing Model to simulate consumptive use impacts on upper Great Lakes levels

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Water Uses Performance Indicators

Richard Bartz; Pat Inch

Performance indicators used in the evaluation of water level impacts on domestic, municipal and industrial water users

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