Dmitry Beletsky
Research Scientist
4840 S.State Rd.
Ann Arbor, MI 48108-9719
In the News:
- Forecasting Flood Events for the Lake Champlain-Richelieu River Basin, CIGLR Fall 2018 eNews, 12/18/2018
- Invasive Hitchhikers: Catching a Ride on Lake Currents, CIGLR Spring 2017 eNews, 6/6/2017
- Modelling the Spread of Aquatic Invasive Species in Great Lakes; Water Canada, 5/29/2017
- Predicting Spread of Aquatic Invasives by Lake Currents. D. Beletsky, 2017 Water@Michigan Forum (Presentation)
Photo Gallery
CIGLR Research Scientist Dima Beletsky and Research Assistant Raisa Beletsky presenting their poster titled: Hydrodynamics of Western Lake Erie. Photo Credit: Michele Wensman.
The Lake Champlain Project team. Pictured from left to right: Dr. Eric Anderson (NOAA GLERL), Timothy Hunter (NOAA GLERL), Dr. Chuliang (Andy) Xiao (CIGLR), Dr. Jesse Feyen (NOAA GLERL), Dr. Dmitry Beletsky (CIGLR), Dr. Philip Chu (NOAA GLERL), Lacey Mason (NOAA GLERL), and Haoguo Hu (CIGLR). Photo Credit: El Lower.
CIGLR research scientists (L-R Songzhi Liu, Dima Beletsky, Huayun Zhou, Raisa Beletsky and Andy Xiao) and staff celebrate as CILER was awarded NOAA’s next Cooperative Institute in the Great Lakes and the new Cooperative Institute for Great Lakes Research (CIGLR) took its place! A large group of CIGLR’s staff and partners came to Wolverine Brewery in downtown Ann Arbor, MI to celebrate! Photo Credit: Michele Wensman.
Researcher Profile:
Dr. Beletsky has been with the SEAS Cooperative Institute for Great Lakes Research (joint Institute between University of Michigan and NOAA) since 1995. His research expertise lies in the hydrodynamics of lakes and coupling lake physics with biological processes. Since the beginning of his career in limnology in Russia, he has worked on hydrodynamics and climatology of several large lakes in Europe (Ladoga and Onega), North America (Lake Champlain, Lake St. Clair, Lakes Michigan, Erie, Ontario and Huron), and the Baltic Sea. His major scientific interest is climatology and long-term changes of circulation patterns in the Great Lakes.
Education:
- 1992, Ph.D., Physical Limnology / Oceanography, Institute of Limnology, Russian Academy of Sciences, St.Petersburg, Russia.
- 1982, M.S., Marine Engineering, Russian State Hydrometeorological University, St.Petersburg, Russia.
Research Interest/Area of Expertise:
- Hydrodynamic modeling of lakes
- Physical–biological coupling in lakes
Recent Publications:
Rowe, M.D., E.J. Anderson, D. Beletsky, C.A. Stow, S,D. Moegling, J.D. Chaffin, J.C. May, P.D. Collingsworth, A. Jabbari and J.D. Ackerman. 2019. Coastal upwelling influences hypoxia spatial patterns and nearshore dynamics in Lake Erie. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans. (DOI:10.1029/2019JC015192). [Altmetric Score]
Hawley, N., D. Beletsky and J. Wang. 2018. Ice thickness measurements in Lake Erie during the winter of 2010–2011. Journal of Great Lakes Research. 44(3):388-397. (DOI:10.1016/j.jglr.2018.04.004). [Altmertic Score]
Beletsky, D., R. Beletsky, E.S. Rutherford, J.L. Sieracki, J.M. Bossenbroek, W.L. Chadderton, M.E. Wittmann and D.M. Lodge. 2017. Predicting spread of aquatic invasive species by lake currents. Journal of Great Lakes Research. 43(3):14-32. (DOI:10.1016/j.jglr.2017.02.001). [Altmetric Score]
Recent Presentations:
Beletsky, D., J. Feyen, L. A. Mason, C. Xiao, A. Gronewold, D. Titze, H. Hu, E. J. Anderson, P.Chu, L. Read, W. Saunders. Developing a Hydrologic-Hydrodynamic Flood Forecasting System for Lake Champlain, AGU Fall Meeting, December 9-13, 2019, San Francisco, CA.
D. Rowe, E. J. Anderson, D. Beletsky, C. A. Stow. Performance of a Lake Erie hypoxia forecast model in 2018. IAGLR, June 10-14, 2019, Brockport, NY.
Beletsky, D., R. Beletsky, E. J. Anderson, M. D. Rowe, S. A. Ruberg, T. H. Johengen, C. A. Stow. Summer hydrodynamics of Lake Erie: observations and modeling during upwelling events. IAGLR, June 10-14, 2019, Brockport, NY.
Video Library
Dmitry Beletsky is a Research Scientist at the Cooperative Institute for Great Lakes Research at the University of Michigan. His presentation explores the potential dispersal of Golden mussel (Limnoperna fortunei) larvae in Lake Michigan using a three-dimensional particle transport model.