GLOS News

In January, a trailer pulled up to the NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Lab (GLERL), passed the existing fleet of buoys, sensors, and other gear, and unloaded a new kind of observing platform.  Capable of patrolling the shallow waters of
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We are hiring a full-time cyberinfrastructure manager who will support: – Operations. – System management. – DevOps. – Scripting. – Maintenance and software updates. – Data and information management. – More. Learn more and apply

This month, with GLOS support, the Real-time Aquatic Environmental Research Network (RAEON), added a member to their staff to help establish an emerging underwater glider program. Cailin Burmaster, formerly of Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, was brought on to oversee
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Observing Technology Manager Shelby Brunner helped to deploy and manage Green Bay buoy 45014 during her research and study at The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Since it first hit the water almost a decade ago, the buoy has contributed invaluable data
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Students at Grand Circus, a tech training bootcamp based in Michigan, learned to handle real-time lake data through a recent partnership with GLOS. After taking the time to learn the needs of GLOS users, teams of students took the semester to build apps
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Learn more about the platform we’re building with our partners at SpinDance and RPS Group. Seagull will make it easier than ever before to access live Great Lakes information and to connect new data streams – like from buoys, weather
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2020 was a big year at GLOS. New staff, observing system upgrades, and lakefloor mapping projects marked the year as one of big change and exciting new possibilities for the region. Read the annual report here. 

GLOS CIO Tim Kearns joined in the discussion for this “repartee-style” event centered around imagining the impact of “a decentralized model for water quality testing, data, information and more.” This was a no-PowerPoint, open conversation featuring: John Robinson (Moderator) of Mazarine Ventures
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  Buoys aren’t the only thing collecting data while floating through Great Lakes waters. Researchers also use robotic underwater gliders that travel for miles to collect data on organic matter, conductivity, oxygen content, and more, sometimes staying out for three
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Sept. 30 – Oct. 2 This virtual conference will bring together science and research, policy, government, and industry professionals to: Focus on Great Lakes marine mapping and observation data. Develop a strategy to catalog new and existing lakebed information for
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