♦ One of our most recent GLEON GSA alumni, Lesley Knoll has been appointed to the Director of Research and Education at Lacawac Sanctuary, Lake Ariel in Pennsylvania. See GLEON in the News (Feb & Mar 2012) for more about the new GLEON site Lacawac and the instrumentation platform hosted for underwater scientific measurement and data bank.
Lake Surkheng Zhui, Broghil Valley, Pakistan. Photo by: Ghulam Rasool
GLEON is a grassroots network of limnologists, ecologists, information technology experts, and engineers
who have a common goal of building a scalable, persistent network of lake ecological observatories
What's New w/ Members
♦ Lacawac Sanctuary is hosting the Lacawac Ecological Observatory Workshop (LEOW) June 11-12, 2012. The workshop will include presentations on buoy technologies, advanced sensors, and management / analysis of large ecological datasets. Registration is due by 25 May 2012. For more information please go to the LEOW website.
♦ Tropical Storm Irene hit the East Coast of the U.S. in late August 2011 and greatly affected Lake Sunapee. Please link here to view the Lake Sunapee GLEON buoy data analysis provided by GLEON Steering Committee Co-Chair Kathie Weathers, who is also Research Director for the Lake Sunapee Protective Association (LSPA).
♦ In April
2011, GLEON members and other researchers at the Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (the Federal
University of Minas Gerais, often referred to as UFMG) deployed new high
frequency automated sondes on two natural lakes in Southeastern Brazil: lakes Dom
Helvécio and Carioca. See here for full story and photos!
Recent Events & Publications
♦ "Cyber-enabled Ecological Analysis in a Network Era" workshop, sponsored by GLEON-CDI program & organized by the GLEON Student Association (GSA) is now inviting students and postdocs in registering your interest in participation and application for travel support by 30 May 2012. For more information about the program and application requirement, please visit here.
♦ On 28 February 2012, Tim Kratz, our founding Chair, and then co-Chair of the GLEON Steering Committee, handed the co-Chair reigns to Paul Hanson. Here is a special thank-you message for Tim. You can also see the updated Leadership & Governance page for various leadership opportunities in the GLEON community.
