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| **NOAA In Your State**            |                                   |
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| **Michigan**                      |                                   |
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| *NOAA\'s work touches the daily   |   -------------------             |
| lives of every person in the      | --------------------------------- |
| United States and in much of the  |   ![](media/image2.               |
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| of NOAA's dedicated staff and     |                                   |
| partner organizations located in  |   -------------------             |
| program and research offices      | --------------------------------- |
| throughout the country. The       |                                   |
| following is a summary of NOAA    |                                   |
| programs based in, and focused    |                                   |
| on, your state (as of January     |                                   |
| 2008). The entries are listed by  |                                   |
| those that are statewide,         |                                   |
| regional, and then by             |                                   |
| congressional districts and       |                                   |
| cities or towns.*                 |                                   |
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| ***MI***                          |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***Great Lakes***                 |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Ocean Service (NOS)**  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Coastal Services Center (CSC)** |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Application of Integrated       |                                   |
| Coastal Management (ICM) Tool**   |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The ICM Tool is a GIS-based tool  |                                   |
| that, with a few basic data sets, |                                   |
| can help inventory habitats,      |                                   |
| assess land and water habitat     |                                   |
| conditions, identify and rank     |                                   |
| potential restoration and         |                                   |
| conservation sites, and analyze   |                                   |
| "what if" scenarios for proposed  |                                   |
| changes in land cover. The tool   |                                   |
| is also capable of incorporating  |                                   |
| socioeconomic data and impervious |                                   |
| surface analysis into the output. |                                   |
| The Center is providing technical |                                   |
| support to several states that    |                                   |
| are using the tool as an aid to   |                                   |
| watershed planning. (This tool is |                                   |
| now called the Habitat Priority   |                                   |
| Planner.)                         |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Ocean Service (NOS)**  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Integrated Ocean Observing      |                                   |
| System (IOOS) Program**           |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **IOOS Regional Association**     |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The Great Lakes Observing System  |                                   |
| (GLOS) provides public access to  |                                   |
| critical, real-time and           |                                   |
| historical information about the  |                                   |
| Great Lakes, St. Lawrence River   |                                   |
| and interconnecting waterways for |                                   |
| use in managing, safeguarding and |                                   |
| understanding these immensely     |                                   |
| valuable freshwater resources.    |                                   |
| GLOS is intended to gather and    |                                   |
| integrate chemical, biologic and  |                                   |
| hydrologic data, and monitor lake |                                   |
| conditions and trends over time.  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [http://www.glos.us/]{.underline} |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Oceanic and           |                                   |
| Atmospheric Research (OAR)**      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Great Lakes Environmental       |                                   |
| Research Laboratory**             |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **GLERL CoastWatch**              |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The CoastWatch node at GLERL      |                                   |
| provides clients including        |                                   |
| Federal, state, and local         |                                   |
| agencies, academic institutions,  |                                   |
| commercial/industries and the     |                                   |
| public, both within and outside   |                                   |
| of the Great Lakes region, with   |                                   |
| access to near real-time          |                                   |
| satellite observations and        |                                   |
| in-situ data for the Great Lakes. |                                   |
| CoastWatch data are used in a     |                                   |
| variety of ways, including near   |                                   |
| real-time observation and         |                                   |
| tracking of algal blooms, plumes, |                                   |
| ice cover, wind, water intake     |                                   |
| temperatures at fish hatcheries,  |                                   |
| two and three-dimensional         |                                   |
| modeling of Great Lakes physical  |                                   |
| parameters such as wave height    |                                   |
| and currents damage assessment    |                                   |
| modeling, research, and           |                                   |
| educational and recreational      |                                   |
| activities.                       |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| In addition, through a            |                                   |
| cooperative project with Michigan |                                   |
| Sea Grant, Great Lakes CoastWatch |                                   |
| satellite-derived surface         |                                   |
| temperature imagery is contoured  |                                   |
| and made available via Michigan   |                                   |
| State Sea Grant's web site. Great |                                   |
| Lakes CoastWatch data and         |                                   |
| products benefit riparians as     |                                   |
| well as commercial and            |                                   |
| recreational users.               |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [http://coastw                    |                                   |
| atch.glerl.noaa.gov/]{.underline} |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Oceanic and           |                                   |
| Atmospheric Research (OAR)**      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Great Lakes Environmental       |                                   |
| Research Laboratory**             |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Great Lakes Daily Water Level   |                                   |
| Plots**                           |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| Lake Superior, Lake Michigan,     |                                   |
| Lake Huron, Lake St. Clair, and   |                                   |
| Lake Erie Daily Water Level       |                                   |
| Plots - Daily levels compared     |                                   |
| with last year\'s level, Daily    |                                   |
| levels compared with monthly Min, |                                   |
| Max, and Mean levels              |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [h                                |                                   |
| ttp://www.glerl.noaa.gov/data/now |                                   |
| /wlevels/levels.html]{.underline} |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Oceanic and           |                                   |
| Atmospheric Research (OAR)**      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Ocean Exploration and |                                   |
| Research**                        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Center for the North Atlantic   |                                   |
| and Great Lakes**                 |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| NOAA\'s Office of Ocean           |                                   |
| Exploration and Research focuses  |                                   |
| on exploration, advanced undersea |                                   |
| technology development, research  |                                   |
| of extreme and unique             |                                   |
| environments, continental shelf   |                                   |
| ecosystems, new ocean resources,  |                                   |
| and ocean dynamics, and the       |                                   |
| communication of results to       |                                   |
| various audiences through         |                                   |
| education and outreach. NOAA\'s   |                                   |
| Undersea Research Center for the  |                                   |
| North Atlantic and Great Lakes    |                                   |
| (NAGL), one of the six NURP       |                                   |
| regional centers, is housed at    |                                   |
| the University of Connecticut.    |                                   |
| The NALG Center supports undersea |                                   |
| research off the U.S.'s           |                                   |
| northeastern coast (i.e., Gulf of |                                   |
| Maine, Georges Bank and the       |                                   |
| Southern New England Coast        |                                   |
| including Long Island Sound) and  |                                   |
| in the Laurentian Great Lakes.    |                                   |
| The center's research focuses on  |                                   |
| ecosystem response to human       |                                   |
| induced stress such as fishing    |                                   |
| and pollution and the role of     |                                   |
| habitat in sustaining fisheries   |                                   |
| and biological diversity.         |                                   |
| Underwater diving technologies    |                                   |
| available through NAGL include    |                                   |
| occupied submersibles, remotely   |                                   |
| operated vehicles (ROV\'s), and   |                                   |
| Nitrox scuba.                     |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http://www.oceane               |                                   |
| xplorer.noaa.gov]{.underline}](ht |                                   |
| tp://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***Statewide***                   |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Weather Service (NWS)  |                                   |
| and Office of Oceanic and         |                                   |
| Atmospheric Research (OAR)**      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Incident Meteorologist Program  |                                   |
| and Earth Systems Research        |                                   |
| Laboratory**                      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Fire Weather Services and       |                                   |
| Support**                         |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The National Weather Service      |                                   |
| (NWS) fire weather forecasters    |                                   |
| are called Incident               |                                   |
| Meteorologists (IMETS). When a    |                                   |
| fire reaches a large enough size  |                                   |
| the IMETS are called out to the   |                                   |
| fire to provide constant weather  |                                   |
| updates and forecast briefings to |                                   |
| the fire incident commanders at   |                                   |
| the fire. The IMETS are very      |                                   |
| important members of the fire     |                                   |
| fighting team, as changes in the  |                                   |
| fires are largely due to changes  |                                   |
| in the weather. To improve NWS    |                                   |
| fire weather services to the      |                                   |
| public, NOAA's Earth System       |                                   |
| Research Laboratory (ESRL)        |                                   |
| conducts modeling,                |                                   |
| instrumentation and data services |                                   |
| research.                         |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ESRL data dissemination and       |                                   |
| display systems are designed to   |                                   |
| be used by trained                |                                   |
| meteorologists, the US Forest     |                                   |
| Service, and the Bureau of Land   |                                   |
| Management. For example, the      |                                   |
| FX-Net thin client system and the |                                   |
| Gridded FX-Net full function      |                                   |
| system are ESRL-developed         |                                   |
| software systems that are a       |                                   |
| critical part of the equipment    |                                   |
| the IMETS bring with them to the  |                                   |
| fire. These mobile PC--based      |                                   |
| client software packages are used |                                   |
| by NWS forecasters at fires in    |                                   |
| all 50 states. Computer servers   |                                   |
| that communicate with the mobile  |                                   |
| PC clients are located in Hawaii, |                                   |
| Alaska, Utah, Colorado, Texas and |                                   |
| New York. The PC-base clients are |                                   |
| also used by state emergency      |                                   |
| managers in many of the NWS       |                                   |
| regional areas. Other             |                                   |
| collaborators who work to improve |                                   |
| NWS fire weather services include |                                   |
| the University of Colorado in     |                                   |
| Boulder (CU), NCAR and private    |                                   |
| sector instrumentation companies. |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Oceanic and           |                                   |
| Atmospheric Research (OAR)**      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Climate Program Office**        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Michigan Grants**               |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| NOAA is a leading provider of     |                                   |
| climate, weather, and water       |                                   |
| information and services to the   |                                   |
| nation and the world. NOAA's      |                                   |
| Climate Program Office was        |                                   |
| established in October 2005. The  |                                   |
| Office manages the competitive    |                                   |
| research program by which NOAA    |                                   |
| funds high-priority climate       |                                   |
| science to advance understanding  |                                   |
| of atmospheric, oceanic,          |                                   |
| land-based, and snow and ice      |                                   |
| processes, and how they affect    |                                   |
| climate. It focuses on developing |                                   |
| a broader user community for      |                                   |
| climate products and services,    |                                   |
| provides NOAA a focal point for   |                                   |
| climate activities within NOAA,   |                                   |
| leads NOAA climate education and  |                                   |
| outreach activities, and          |                                   |
| coordinates international climate |                                   |
| activities. It supports projects  |                                   |
| across the nation conducted by    |                                   |
| investigators outside the federal |                                   |
| government, such as the through   |                                   |
| the academic and private sectors, |                                   |
| within the federal government,    |                                   |
| and in NOAA Cooperative           |                                   |
| Institutes. The Climate Program   |                                   |
| Office provides climate funding   |                                   |
| in this state.                    |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [http                             |                                   |
| ://www.cpo.noaa.gov/]{.underline} |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Oceanic and           |                                   |
| Atmospheric Research (OAR)**      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Earth System Research           |                                   |
| Laboratory/Global Systems         |                                   |
| Division**                        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Ground-Based GPS Meteorology**  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The Earth System Research         |                                   |
| Laboratory maintains the          |                                   |
| Ground-Based GPS Meteorology      |                                   |
| project, currently consisting of  |                                   |
| 400 GPS water vapor observing     |                                   |
| systems that provide near         |                                   |
| real-time integrated precipitable |                                   |
| water vapor (IPW) measurements    |                                   |
| for weather forecasting, climate  |                                   |
| modeling, calibration and         |                                   |
| validation of satellite and       |                                   |
| radiosonde water vapor            |                                   |
| measurements, and research. This  |                                   |
| project provides water vapor data |                                   |
| available to all users.           |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http://www.gpsmet.noaa.gov/j    |                                   |
| sp/raob.jsp]{.underline}](http:// |                                   |
| www.gpsmet.noaa.gov/jsp/raob.jsp) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Oceanic and           |                                   |
| Atmospheric Research (OAR)**      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Sea Grant College      |                                   |
| Program**                         |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Michigan Sea Grant College      |                                   |
| Program**                         |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| NOAA\'s National Sea Grant        |                                   |
| College Program is a              |                                   |
| federal-university partnership    |                                   |
| that integrates research,         |                                   |
| education, and outreach           |                                   |
| (extension and communications).   |                                   |
| Sea Grant forms a network of 32   |                                   |
| programs in all U.S. coastal and  |                                   |
| Great Lakes states, Puerto Rico   |                                   |
| and Guam. Michigan is in the      |                                   |
| heart of one of the most          |                                   |
| biologically diverse freshwater   |                                   |
| ecosystems in the world. A joint  |                                   |
| program of University of Michigan |                                   |
| (UM) and Michigan State           |                                   |
| University (MSU), Michigan Sea    |                                   |
| Grant currently funds research    |                                   |
| and education projects focusing   |                                   |
| on coastal communities and        |                                   |
| economies, marine and aquatic     |                                   |
| science education, fisheries,     |                                   |
| coastal habitat and invasive      |                                   |
| species. Established in 1969 at   |                                   |
| the University of Michigan,       |                                   |
| Michigan Sea Grant supports       |                                   |
| efforts in five coastal regions   |                                   |
| throughout the state, as well as  |                                   |
| offices at UM and MSU.            |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http://www.mis                  |                                   |
| eagrant.umich.edu/]{.underline}]( |                                   |
| http://www.miseagrant.umich.edu/) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***MI- 1***                       |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***Alpena***                      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Ocean Service (NOS)**  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of National Marine       |                                   |
| Sanctuaries**                     |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Thunder Bay National Marine     |                                   |
| Sanctuary and Underwater          |                                   |
| Preserve**                        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The Thunder Bay National Marine   |                                   |
| Sanctuary and Underwater Preserve |                                   |
| in Lake Huron encompasses 448     |                                   |
| square miles, extending along the |                                   |
| high water mark between the       |                                   |
| northern and southern boundaries  |                                   |
| of Alpena County and extending    |                                   |
| from those points lakeward to     |                                   |
| longitude 83 degrees west.        |                                   |
| Protection and management of the  |                                   |
| Sanctuary is entirely focused on  |                                   |
| Thunder Bay\'s extraordinary      |                                   |
| collection of underwater cultural |                                   |
| resources (primarily shipwrecks). |                                   |
| At least 116 shipwrecks are known |                                   |
| or thought to be located within   |                                   |
| the Thunder Bay area; they span   |                                   |
| over 100 years of Great Lakes     |                                   |
| commerce and trade. The Sanctuary |                                   |
| and Underwater Preserve           |                                   |
| emphasizes research, monitoring   |                                   |
| and education programs.           |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http                            |                                   |
| ://thunderbay.noaa.gov/]{.underli |                                   |
| ne}](http://thunderbay.noaa.gov/) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Oceanic and           |                                   |
| Atmospheric Research (OAR)**      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Earth System Research           |                                   |
| Laboratory/Global Systems         |                                   |
| Division**                        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Science On a Sphere®**          |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| Science On a Sphere (SOS) is a    |                                   |
| room-sized global display system  |                                   |
| that uses computers and video     |                                   |
| projectors to display planetary   |                                   |
| data onto a six-foot diameter     |                                   |
| sphere, analogous to a giant      |                                   |
| animated globe. Researchers at    |                                   |
| NOAA developed Science On a       |                                   |
| Sphere® as an educational tool to |                                   |
| help illustrate Earth System      |                                   |
| science to people of all ages.    |                                   |
| Animated images of atmospheric    |                                   |
| storms, climate change, and ocean |                                   |
| temperature can be shown on the   |                                   |
| sphere, which is used to explain  |                                   |
| what are sometimes complex        |                                   |
| environmental processes, in a way |                                   |
| that is simultaneously intuitive  |                                   |
| and captivating.                  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [http://www.sos.noaa.gov/ and     |                                   |
| http://sos.noaa.gov               |                                   |
| /news/sos_sites.html]{.underline} |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Oceanic and           |                                   |
| Atmospheric Research (OAR)**      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Great Lakes Environmental       |                                   |
| Research Laboratory**             |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Realtime Environmental Coastal  |                                   |
| Observation Network (RECON)       |                                   |
| Stations:**                       |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The goal of the RECON project is  |                                   |
| to develop a national network of  |                                   |
| low cost coastal buoys capable of |                                   |
| seabed to sea-surface             |                                   |
| observations. This wireless       |                                   |
| Internet observation system, with |                                   |
| shore stations at coastal         |                                   |
| locations covering approximately  |                                   |
| 800 square miles of sea surface,  |                                   |
| uses commercially available       |                                   |
| networking equipment allowing     |                                   |
| straightforward integration into  |                                   |
| a nationwide network. Each system |                                   |
| collects meteorological data and  |                                   |
| provides sub-surface measurements |                                   |
| of chemical, biological, and      |                                   |
| physical parameters. The system   |                                   |
| is designed to allow controlled   |                                   |
| access to multi-institutional     |                                   |
| users through surface buoys and   |                                   |
| sub-surface sensor guest ports    |                                   |
| located on an underwater hub. The |                                   |
| observation network currently     |                                   |
| provides environmental data to    |                                   |
| state, federal, and university    |                                   |
| researchers, educators and        |                                   |
| resource managers.                |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http://www.glerl.noaa           |                                   |
| .gov/res/recon/station-apn.html]{ |                                   |
| .underline}](http://www.glerl.noa |                                   |
| a.gov/res/recon/station-apn.html) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Oceanic and           |                                   |
| Atmospheric Research (OAR)**      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Great Lakes Environmental       |                                   |
| Research Laboratory**             |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Real-Time Meteorological        |                                   |
| Observation Network**             |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The Marine Instrumentation        |                                   |
| Laboratory at the Great Lakes     |                                   |
| Environmental Research Laboratory |                                   |
| (GLERL) has deployed and is       |                                   |
| maintaining a real-time network   |                                   |
| of shore-based meteorological     |                                   |
| instrument packages including     |                                   |
| locations on Lake Michigan, at    |                                   |
| Muskegon and South Haven and on   |                                   |
| Lake Huron at Alpena. The Lake    |                                   |
| Huron Alpena Thunder Bay National |                                   |
| Marine Sanctuary & Underwater     |                                   |
| Preserve Meteorological Station   |                                   |
| measures/records wind speed, wind |                                   |
| gust, wind direction, and air     |                                   |
| temperature at 5-minute           |                                   |
| increments updated every          |                                   |
| half-hour at. In addition, a      |                                   |
| webcam features images of Lake    |                                   |
| Huron\'s Thunder Bay that are     |                                   |
| updated every half-hour.          |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/      |                                   |
| metdata/apn/]{.underline}](http:/ |                                   |
| /www.glerl.noaa.gov/metdata/apn/) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***Chatham***                     |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Oceanic and           |                                   |
| Atmospheric Research (OAR)**      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Climate Reference Network**     |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Chatham Station**               |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The U.S. Climate Reference        |                                   |
| Network (USCRN) is an operational |                                   |
| network of climate stations. Data |                                   |
| from the USCRN will be used in    |                                   |
| operational climate monitoring    |                                   |
| activities and for placing        |                                   |
| current climate anomalies into an |                                   |
| historical perspective. The USCRN |                                   |
| is managed and operated by        |                                   |
| NOAA\'s National Climatic Data    |                                   |
| Center (NCDC). The USCRN will     |                                   |
| also provide the United States    |                                   |
| with a reference network that     |                                   |
| contributes to an International   |                                   |
| network under the auspices of the |                                   |
| Global Climate Observing System   |                                   |
| (GCOS). USCRN is jointly managed  |                                   |
| by NOAA\'s National Environmental |                                   |
| Satellite, Data, and Information  |                                   |
| Service and NOAA\'s Office of     |                                   |
| Oceanic and Atmospheric Research. |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/crn    |                                   |
| /sites.html]{.underline}](http:// |                                   |
| www.ncdc.noaa.gov/crn/sites.html) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***Gaylord***                     |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Weather Service        |                                   |
| (NWS)**                           |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Weather Forecast Office**       |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Gaylord (WFO)**                 |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| Located on Passenheim Road near   |                                   |
| Gaylord, this National Weather    |                                   |
| Service Weather Forecast Office   |                                   |
| provides weather and flood        |                                   |
| warnings, daily forecasts and     |                                   |
| meteorologic and hydrologic data  |                                   |
| for 25 counties in the northern   |                                   |
| section of Michigan\'s Lower      |                                   |
| Peninsula and two counties in the |                                   |
| eastern Upper Peninsula; serving  |                                   |
| a population of more than         |                                   |
| 590,000. This office also         |                                   |
| provides marine forecasts and     |                                   |
| warnings for near-shore waters of |                                   |
| Lake Huron, Lake Michigan and     |                                   |
| Lake Superior.                    |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http                            |                                   |
| ://www.crh.noaa.gov/apx]{.underli |                                   |
| ne}](http://www.crh.noaa.gov/apx) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Oceanic and           |                                   |
| Atmospheric Research (OAR)**      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Climate Reference Network**     |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Gaylord Station**               |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The U.S. Climate Reference        |                                   |
| Network (USCRN) is an operational |                                   |
| network of climate stations. Data |                                   |
| from the USCRN will be used in    |                                   |
| operational climate monitoring    |                                   |
| activities and for placing        |                                   |
| current climate anomalies into an |                                   |
| historical perspective. The USCRN |                                   |
| is managed and operated by        |                                   |
| NOAA\'s National Climatic Data    |                                   |
| Center (NCDC). The USCRN will     |                                   |
| also provide the United States    |                                   |
| with a reference network that     |                                   |
| contributes to an International   |                                   |
| network under the auspices of the |                                   |
| Global Climate Observing System   |                                   |
| (GCOS). USCRN is jointly managed  |                                   |
| by NOAA\'s National Environmental |                                   |
| Satellite, Data, and Information  |                                   |
| Service and NOAA\'s Office of     |                                   |
| Oceanic and Atmospheric Research. |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/crn    |                                   |
| /sites.html]{.underline}](http:// |                                   |
| www.ncdc.noaa.gov/crn/sites.html) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***Negaunee Township/Marquette*** |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Weather Service        |                                   |
| (NWS)**                           |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Weather Forecast Office**       |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Negaunee WFO**                  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| Located in Negaunee Township,     |                                   |
| this National Weather Service     |                                   |
| Weather Forecast office provides  |                                   |
| weather and flood warnings, daily |                                   |
| forecasts and meteorologic and    |                                   |
| hydrologic data for 13 counties   |                                   |
| in Michigan\'s Upper Peninsula;   |                                   |
| serving a population of more than |                                   |
| 268,000. This office also         |                                   |
| provides marine forecasts and     |                                   |
| warnings for near-shore waters of |                                   |
| Lake Michigan and Lake Superior,  |                                   |
| and for the open waters of Lake   |                                   |
| Superior.                         |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http:/                          |                                   |
| /www.crh.noaa.gov/mqt/]{.underlin |                                   |
| e}](http://www.crh.noaa.gov/mqt/) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***Sault Ste. Marie***            |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Ocean Service (NOS)**  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Center for Operational          |                                   |
| Oceanographic Products and        |                                   |
| Services**                        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Soo Locks PORTS**               |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| A Physical Oceanographic          |                                   |
| Real-Time System (PORTS®) is      |                                   |
| operated cooperatively with the   |                                   |
| local maritime community in Sault |                                   |
| Ste. Marie with real-time data    |                                   |
| quality-controlled and            |                                   |
| disseminated to local users for   |                                   |
| safe and efficient navigation.    |                                   |
| Real-time data are available for  |                                   |
| water levels from seven stations  |                                   |
| and meteorological data from five |                                   |
| locations.                        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http://tidesand                 |                                   |
| currents.noaa.gov]{.underline}](h |                                   |
| ttp://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***MI-1 through 10***             |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***Great Lakes and tributary      |                                   |
| cities***                         |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Ocean Service (NOS)**  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Center for Operational          |                                   |
| Oceanographic Products and        |                                   |
| Services**                        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Water Level            |                                   |
| Observation Network**             |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The National Ocean Service (NOS)  |                                   |
| operates 27 long-term             |                                   |
| continuously operating water      |                                   |
| level stations in the state of    |                                   |
| Michigan which provide data and   |                                   |
| information on Great Lakes and    |                                   |
| interconnecting waterways datums  |                                   |
| and lake level regulation and are |                                   |
| capable of producing real-time    |                                   |
| data for storm surge warning.     |                                   |
| These stations are located on     |                                   |
| Lake Michigan at Port Inland,     |                                   |
| Holland, Ludington; on Lake Huron |                                   |
| at Lakeport, Harbor Beach,        |                                   |
| Essexville, Harrisville, Mackinaw |                                   |
| City and De Tour Village; on Lake |                                   |
| Erie at Fermi: on the Detroit     |                                   |
| River at Gibraltar, Wyandotte,    |                                   |
| Fort Wayne, and Windmill Point:   |                                   |
| on the Lake St. Clair and River   |                                   |
| at St. Clair Shores, Algonac, St. |                                   |
| Clair State Police, Dry Dock,     |                                   |
| Black River, Dunn Paper, and Fort |                                   |
| Gratiot; on Lake Superior at      |                                   |
| Ontonagon, Marquette and Point    |                                   |
| Iroquois: and on the St. Mary\'s  |                                   |
| River at U.S. Slip, S.W. Pier,    |                                   |
| and Rock Cut. Additional stations |                                   |
| at Lookout #4 and Little Rapids   |                                   |
| on the St Mary\'s River are       |                                   |
| planned for addition to the NWLON |                                   |
| in the future. The National Ocean |                                   |
| Service NOS operates the Great    |                                   |
| Lakes Operational Forecast System |                                   |
| (GLOFS). The GLOFS provides the   |                                   |
| maritime community with improved  |                                   |
| short-term prediction of water    |                                   |
| levels, currents, and water       |                                   |
| temperatures in Lake Michigan.    |                                   |
| These predictions are based on a  |                                   |
| hydrodynamic model and are        |                                   |
| considered to be                  |                                   |
| computer-generated forecast       |                                   |
| guidance.                         |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http://tidesand                 |                                   |
| currents.noaa.gov]{.underline}](h |                                   |
| ttp://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Ocean Service (NOS)**  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Response and          |                                   |
| Restoration**                     |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **OR&R State Summary fact         |                                   |
| sheets**                          |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| A series of twenty-six state      |                                   |
| summary fact sheets that          |                                   |
| highlight Office of Response and  |                                   |
| Restoration (OR&R) activities     |                                   |
| particular to each state are now  |                                   |
| available on-line. Information    |                                   |
| and maps within the series are    |                                   |
| drawn from the \"OR&R Activities  |                                   |
| Database\", a project that        |                                   |
| delivers valuable and up-to-date  |                                   |
| information on response,          |                                   |
| restoration, and marine debris    |                                   |
| projects, as well as research     |                                   |
| sponsored by OR&R's Coastal       |                                   |
| Response Research Center. As a    |                                   |
| steward of our nation's coastal   |                                   |
| and marine environments, NOAA     |                                   |
| addresses immediate and long-term |                                   |
| environmental threats through its |                                   |
| Office of Response and            |                                   |
| Restoration (OR&R). Scientists    |                                   |
| are on call around-the-clock to   |                                   |
| provide the U.S. Coast Guard and  |                                   |
| other emergency responders with   |                                   |
| critical information to help      |                                   |
| minimize environmental damage     |                                   |
| caused by oil and hazardous       |                                   |
| chemical spills. Environmental    |                                   |
| experts assess ecosystems         |                                   |
| compromised by historic or        |                                   |
| ongoing contamination and work    |                                   |
| with other organizations to       |                                   |
| conduct remediation, restoration, |                                   |
| and monitoring of critical        |                                   |
| natural resources.                |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http://response.restor          |                                   |
| ation.noaa.gov/book_shelf/1436_MI |                                   |
| %20st%20summ.pdf]{.underline}](ht |                                   |
| tp://response.restoration.noaa.go |                                   |
| v/book_shelf/1436_MI st summ.pdf) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***MI- 2***                       |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***Allendale***                   |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Oceanic and           |                                   |
| Atmospheric Research (OAR)**      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Cooperative Institute**         |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Cooperative Institute for       |                                   |
| Limnology and Ecosystems Research |                                   |
| (CILER), Grand Valley State       |                                   |
| University**                      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| Established in 2007, CILER        |                                   |
| conducts collaborative research   |                                   |
| through a ten-member consortium   |                                   |
| of academic institutions in the   |                                   |
| Great Lakes region. CILER's       |                                   |
| primary NOAA research partner is  |                                   |
| the Great Lakes Environmental     |                                   |
| Research Laboratory; CILER also   |                                   |
| collaborates with NOAA's Office   |                                   |
| of Oceanic and Atmospheric        |                                   |
| Research, National Ocean Service, |                                   |
| National Weather Service, and     |                                   |
| National Environment Satellite,   |                                   |
| Data, and Information Service.    |                                   |
| CILER is administratively housed  |                                   |
| at the University of Michigan,    |                                   |
| and is comprised of [Grand Valley |                                   |
| State University]{.underline},    |                                   |
| Michigan State University, Ohio   |                                   |
| State University, Penn State      |                                   |
| University, State University of   |                                   |
| New York-Stony Brook, University  |                                   |
| of Illinois of Urbana-Champaign,  |                                   |
| University of Michigan,           |                                   |
| University of Minnesota,          |                                   |
| University of Toledo, and         |                                   |
| University of Wisconsin. CILER    |                                   |
| conducts research across six      |                                   |
| scientific themes: (1) Great      |                                   |
| Lakes forecasting; (2) invasive   |                                   |
| species; (3) observing systems;   |                                   |
| (4) protection and restoration of |                                   |
| resources; (5) integrated         |                                   |
| assessment; and (6) education and |                                   |
| outreach.                         |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http:                           |                                   |
| //ciler.snre.umich.edu]{.underlin |                                   |
| e}](http://ciler.snre.umich.edu/) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***Grand Haven***                 |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Oceanic and           |                                   |
| Atmospheric Research (OAR)**      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Great Lakes Environmental       |                                   |
| Research Laboratory**             |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Realtime Environmental Coastal  |                                   |
| Observation Network (RECON)       |                                   |
| Stations:**                       |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The goal of the RECON project is  |                                   |
| to develop a national network of  |                                   |
| low cost coastal buoys capable of |                                   |
| seabed to sea-surface             |                                   |
| observations. This wireless       |                                   |
| Internet observation system, with |                                   |
| shore stations at coastal         |                                   |
| locations covering approximately  |                                   |
| 800 square miles of sea surface,  |                                   |
| uses commercially available       |                                   |
| networking equipment allowing     |                                   |
| straightforward integration into  |                                   |
| a nationwide network. Each system |                                   |
| collects meteorological data and  |                                   |
| provides sub-surface measurements |                                   |
| of chemical, biological, and      |                                   |
| physical parameters. The system   |                                   |
| is designed to allow controlled   |                                   |
| access to multi-institutional     |                                   |
| users through surface buoys and   |                                   |
| sub-surface sensor guest ports    |                                   |
| located on an underwater hub. The |                                   |
| observation network currently     |                                   |
| provides environmental data to    |                                   |
| state, federal, and university    |                                   |
| researchers, educators and        |                                   |
| resource managers.                |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http://www.glerl.noaa           |                                   |
| .gov/res/recon/station-ghn.html]{ |                                   |
| .underline}](http://www.glerl.noa |                                   |
| a.gov/res/recon/station-ghn.html) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***Muskegon***                    |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Oceanic and           |                                   |
| Atmospheric Research (OAR)**      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Great Lakes Environmental       |                                   |
| Research Laboratory**             |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Lake Michigan Field Station**   |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The Lake Michigan Field Station   |                                   |
| serves as NOAA\'s base of         |                                   |
| operations for Great Lakes        |                                   |
| research and the home port for    |                                   |
| GLERL\'s research vessels, which  |                                   |
| operate throughout the Great      |                                   |
| Lakes.The Lake Michigan Field     |                                   |
| Station now includes research     |                                   |
| vessel docking and several        |                                   |
| buildings that provide space for  |                                   |
| wet and dry laboratories, small   |                                   |
| vessel storage and repair, a      |                                   |
| meeting room, dormitories, and    |                                   |
| researcher office space.          |                                   |
| Presently, three full-time        |                                   |
| scientists, six ship crew, a      |                                   |
| marine superintendent, and        |                                   |
| administrative support staff are  |                                   |
| based at the field station. The   |                                   |
| Field Station also houses NOAA    |                                   |
| National Ocean Services Coast     |                                   |
| Survey\'s navigation response     |                                   |
| team. They are responsible for    |                                   |
| charting issues and hydrographic  |                                   |
| surveys on the Great Lakes.       |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http://www.g                    |                                   |
| lerl.noaa.gov/lmfs/]{.underline}] |                                   |
| (http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/lmfs/) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Oceanic and           |                                   |
| Atmospheric Research (OAR)**      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Great Lakes Environmental       |                                   |
| Research Laboratory**             |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **NOAA Laboratory**               |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The Marine Instrumentation        |                                   |
| Laboratory at the Great Lakes     |                                   |
| Environmental Research Laboratory |                                   |
| (GLERL) has deployed and is       |                                   |
| maintaining a real-time network   |                                   |
| of shore-based meteorological     |                                   |
| instrument packages including     |                                   |
| locations on Lake Michigan. The   |                                   |
| meteorological observations       |                                   |
| obtained from the network are     |                                   |
| being used in GLERL\'s Great      |                                   |
| Lakes Coastal Forecasting System  |                                   |
| to improve nowcasts and forecasts |                                   |
| of wind, waves, water levels, and |                                   |
| circulation. Muskegon Station     |                                   |
| Measurements: Wind speed, max     |                                   |
| wind speed, wind direction, air   |                                   |
| temperature, dew point, relative  |                                   |
| humidity, station pressure, and   |                                   |
| sea level pressure. Additionally  |                                   |
| there are four Musekgon web cams. |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [http://www.glerl.n               |                                   |
| oaa.gov/metdata/mkg/]{.underline} |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***MI- 3***                       |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***Grand Rapids***                |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Weather Service**      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Weather Forecast Office**       |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Grand Rapids WFO**              |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| Located at the Kent County        |                                   |
| International Airport in Grand    |                                   |
| Rapids, this National Weather     |                                   |
| Service Weather Forecast office   |                                   |
| provides weather and flood        |                                   |
| warnings, daily forecasts and     |                                   |
| meteorologic and hydrologic data  |                                   |
| for 23 counties in western        |                                   |
| Michigan; serving a population of |                                   |
| more than 2,637,000. This office  |                                   |
| also provides marine forecasts    |                                   |
| and warnings for near-shore       |                                   |
| waters of Lake Michigan.          |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http                            |                                   |
| ://www.crh.noaa.gov/grr]{.underli |                                   |
| ne}](http://www.crh.noaa.gov/grr) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***MI- 6***                       |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***South Haven***                 |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Oceanic and           |                                   |
| Atmospheric Research (OAR)**      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Great Lakes Environmental       |                                   |
| Research Laboratory**             |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Real-Time Meteorological        |                                   |
| Observation Network**             |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The Marine Instrumentation        |                                   |
| Laboratory at the Great Lakes     |                                   |
| Environmental Research Laboratory |                                   |
| (GLERL) has deployed and is       |                                   |
| maintaining a real-time network   |                                   |
| of shore-based meteorological     |                                   |
| instrument packages including     |                                   |
| locations on Lake Michigan at     |                                   |
| Saugatuck. The Saugatuck station  |                                   |
| measures/records wind speed, wind |                                   |
| gust, wind direction, and air     |                                   |
| temperature at 5-minute           |                                   |
| increments updated hourly.        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/      |                                   |
| metdata/shv/]{.underline}](http:/ |                                   |
| /www.glerl.noaa.gov/metdata/shv/) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***MI- 8***                       |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***Lansing***                     |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Ocean Service (NOS)**  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Geodetic Survey**      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Geodetic Advisor**              |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The Geodetic Advisor is a jointly |                                   |
| funded National Ocean Service     |                                   |
| (NOS) employee that resides in    |                                   |
| the state to provide liaison      |                                   |
| between NOS and the host state.   |                                   |
| The Geodetic Advisor guides and   |                                   |
| assists the state\'s charting,    |                                   |
| geodetic and surveying programs   |                                   |
| through technical expertise. This |                                   |
| program also provides technical   |                                   |
| assistance in planning and        |                                   |
| implementing Geographic/Land      |                                   |
| Information System: (GIS/LIS)     |                                   |
| projects.                         |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http://www.ngs.noaa.g           |                                   |
| ov/ADVISORS/AdvisorsIndex.shtml]{ |                                   |
| .underline}](http://www.ngs.noaa. |                                   |
| gov/ADVISORS/AdvisorsIndex.shtml) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Ocean Service (NOS)**  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Ocean and Coastal     |                                   |
| Resource Management**             |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Michigan Coastal Management     |                                   |
| Program**                         |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The Michigan Coastal Program is   |                                   |
| administered by the Environmental |                                   |
| Science and Services Division     |                                   |
| (ESSD) within the Department of   |                                   |
| Environmental Quality (DEQ).      |                                   |
| Michigan's coastal boundary       |                                   |
| generally extends a minimum of    |                                   |
| 1,000 feet inland from the        |                                   |
| ordinary high water mark. The     |                                   |
| boundary extends further inland   |                                   |
| in some locations to encompass    |                                   |
| important coastal features such   |                                   |
| as lakes, bays, wetlands, dunes,  |                                   |
| urban areas, public recreational  |                                   |
| parks, and natural areas. With    |                                   |
| coastline on four Great Lakes,    |                                   |
| Michigan has the world\'s largest |                                   |
| freshwater coastline. The unique  |                                   |
| mix of shore geography found on   |                                   |
| each of the Great Lakes'          |                                   |
| shorelines provides an important  |                                   |
| habitat for numerous plant and    |                                   |
| animal species. Coastal waters    |                                   |
| supply municipal drinking water,  |                                   |
| recreational boating              |                                   |
| opportunities, and maritime       |                                   |
| shipping opportunities. The       |                                   |
| Coastal Program works closely     |                                   |
| with local communities to         |                                   |
| encourage responsible growth and  |                                   |
| development along the coast,      |                                   |
| improve public access to the      |                                   |
| coast, and protect sensitive      |                                   |
| coastal resources. The Geological |                                   |
| and Land Management Division of   |                                   |
| the Michigan DEQ administers the  |                                   |
| program's regulatory authorities, |                                   |
| including programs regulating     |                                   |
| development in Michigan's sand    |                                   |
| dunes, high risk erosion areas,   |                                   |
| flood plains, and flood risk      |                                   |
| areas. The Coastal Program also   |                                   |
| manages coastal activities such   |                                   |
| as shipwreck salvaging, building  |                                   |
| piers and marinas, development,   |                                   |
| and changes to the coast.         |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http://coastalm                 |                                   |
| anagement.noaa.gov/mystate/mi.htm |                                   |
| l]{.underline}](http://coastalman |                                   |
| agement.noaa.gov/mystate/mi.html) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Oceanic and           |                                   |
| Atmospheric Research (OAR)**      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Cooperative Institute**         |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Cooperative Institute for       |                                   |
| Limnology and Ecosystems Research |                                   |
| (CILER), Michigan State           |                                   |
| University**                      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| Established in 2007, CILER        |                                   |
| conducts collaborative research   |                                   |
| through a ten-member consortium   |                                   |
| of academic institutions in the   |                                   |
| Great Lakes region. CILER's       |                                   |
| primary NOAA research partner is  |                                   |
| the Great Lakes Environmental     |                                   |
| Research Laboratory; CILER also   |                                   |
| collaborates with NOAA's Office   |                                   |
| of Oceanic and Atmospheric        |                                   |
| Research, National Ocean Service, |                                   |
| National Weather Service, and     |                                   |
| National Environment Satellite,   |                                   |
| Data, and Information Service.    |                                   |
| CILER is administratively housed  |                                   |
| at the University of Michigan,    |                                   |
| and is comprised of Grand Valley  |                                   |
| State University, [Michigan State |                                   |
| University]{.underline}, Ohio     |                                   |
| State University, Penn State      |                                   |
| University, State University of   |                                   |
| New York-Stony Brook, University  |                                   |
| of Illinois of Urbana-Champaign,  |                                   |
| University of Michigan,           |                                   |
| University of Minnesota,          |                                   |
| University of Toledo, and         |                                   |
| University of Wisconsin. CILER    |                                   |
| conducts research across six      |                                   |
| scientific themes: (1) Great      |                                   |
| Lakes forecasting; (2) invasive   |                                   |
| species; (3) observing systems;   |                                   |
| (4) protection and restoration of |                                   |
| resources; (5) integrated         |                                   |
| assessment; and (6) education and |                                   |
| outreach.                         |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http:                           |                                   |
| //ciler.snre.umich.edu]{.underlin |                                   |
| e}](http://ciler.snre.umich.edu/) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***MI-11***                       |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***White Lake/Metro Detroit***    |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Weather Service        |                                   |
| (NWS)**                           |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Weather Forecast Office**       |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Metro Detroit WFO**             |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| Located in White Lake Township,   |                                   |
| this National Weather Service     |                                   |
| Weather Service office provides   |                                   |
| weather and flood warnings, daily |                                   |
| forecasts and meteorologic and    |                                   |
| hydrologic data for 17 counties   |                                   |
| in southeast Michigan; serving a  |                                   |
| population of more than           |                                   |
| 6,070,000. This office also       |                                   |
| provides marine forecasts and     |                                   |
| warnings for near-shore and open  |                                   |
| waters of Lake Huron.             |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http                            |                                   |
| ://www.crh.noaa.gov/dtx]{.underli |                                   |
| ne}](http://www.crh.noaa.gov/dtx) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***MI-15***                       |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***Ann Arbor***                   |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Ocean Service (NOS)**  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Oceans and Human Health         |                                   |
| Initiative**                      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Centers of Excellence**         |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The Center of Excellence for      |                                   |
| Great Lakes and Human Health      |                                   |
| (CEGLHH) focuses on understanding |                                   |
| the inter-relationships between   |                                   |
| the Great Lakes ecosystem, water  |                                   |
| quality and human health. The     |                                   |
| Center employs a                  |                                   |
| multidisciplinary approach to     |                                   |
| understand and forecast           |                                   |
| coastal-related human health      |                                   |
| impacts for natural resource and  |                                   |
| public policy decision-making,    |                                   |
| and develop tools to reduce human |                                   |
| health risks associated with      |                                   |
| three research priority areas:    |                                   |
| beach closures, harmful algal     |                                   |
| blooms, and drinking water        |                                   |
| quality.                          |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http://www.glerl.               |                                   |
| noaa.gov/res/Centers/HumanHealth/ |                                   |
| ]{.underline}](http://www.glerl.n |                                   |
| oaa.gov/res/Centers/HumanHealth/) |                                   |
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| **Office of Oceanic and           |                                   |
| Atmospheric Research (OAR)**      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Cooperative Institute**         |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Cooperative Institute for       |                                   |
| Limnology and Ecosystems Research |                                   |
| (CILER), University of Michigan** |                                   |
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| Established in 2007, CILER        |                                   |
| conducts collaborative research   |                                   |
| through a ten-member consortium   |                                   |
| of academic institutions in the   |                                   |
| Great Lakes region. CILER's       |                                   |
| primary NOAA research partner is  |                                   |
| the Great Lakes Environmental     |                                   |
| Research Laboratory; CILER also   |                                   |
| collaborates with NOAA's Office   |                                   |
| of Oceanic and Atmospheric        |                                   |
| Research, National Ocean Service, |                                   |
| National Weather Service, and     |                                   |
| National Environment Satellite,   |                                   |
| Data, and Information Service.    |                                   |
| CILER is administratively housed  |                                   |
| at the University of Michigan,    |                                   |
| and is comprised of Grand Valley  |                                   |
| State University, Michigan State  |                                   |
| University, Ohio State            |                                   |
| University, Penn State            |                                   |
| University, State University of   |                                   |
| New York-Stony Brook, University  |                                   |
| of Illinois of Urbana-Champaign,  |                                   |
| [University of                    |                                   |
| Michigan]{.underline}, University |                                   |
| of Minnesota, University of       |                                   |
| Toledo, and University of         |                                   |
| Wisconsin. CILER conducts         |                                   |
| research across six scientific    |                                   |
| themes: (1) Great Lakes           |                                   |
| forecasting; (2) invasive         |                                   |
| species; (3) observing systems;   |                                   |
| (4) protection and restoration of |                                   |
| resources; (5) integrated         |                                   |
| assessment; and (6) education and |                                   |
| outreach.                         |                                   |
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| [[http:                           |                                   |
| //ciler.snre.umich.edu]{.underlin |                                   |
| e}](http://ciler.snre.umich.edu/) |                                   |
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| **Office of Oceanic and           |                                   |
| Atmospheric Research (OAR)**      |                                   |
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| **Great Lakes Environmental       |                                   |
| Research Laboratory**             |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **NOAA Laboratory**               |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The Great Lakes Environmental     |                                   |
| Research Laboratory (GLERL)       |                                   |
| mission is to conduct             |                                   |
| high-quality research and provide |                                   |
| scientific leadership on          |                                   |
| important issues in both Great    |                                   |
| Lakes and marine coastal          |                                   |
| environments leading to new       |                                   |
| knowledge, tools, approaches,     |                                   |
| awareness and services. GLERL     |                                   |
| Research focuses on Ecosystem     |                                   |
| Forecasting. Ecosystem            |                                   |
| forecasting predicts the effects  |                                   |
| of biological, chemical,          |                                   |
| physical, and human-induced       |                                   |
| changes on ecosystems and their   |                                   |
| components. These forecasts, both |                                   |
| qualitative and quantitative,     |                                   |
| offer scientifically sound        |                                   |
| state-of-the-art estimations of   |                                   |
| likely outcomes.                  |                                   |
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| [[h                               |                                   |
| ttp://www.glerl.noaa.gov]{.underl |                                   |
| ine}](http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/) |                                   |
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