Lake Tahoe REMOTE Meteorological Data Sites
Click on the station to plot/view its data.
TB1, TB2, TB3, TB4, TDR1, and TDR2 are data buoys.
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Lake Tahoe Current Conditions
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Lake Tahoe Description
 Lake
Tahoe is a large, deep, oligotrophic, sub-alpine lake with a mean
depth of 333 m, and a maximum depth of 499 m, making it the second
deepest lake in the United States and the eleventh deepest in the
world. The lake has a surface area of 501 km2 within a watershed
of 800 km2, and a mean hydraulic residence time of approximately
650-700 years. The combination of great depth, small ratio of watershed
to lake area, and granitic geology of the basin has produced a lake
of extremely low fertility and high transparency. Lake Tahoe does
not freeze in winter, nor mix to the bottom every year. One of the
most highly valued measures of Lake Tahoe’s aesthetics is
its clarity and deep blue color.
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Lake Tahoe REMOTE Program Goal
The REMOTE network
will enable graduate students and researchers to study the physical
processes that contribute to Lake Tahoe’s  unique
clarity. The Tahoe Clarity model uses these data to make predictions
of the changing state of light penetration in the lake. Interpolated
wind field maps are being used to drive models of the three-dimensional
circulation of the lake, and to help understand the latest satellite
imagery from NASA. Within the classroom students can build their
own models using these data, and to see first hand the dynamic conditions
that exist in these sub-alpine environments. They also provide a
resource to the local community and to tourist industry, by providing
real time information over the web.
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Lake Tahoe Related Links
UC
Davis Tahoe Environmental Research Center
Environmental
Dynamics Laboratory, UC Davis
Lake
Tahoe - Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
Lake
Tahoe Environmental Education Coalition
Tahoe-Baikal
Institute
Lake
Tahoe Data Clearinghouse
Other real-time data at Lake Tahoe
Lake Level
Upper Truckee River flow
Blackwood Creek flow
Ward Creek flow
General Creek flow
Incline Creek flow
Lower Truckee River flow
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Lake Tahoe Site Contact Info
Prof. S. Geoffrey Schladow
Director, Tahoe Environmental Research Center (TERC)
University of California, Davis
Phone: (530) 752-6932
Email: terc-remote@ucdavis.edu, gschladow@ucdavis.edu
http://terc.ucdavis.edu
and
http://edl.engr.ucdavis.edu
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Lake Tahoe Funding Info
Funding for the establishment and maintenance of this network of stations
was made possible through grants from:
The University of California, Davis
The National Science Foundation under award 9907557
The California Air resources Board under project 01-350
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration
The Lahontan Regional Water Quality Control Board under Agreement No. 01-174-160-0
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