Lake

Data-driven approaches to illuminate the responses of lakes to multiple stressors

2019

Vincent Wang (Computer Science, CE), Karen Jin (Bio/Stats), and Katherine Cottrell (Computer Science) spent ten weeks building tools to educate the public about lake dynamics and ecosystem health. Using data collected over a period of 50 years at the Experimental Lake Area (ELA) in Ontario, the team preprocessed and merged datasets, made a series of data visualizations, and produced an interactive website using R Shiny.

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Faculty Lead: Kateri Salk
Project Manager: Kim Bourne

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