The Great Lakes Water Balance
Data Availability and Annotated Bibliography
By Brian P. Neff and Jason R. Killian

Introduction | Hydrological Information | Forecasts and Summary

Sources of Hydrologic Data and Information

Canadian Hydrographic Service
Central and Arctic Region
Canadian water level bulletin
http://chswww.bur.dfo.ca/danp/glfcst_e.html

Environment Canada, Ontario Region
Public Inquiries
4905 Dufferin St.
Downsview, Ontario MH3 5T4

European Space Agency
ERS Help Desk
ESRIN
Via Galileo Galilei
CP. 64
Frascati
Italy
Phone: +39 06 94180666
Fax: +39 06 94180272
Email: eohelp@esrin.esa.it
URL: http://earthnet.esrin.esa.it

Goddard Space Flight Center
MODIS Data Support
Bldg. 32, Rm. N113C
Greenbelt, MD 20771
301-614-5473
modis@dacc.gsfc.nasa.gov

Great Lakes Commission (consumptive use reports)
POC: Program Manager, Resource Management
Great Lakes Commission
Argus II Bldg.
400 Fourth Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48103-4816
(734) 665-9135


Great Lakes Environmental Research Lab
Publications Office
NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory
2205 Commonwealth Blvd.
Ann Arbor, MI 48105-2945 USA
734-741-2262
734-741-2055 (fax)

Great Lakes National Program Office
US Environmental Protection Agency
77 West Jackson Blvd
Chicago, Illinois 60604

Greenland International Consulting Inc. (HYDAT CD ROM publisher)
7880 Keele Street, Suite 100
Concord, Ontario
L4K 4G7
Canada
Phone: (905) 738-1818
Fax: (905) 761-8880
E-mail: greenland@grnland.com
Homepage: www.grnland.com
Price of HYDAT CD ROM: Variable, up to $750CAN

Marine Environmental Data Service
Department of Fisheries and Oceans
W12082 - 200 Kent Street
Ottawa, Ontario
Canada
K1A 0E6
(613) 990-6065
http://www.meds-sdmm.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/meds/Home_e.htm

Midwestern Regional Climate Center
2204 Griffith Drive
Champaign, IL 61820
(217) 244-8226
http://mcc.sws.uiuc.edu

National Climate Data Archive (Canada)
http://www.msc-smc.ec.gc.ca/climate/data_archives/climate/index_e.cfm
For assistance, please see Ontario Climate Center, Downsview, Ontario.


National Climate Data Center (US)
Federal Building
151 Patton Avenue
Asheville NC 28801-5001
828-271-4800
http://lwf.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/ncdc.html
e-mail for weather and climate data locations ncdc.info@noaa.gov

National Data Buoy Center
1100 Balch Blvd.
Stennis Space Center, MS 39529
(228) 688-2840
http://seaboard.ndbc.noaa.gov/index.shtml

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
Center for Operational and Oceanographic Products and Services (CO-OPS), N/OPS3
Attn: Water Levels
1305 East-West Highway
Silver Spring, MD 20910-3281

Ontario Climate Center
Environment Canada
4905 Dufferin St.
Downsview, Ont.
M3H 5TW
Phone ClimateSource 900-565-1111
e-mail ontario.climate@ec.gc.ca
http://www.msc.ec.gc.ca/climate/station_catalogue/index_e.cfm

Ontario Power Generation
POC: Water Statistics Analyst
Water Management Services Dept.
Water Resources Division
700 University Avenue
Toronto, Ontario
M5G 1X6
Telephone: (416) 592-8172


Physical Oceanography Distributed Active Archive Center (PO-DAAC)
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Mail Stop Raytheon-299
4800 Oak Grove Drive
Pasadena, CA 91109
Phone: (626) 744-5508
FAX: (626) 744-5506
E-Mail: podaac@podaac.jpl.nasa.gov
http://podaac-www.jpl.nasa.gov/

US Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District
1776 Niagara St.
Buffalo, NY 14207-3199

US Army Corps of Engineers, Chicago District
111 N. Canal Street, Suite 600
Chicago, IL 60606-7206
(312) 353-6400

US Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District (Great Lakes stage forecasts)
POC: Acting Chief
Great Lakes Hydraulics and Hydrology Office
P.O. Box 1027
Detroit, MI U.S.A. 48231-1027
Office: 313-226-6440
Fax: 313-226-2398
http://huron.lre.usace.army.mil/levels/bltnhmpg.html

US Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District (all other inquires)
Engineering and Technical Services
Great Lakes Hydraulics and Hydrology Office
477 Michigan Ave.
Detroit, MI 48231

US Geological Survey, Illinois District WRD
221 North Broadway Avenue
Urbana, IL 61801
(il.water.usgs.gov/)
(217) 344-0037

US Geological Survey, Indiana District WRD
5957 Lakeside Boulevard
Indianapolis, IN 46278-1996
(in.water.usgs.gov/)
(317) 290-3333

US Geological Survey, Michigan District WRD
6520 Mercantile Way, Suite 5
Lansing, MI 48911
(mi.water.usgs.gov/)
(517) 887-8903

US Geological Survey, Minnesota District WRD
2280 Woodale Drive
Mounds View, MN 55112
(mn.water.usgs.gov/)
(763) 783-3100

US Geological Survey, New York District WRD
425 Jordan Road
Troy, NY 12180-8349
(ny.water.usgs.gov/)
(518) 285-5600

US Geological Survey, Ohio District WRD
6480 Doubletree Avenue
Columbus, OH 43229-1111
(oh.water.usgs.gov/)
(614) 430-7700

US Geological Survey, Pennsylvania District WRD
215 Limekiln Road
New Cumberland, PA 17070-2424
(pa.water.usgs.gov/)
(717) 730-6912

US Geological Survey, Wisconsin District WRD
8505 Research Way
Middleton, WI 53562
(wi.water.usgs.gov/)
(608) 828-9901

Water Survey of Canada
Environment Canada
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0H3
http://www.ec.gc.ca/water

 

References

 

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