ENABLING WATERSHED ANALYSIS AND DATA SHARING THROUGH THE GLEAMS PORTAL AND DYNAMIC DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS*

摘要

The Great Lakes Center for Environmental and Molecular Sciences (GLEAMS) was established as a collaborative venture between Western Michigan University’s Environmental Institute and the Altarum Institute. The Center, funded by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), addresses the effects of urban, industrial, agriculture and other non-point source pollution on the Great Lakes through investigations conducted on multiple spatial and temporal scales. GLEAMS focuses on the Kalamazoo River watershed as the primary watershed of interest, which is an EPA designated Superfund site due to high concentrations of PCBs in this watershed. A unique interdisciplinary web-based portal has been created to address the Kalamazoo watershed. The Portal provides a one-stop-shop for the Kalamazoo Superfund site, by facilitating public access to environmental data, enabling collaboration among stakeholders, highlighting new scientific developments for ecosystem health characterization, and providing simplified interfaces for complex scientific models.