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Suggested Citation:"Appendix C Acronyms." National Research Council. 2006. Review of the Lake Ontario-St. Lawrence River Studies. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11481.
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Appendix C
Acronyms


AARR

average annual recession rate


COSMOS

an erosion model; a process-based numerical model used to calculate coastal sediment transport and morphology


ETWG

environmental technical working group


FEPS

flood-erosion prediction system


GCM

global circulation model


IERM

integrated ecological response model

IJC

International Joint Commission

ISLRBC

International St. Lawrence River Board of Control


LOSLR

Lake Ontario-St. Lawrence River

LO-USL

Lake Ontario-upper St Lawrence

LSL

Lower St. Lawrence


NGO

non-governmental organization

NRC

National Research Council


PI

performance indicator

PIAG

Public Interest Advisory Group

POS

plan of study


QA/QC

quality assurance/quality control


RPO

regulation plan options

RSC

Royal Society of Canada

RSPM

river shore protection model


SAR

species at risk

SAV

submersed aquatic vegetation

STELLA

a computer simulation model written in the STELLA computer language

SVM

shared vision model

SVP

shared vision planning


WAVAD

a wave model; numerical model that generates wave fields in a lake basin with varying winds and bathymetry

Suggested Citation:"Appendix C Acronyms." National Research Council. 2006. Review of the Lake Ontario-St. Lawrence River Studies. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11481.
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Since the 1950s,the International Joint Commission (IJC) of Canada and the United States has issued water regulation and management plans for Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River. Changes in recreational, environmental, navigational and other uses of the water system have prompted the IJC to consider replacing the current water regulation plan in operation for more than 40 years. IJC’s goals for a replacement plan include sound scientific foundations, public participation, transparency in plan development and evaluation, and inclusion of environmental considerations. To help develop and select the new plan, the IJC supported a 5-year, $20 million Lake Ontario-St. Lawrence River Study (LOSLR Study). The LOSLR Study uses models to compile and integrate data gathered from a series of commissioned studies of wetlands, species at risk, recreational boating, fisheries, coastal erosion and flooding, commercial navigation, hydropower, industrial, municipal and domestic water intakes, public information and education, and hydrologic modeling.

This report reviews a portion of the study that focused on wetlands and species at risk and three of the models that were used. The report finds that the overall breadth of the LOSLR study is impressive, and commends the scale and inclusiveness of the studies and models. In terms of informing decision making, however, the reviewed studies and models show deficiencies when evaluated against ten evaluation criteria, including treatment of uncertainty, quality control/quality assurance, thorough documentation, and empirical foundations. Among the report’s recommendations is a need for more thorough documentation of study methods and findings, stronger and more consistent quality control, and more attention to how uncertainty should be addressed to better inform decision making. This NRC study was conducted in collaboration with the Royal Society of Canada.

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