Journal of Great Lakes research - special issue on coastal processes

[cary...@gmail.com]

Hi all,

We are compiling a special issue of the Journal of Great Lakes Research focusing on Coastal Processes in the Great Lakes.  The submission window is now live, active through March 2024, and we are happy to provide feedback on any article ideas that you might have.  

Link here: https://iaglr.org/docs/items/JGLR_CallForPapers_CoastalProcesses_2023.pdf 

Best regards,

Cary Troy

Editors:

Guy Meadows, Michigan Technological University, gmea...@mtu.edu
Ethan Theuerkauf, Michigan State University, theu...@msu.edu
Cary Troy, Purdue University, tr...@purdue.edu
Chin Wu, University of Wisconsin-Madison, chi...@wisc.edu
Pengfei Xue, Michigan Technological University, pe...@mtu.edu

Special issue:  Great Lakes Coastal Processes 

In recent years, record-breaking water levels have led to widespread coastal changes throughout the Laurentian Great Lakes, and in particular, along the sandy shorelines and the cohesive bluffs. The combination of extreme high water levels and more frequent and intense storms not only brought about changes to our nearshore but also stimulated coastal research. Recently completed research has not only characterized and quantified these changes but led to new insights associated with Great Lakes coastal processes, which are historically under-studied. This research has shed light on both the similarities as well as the differences between coastal processes in enclosed basins vs. open ocean coasts. These efforts have been funded by a wide array of programs, including the Great Lakes Sea Grant Programs, NSF, USACE, GLRI and various Coastal Zone and state programs. Understanding the current conditions, trends, and emerging threats to the Great Lakes from local to basinwide scales will improve management of the coastal systems now and into the future. This issue will feature a wide range of research, exploring current and future conditions along our Great Lakes coasts. Further, this issue will include results from the 2019–2023 comprehensive research effort focused on Lake Michigan funded by the combined Sea Grant Programs of Wisconsin, Michigan, and Illinois–Indiana. The sum total of all local and basinwide research projects will be effectively showcased in a special JGLR issue.