George Leshkevich

Current Research Projects:
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• Is the relationship between the Great Lakes ice cover and climate patterns statistically significant?
• CoastWatch Operations
• Optical Properties of the Great Lakes
• New MODIS Algorithm for Retrieval of Chlorophyll, Dissolved Organic Carbon, and Suspended Minerals for the Great Lakes
• Environmental Monitoring with Airborne Hyperspectral Imagery (HAB Prediction)
• Satellite SAR Ice Mapping with RADARSAT-2
• CoastWatch Great Lakes and NOAA Ocean Communications Network

Recent GLERL Publications:
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• LESHKEVICH, G. A., and S. V. Nghiem. Satellite SAR remote sensing of Great Lakes ice cover. Part 2: Ice classification and mapping. Journal of Great Lakes Research 33:736-750 (2007). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2007/20070042.pdf
• Nghiem, S. V., and G. A. LESHKEVICH. Satellite SAR remote sensing of Great Lakes ice cover, Part 1. Ice backscatter signatures at C Band. Journal of Great Lakes Research 33:722-735 (2007). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2007/20070043.pdf
• RUBERG, S.A., S.B. BRANDT, R.W. MUZZI, N. HAWLEY, T. Bridgeman, G.A. LESHKEVICH, J.C. LANE, and T.C. MILLER. A wireless real-time coastal observation network. EOS Transactions 88(28):285-286 (2007). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2007/20070022.pdf
• LESHKEVICH, G.A., and S.V. Nghiem. Algorithm development for operational satellite SAR classification and mapping of Great Lakes ice cover. Proceedings, OceanSAR 2006 - Third Workshop on Coastal and Marine Applications of SAR, St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada, October 25, 2006. 3 pp. (2006). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2006/20060051.pdf
• Plattner, S., D. M. MASON, G. A. LESHKEVICH, D. J. SCHWAB, and E. S. Rutherford. Classifying and forecasting coastal upwellings in Lake Michigan using satellite derived temperature images and buoy data. Journal of Great Lakes Research 32:63-76 (2006). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2006/20060008.pdf

Recent Presentations:
* denotes speaker

• *Effler, S.W., F. Peng, D.M. O'Donell, M.G. Perkins, M.E. Spada, and G.A. LESHKEVICH. Minerogenic particles and light scattering in Lake Ontario and pursuit of optical closure. 51st Annual Conference of the International Association for Great Lakes Research, Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, May 19-23, 2008 (2008).
• *Lekki, J., G.A. LESHKEVICH, Q.V. Nguyen, J. Flatico, N. Prokop, J. Kojima, R. Andeson, J. Demers, and M. Krasowski. Update on Great Lakes hyperspectral water quality instrument suite for airborne monitoring of algal blooms. 51st Annual Conference of the International Association for Great Lakes Research, Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, May 19-23, 2008 (2008).
• *LESHKEVICH, G.A., and S. LIU. CoastWatch Great Lakes program update: 2008. 51st Annual Conference of the International Association for Great Lakes Research, Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, May 19-23, 2008 (2008).
• LESHKEVICH, G.A., and S. LIU. CoastWatch Great Lakes node summary and operations report. CoastWatch Node Meeting, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, August 26-28, 2008 (2008).
• *Nghiem, S.V., and G.A. LESHKEVICH. Using satellite scatterometer data to map and monitor variations in Great Lakes ice cover. 51st Annual Conference of the International Association for Great Lakes Research, Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, May 19-23, 2008 (2008).
• *O'Donnell, D.M., G.F. Quaring, M.E. Spada, S.W. Effler, and G.A. LESHKEVICH. An optics survey of the western basin of Lake Erie. 51st Annual Conference of the International Association for Great Lakes Research, Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, May 19-3, 2008 (2008).
• *Perkins, M.G., S.W. Effler, C.M. Strait, G.F. Quaring, L. Zhang, and G.A. LESHKEVICH. Patterns of light absorption in the west basin of Lake Erie. 51st Annual Conference of the International Association for Great Lakes Research, Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, May 19-23, 2008 (2008).
• *Shuchman, R., G.A. LESHKEVICH, C. Hatt, D. Pozdnyakov, and A. Korosov. Development of a robust hydrooptical model for the Great Lakes for the extraction of chlorophyll, dissolved organic cargon and suspended minerals from MODIS satellite data. 51st Annual Conference of the International Association for Great Lakes Research, Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, May 19-23, 2008 (2008).
• *LESHKEVICH, G.A., and S. LIU. Environmental monitoring of the Great Lakes using CoastWatch data. 50th Annual Conference of the International Association for Great Lakes Research, Penn State University, University Park, PA, May 28-31, 2007. (2007).
• *LESHKEVICH, G.A., and S.V. Nghiem. Algorithm development for remote sensing of Great Lakes ice cover using multiple satellite sensors. 50th Annual Conference of the International Association for Great Lakes Research, Penn State University, University Park, PA, May 28-31, 2007. (2007).
• Shuchman, R., C. Hatt, Pozdnyakov, A. Korosov, and G.A. *LESHKEVICH. Development of a new hydrooptical model for Lake Erie for the extraction of chlorophyll, dissolved organic carbon, and suspended minerals from MODIS satellite data. 50th Annual Conference of the International Association for Great Lakes Research, Penn State University, University Park, PA, May 28-31, 2007. (2007).
• LESHKEVICH, G.A. Algorithm development for operational satellite SAR classification and mapping of Great Lakes ice cover. Great Lakes Joint Icebreaking Conference, Cheboygan, MI, November 14-15, 2006. (2006).
• LESHKEVICH, G.A., R. *Gauthier, and S. Batzli. Satellite remote sensing in the Great Lakes (GLOS) region. Workshop on Regional Needs for Coastal Remote Sensing, Durham, NC, October 3-5, 2006. (2006).
• *LESHKEVICH, G.A., and S. LIU. CoastWatch Great Lakes Program Update - 2006. Outreach talk to limnology classes from Bowling Green State University and Eastern Michigan University, NOAA, GLERL, Ann Arbor, MI, November 30, 2006. (2006).
• *LESHKEVICH, G.A., and S.V. Nghiem. Algorithm development for operational satellite SAR classification and mapping of Great Lakes ice cover. Ocean SAR 2006, St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada, October 23-25, 2006. (2006).
• *LESHKEVICH, G. A., and S. LIU. Environmental monitoring of the Great Lakes using CoastWatch data and JAVA GIS. Regional Data Exchange (RDX06) Conference, Rochester, NY, April 4-6, 2006. (2006).
• *LESHKEVICH, G. A., and S. LIU. Great Lakes CoastWatch update. 49th Annual Conference of the International Association for Great Lakes Research, Windsor, Ontario, Canada, May 22-26, 2006. (2006).
• LESHKEVICH, G. A., and S. V. *Nghiem. Toward automated mapping of Great Lakes ice cover using satellite radar data. 13th Annual Ocean Sciences Meeting, Honolulu, HI, February 20-24, 2006. Americal Geophysical Union, (2006).
• Nghiem, S. V., and G. A. *LESHKEVICH. Satellite scatterometer monitoring of freeze-up and break-up dates in large northern hemisphere lakes. 49th Annual Conference of the International Association for Great Lakes Research, Windsor, Ontario, Canada, May 22-26, 2006. (2006).
• *LESHKEVICH, G. A. Great Lakes CoastWatch update. Great Lakes CoastWatch Node Managers Meeting, Monterey, CA, October 2005. (2005).
• *LESHKEVICH, G. A., and S. LIU. Environmental Monitoring of Lake Michigan using CoastWatch data and Java GIS. Lake Michigan: State of the Lake and Great Lakes Beach Association Joint Conference, Green Bay, WI, November 2-3, 2005. USEPA, Wisconsin Sea Grant, Wisconsin Coastal Management Program, Great Lakes Commission, (2005).