David Schwab

Current Research Projects:
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• Developing Great Lakes Ice Model (GLIM) using CIOM (Coupled Ice-Ocean Model) in Lake Erie
• Lake Circulation Studies and the Great Lakes Coastal Forecast System (GLCFS)

Recent GLERL Publications:
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• Kerfoot, W.C., J.W. Budd, S.A. Green, J.B. Cotner, B.A. Biddanda, D.J. SCHWAB, and H.A. VANDERPLOEG. Doughnut in the desert: Late-winter production pulse in southern Lake Michigan. Limnology and Oceanography 53(2):589-604 (2008). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2008/20080008.pdf
• LIU, P.C., D. J. SCHWAB, C.H. Wu, and K.R. MacHutchon. Wave heights in a 4-D ocean wave field. Proceedings, OMAE 2008 ASME 27th International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, Estoril, Portugal, June 15-20, 2008. 5 pp. (2008). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2008/20080017.pdf
• Schertzer, W.M., R.A. ASSEL, D. BELETSKY, T.E. CROLEY II, B.M. LOFGREN, J.H. SAYLOR, and D.J. SCHWAB. Lake Huron climatology, inter-lake exchange and mean circulation. Aquatic Ecosystem Health and Management 11(2):144-152 (2008).
• Zhang, Z., D. BELETSKY, D.J. SCHWAB, and M.L. Stein. Assimilation of current measurements into a circulation model of Lake Michigan. Water Resources Research 43(W11407):11 pp. (2007). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2007/20070046.pdf
• BELETSKY, D., D. M. MASON, D. J. SCHWAB, E. S. Rutherford, J. J. Janssen, D. F. Clapp, and J. M. Dettmers. Biophysical model of larval yellow perch advection and settlement in Lake Michigan. Journal of Great Lakes Research 33:842-866 (2007). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2007/20070041.pdf
• Fong, T.T., L.S. Mansfield, D.L. Wilson, D.J. SCHWAB, S.L. Molloy, and J.B. Rose. Massive microbiological groundwater contamination associated with a waterborne outbreak in Lake Erie, South Bass Island, Ohio. Environmental Health Perspectives 115(6):856-864 (2007). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2007/20070015.pdf
• Kelley, J.G.W., P. Chu, A.-J. Zhang, G.A. LANG, and D.J. SCHWAB. Skill assessment of NOS Lake Michigan Operational Forecast System (LMOFS). NOAA Technical Memorandum NOS CS 8. NOAA, Office of Coast Survey, Coast Survey Development Laboratory, Silver Spring, MD, 67 pp. (2007). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2007/2007tmNOS_CS8.pdf
• Lee, C., D.J. SCHWAB, D. BELETSKY, J. Stroud, and B.M. Lesht. Numerical modeling of mixed sediment resuspension, transport, and deposition during the March 1998 episodic events in southern Lake Michigan. Journal of Geophysical Research 112(C02018, doi:10.1029/2005JC003419):17 pp. (2007). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2007/20070011.pdf
• Rao, Y.R., and D.J. SCHWAB. Transport and mixing between the coastal and offshore waters in the Great Lakes: A review. Journal of Great Lakes Research 33:202-218 (2007). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2007/20070034.pdf
• BELETSKY, D., D.J. SCHWAB, and M.J. McCORMICK. Modeling the 1998-2003 summer circulation and thermal structure in Lake Michigan. Journal of Geophysical Research 111:C10010 (doi:10.1029/2005JC003222) (2006). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2006/20060032.pdf
• Osgood, K., N. Cyr, O.C.T., J. Polovina, D.J. SCHWAB, and P. Stabeno. Ecosystem responses for climate variability. White Paper #1. In Ecosystem Science Capabilities Required to Support NOAA’s Mission in the Year 2020. NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-F/SPO-74. S.A. Murawski and G.C. Matlock (Eds.). NOAA, National Marine Fisheries Service, Silver Spring, MD, pp. 6-14 (2006). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2006/2006tm74.pdf
• HAWLEY, N., T. H. JOHENGEN, Y. R. Rao, S. A. RUBERG, D. BELETSKY, S. A. LUDSIN, B. J. EADIE, D. J. SCHWAB, T. E. CROLEY II, and S. B. BRANDT. Lake Erie hypoxia prompts Canada-U.S. study. EOS Transactions 86(32):313-319 (2006). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2006/20060021.pdf
• Hultquist, T. R., M. R. Dutter, and D. J. SCHWAB. Reexamination of the 9-10 November 1975 Edmund Fitzgerald storm using today’s technology. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 87(5):607-622 (2006). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2006/20060016.pdf
• Liu, L., M. S. Phanikumar, S. L. Molloy, R. L. Whitman, D. A. Shively, M. B. Nevers, D. J. SCHWAB, and J. B. Rose. Modeling the transport and inactivation of E. coli and Enterococci in the near-shore region of Lake Michigan. Environmental Science and Technology 40(16):5022-5028 (2006).
• Osgood, K., N. Cyr, T. O’Connor, J. Polovina, D.J. SCHWAB, P. and Stabeno. Ecosystem responses for climate variability. White paper #1. In Ecosystem Science Capabilities Required to Support NOAA's Mission in the Year 2020. NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-F/SPO-74. NOAA, National Marine Fisheries Service, Silver Spring, MD, pp. 6-14 (2006). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2006/2006tm74.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
• SCHWAB, D. J., B. J. EADIE, R. A. ASSEL, and P. J. Roebber. Climatology of large sediment resuspension events in southern Lake Michigan. Journal of Great Lakes Research 32:50-62 (2006). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2006/20060007.pdf
• Stroud, J., B. M. Lesht, D. J. SCHWAB, D. BELETSKY, and M. L. Stein. Tracking suspended sediment motion in Lake Michigan by combining satellite images with a numerical model. Technical Report No. 38. The University of Chicago, Center for Integrating Statistical and Environmental Science, Chicago, IL, 36 pp. (2006). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2006/20060027.pdf
• Cardenas, M. P., D. J. SCHWAB, B. J. EADIE, N. HAWLEY, and B. M. Lesht. Sediment transport model validation in Lake Michigan. Journal of Great Lakes Research 31:373-385 (2005). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2005/20050031.pdf
• Lee, C.-H., D. J. SCHWAB, and N. HAWLEY. Sensitivity analysis of sediment resuspension parameters in coastal area of southern Lake Michigan. Journal of Geophysical Research 110(C03004):16 (2005). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2005/20050018.pdf
• SCHWAB, D. J., T. E. I. CROLEY, and W. M. Schertzer. Physical, limnological, and hydrological characteristics of Lake Michigan. In State of Lake Michigan (SOLM) - Ecology, Health, and Management. T. Edsall and M. Munawar (eds.). Ecovision World Monograph Series, Aquatic Ecosystem Health and Management Society, 3-52 (2005).
• BELETSKY, D., D. J. SCHWAB, D. M. MASON, E. S. Rutherford, M. J. McCORMICK, H. A. VANDERPLOEG, and J. J. Janssen. Modeling the transport of larval yellow perch in Lake Michigan. Proceedings of the Estuarine and Coastal Modeling 8th International Conference, Monterey, CA, November 3-5, 2003. American Society of Civil Engineers, 439-454 pp. (2004).
• Hook, T. O., E. S. Rutherford, S. J. Brines, C. A. Geddes, D. M. MASON, D. J. SCHWAB, and G. W. Fleischer. Landscape scale measures of steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss) bioenergetic growth rate potential in Lake Michigan and comparison with angler catch rates. Journal of Great Lakes Research 30(4):545-556 (2004).

Recent Presentations:
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• *BELETSKY, D., and D.J. SCHWAB. Modeling thermal structure in Lake Erie. 51st Annual Conference of the International Association for Great Lakes Research, Trent Univesity, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, May 19-23, 2008 (2008).
• *BELETSKY, D., D.J. SCHWAB, and M.J. McCORMICK. Near-shore circulation modeling in southern Lake Michigan. 12th Workshop on Physical Processes in Natural Waters, Incline Village, NV, September 2-5, 2008 (2008).
• BELETSKY, D., D.J. SCHWAB, and M.J. McCORMICK. Nested grid circulation modeling in southern Lake Michigan. 51st Annual Conference of the International Association for Great Lakes Research, Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, May 19-23, 2008 (2008).
• *BELETSKY, D., D.J. SCHWAB, and M.J. McCORMICK. Evaluation of a 3D circulation model to predict bacterial contamination at Great Lakes beaches. 2008 Ocean Sciences Meeting, Orlando, FL, March 2-7, 2008 (2008).
• *HOOK, T.O., D. BELETSKY, E. RUTHERFORD, D.M. MASON, and D.J. SCHWAB. A linked hydrodynamic and individual-based model to similate alewife recruitment in Lake Michigan. 51st Annual Conference of the International Association for Great Lakes Research, Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, May 19-23, 2008 (2008).
• *Rucinski, D.K., D. BELETSKY, J. DePinto, D. Scavia, and D.J. SCHWAB. Long-term application of a climate-driven dissolved oxygen model for the central 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).
• *Rucinski, D.K., D. BELETSKY, J. DePinto, D. Scavia, and D.J. SCHWAB. Development and application of ID eutrophic models for the central basisn of Lake Erie. 51st Annual Conference of the International Associaiton for Great Lakes Research, Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, May 19-23, 2008 (2008).
• *SCHWAB, D.J., D. BELETSKY, and G.A. LANG. A real-time system for prediction of coastal circulation at Great Lakes beaches. 2008 Ocean Sciences Meeting, Orlando, FL, March 2-7, 2008 (2008).
• *BRANDT, S.B., D.J. SCHWAB, and T.E. CROLEY II. Nearshore water quality: linkages between watersheds and offshore processes. International Joint Commission on Nearshore Processes, Dearborn, MI, Novembner 19-20, 2007 (2007).
• *BELETSKY, D., D.M. MASON, D.J. SCHWAB, E. Rutherford, J. Janssen, D. Clapp, and J. Dettmers. Biophysical model of larval yellow perch advection and settlement in Lake Michigan. The 30th Congress of the International Associatiaon of Theoretical and Applied Limnology, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, August 12-18, 2007. (2007).
• *BELETSKY, D., D.J. SCHWAB, and M.J. McCORMICK. Modeling the 1998-2003 summer circulation and thermal structure in Lake Michigan. 50th Annual Conference of the International Association for Great Lakes Research, Penn State University, University Park, PA, May 28-31, 2007. (2007).
• *Chu, P., J. G. W. Kelley, A.J. Zhang, D.J. SCHWAB, G.A. LANG, and K.W. Bedford. Skill assessment of NOS Lake Erie operational forecast system. 50th Annual Conference of the International Association for Great Lakes Research, Penn State University, University Park, PA, May 28-31, 2007. (2007).
• *DYBLE, J., G.L. FAHNENSTIEL, D.J. SCHWAB, M.J. McCORMICK, R. Whitman, S. JOSEPH, and S.B. BRANDT. Current successes, challenges, and going forward at the Center of Excellence for Great Lakes and Human Health. OHHI Annual Meeting, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, March 2007. (2007).
• *Gungor, E., P.J. Roberts, M.J. McCORMICK, and D.J. SCHWAB. Dynamical behavior of the Grand River plume entering Lake Michigan. 50th Annual Conference of the International Association for Great Lakes Research, Penn State University, University Park, PA, May 28-31, 2007. (2007).
• *LOFGREN, B.M., T.E. CROLEY II, D.J. SCHWAB, and D. BELETSKY. Climate products for the Great Lakes region. Workshop on Climate Science and Services, NOAA Coastal Services Center, Charleston, SC, April 11, 2007. (2007).
• *McCORMICK, M.J., and D.J. SCHWAB. Circulation of outer Saginaw Bay. The State of Lake Huron Conference, Honey Harbor, Ontario, Canada, October 11-13, 2007. (2007).
• McCORMICK, M.J., D.J. *SCHWAB, D. BELETSKY, P.J. Roberts, A.G. WINKELMAN, A.J. FOLEY, E. Gungor, and N. Nekounee. Dispersion of the Grand River plume into the coastal waters of Lake Michigan. 50th Annual Conference of the International Association for Great Lakes Research, Penn State University, University Park, PA, May 28-31, 2007. (2007).
• *Nekounee, N., P.J. Roberts, M.J. McCORMICK, and D.J. SCHWAB. 3-D numerical predication of the Grand River plume. 50th Annual Conference of the International Association for Great Lakes Research, Penn State University, University Park, PA, May 28-31, 2007. (2007).
• *Schertzer, W., R.A. ASSEL, D. BELETSKY, T.E. CROLEY II, B.M. LOFGREN, J. SAYLOR, and D.J. SCHWAB. Overview of physical limnology, hydrology, and climate characteristics of Lake Huron. Physical Limnology, Hydrology, and Climate, Second International Symposium on the Lake Huron Ecosystem: The State of Lake Huron, Ecosystem Change, Habitat, Contaminants, and Management, Honey Harbour, Ontario, Canada, October 11-13, 2006. (2007).
• SCHWAB, D.J. Physical limnological circulation models of Lake Michigan. Recent advances in limnology and oceanography seminar, Milwaukee, Great Lakes Water Institute. University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, April 26, 2007. (2007).
• SCHWAB, D.J. Geophysical fluid dynamics in the Great Lakes. NOAA Special Symposium Honoring the Career of Dr. D.B. Rao, NOAA Bldg. SSMC3, Silver Spring, MD, January 26, 2007. (2007).
• SCHWAB, D.J. GLOS interconnecting challenges, and going forward at the Center of Excellence for Great Lakes and Human Health. GLOS Annual Meeting, Niagara Falls, NY, April 12-13, 2007. (2007).
• SCHWAB, D.J. GLOS modeling and forecasting. GLOS Annual Meeting, Niagara Falls, NY, April 12-13,2007. (2007).
• SCHWAB, D.J. Review of hydrodynamic modeling in the Great Lakes. 50th Annual Conference of the International Association for Great Lakes Research, Penn State University, University Park, PA, May 28-31,2007. (2007).
• SCHWAB, D.J. Numerical models of water motion in the Great Lakes: A brief history and some new directions. Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, September 13, 2007. (2007).
• *Stroud, J.R., B.M. Lesht, D.J. SCHWAB, D. BELETSKY, and M.L. Stein. Space-time forecasting of Lake Michigan sediment levels using satellite observations and a numerical model. 50th Annual Conference of the International Association for Great Lakes Research, Penn State University, University Park, PA, May 28-31, 2007. (2007).
• *Thupaki, P., M.S. Phanikumar, D.J. SCHWAB, R. L. Whitman, M. B. Nevers, and D A. Shively. Sensitivity analysis of factors influencing the fate and transport of fecal indicator bacteria in southern Lake Michigan. American Geophysical Union Joint Assembly, Acapulco, Mexico, May 22-25,2007. (2007).
• *Zhang, Z., D. BELETSKY, D.J. SCHWAB, and M.L. Stein. Assimilation of current measurements into a circulation model of Lake Michigan. 50th Annual Conference of the International Association for Great Lakes Research, Penn State University, University Park, PA, May 28-31,2007. (2007).
• *BELETSKY, D., D. J. SCHWAB, J. DePinto, and D. Dolan. Hydrodynamic and phosphorus transport modeling in Lake Erie. Lake Erie Millenium Network Conference, Windsor, Ontario, Canada, February 28 - March 2, 2006. (2006).
• BELETSKY, D., D. J. *SCHWAB, J. V. DePinto, and D. M. Dolan. Modeling phosphorus dynamics in Lake Erie and implications for hypolimnetic oxygen depletion. American Geophysical Union Ocean Sciences Meeting, Honolulu, HI, February 24, 2006. (2006).
• *BELETSKY, D., D. J. SCHWAB, N. HAWLEY, and R. Yerubandi. Hydrodynamic modeling of circulation and thermal structure in Lake Erie. 49th Annual Conference of the International Association for Great Lakes Research, Windsor, Ontario, Canada, May 22-26, 2006. (2006).
• Gauthier, R. L., D. J. *SCHWAB, and C. Manninen. GLOS - The Great Lakes node of the National Integrated Observing System. American Geophysical Union Ocean Sciences Meeting, Honolulu, HI, February 20, 2006. (2006).
• Rao, Y. R., N. *HAWLEY, D. J. SCHWAB, W. M. Schertzer, and M. Charlton. Water currents and temperature in Lake Erie during 2004 and 2005. Lake Erie Millennium Conference, Windsor, Ontario, Canada, February 28, 2006. (2006).
• SCHWAB, D. J. Nearshore hydrodynamic modeling for beach closure forecasting. Principal Investigator's Meeting, NOAA's Oceans and Human Health Initiative Workshop, Charleston, SC, January 17-20, 2006. (2006).
• *SCHWAB, D. J., D. BELETSKY, W. Frick, Z. Ge, M. J. McCORMICK, A. G. WINKELMAN, and A. J. FOLEY. Development of nearshore hydrodynamic models for beach closure forecasting in the Great Lakes. American Geophysical Union Ocean Sciences Meeting, Honolulu, HI, February 21, 2006. (2006).
• *SCHWAB, D. J., D. BELETSKY, W. Frick, Z. Ge, M. J. McCORMICK, A. G. WINKELMAN, and A. J. FOLEY. Development of nearshore hydrodynamic models for beach closure forecasting in the Great Lakes. 49th Annual Conference of the International Association for Great Lakes Research, Windsor, Ontario, Canada, May 22-26, 2006. (2006).
• SCHWAB, D. J. Lake currents and human health issues in the Great Lakes - is there a connection? NOAA/University of Michigan Great Lakes and Human Health Seminar Series, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, December 1, 2005. (2005).
• *SCHWAB, D. J., D. BELETSKY, J. DePinto, and D. Dolan. Simulating phosphorus distribution in Lake Erie. 9th International Conference on Estuarine and Coastal Modeling, Charleston, SC, November 3-5, 2005. (2005).
• *Stroud, J. R., M. Stein, B. Lesht, and D. J. SCHWAB. Data assimilation and real-time forecasting of sediment levels in Lake Michigan. Seminar, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, November 17, 2005. (2005).