Measurements
Measurements are made from 4 permanently moored buoys referred to as TB1, TB2, TB3 and TB4 and also the US Coast Guard Station on the north west shore. Figure 1 shows the current location of the measurement sites on a map. The table below shows the measurements made at each of the buoys and at the US Coast Guard Stations.
Map Key | Latitude (N) | Longitude (W) | Measurement |
US Coast Guard | 39 10.838 | 120 07.157 | v, WD, Ps, SRu, SRd, AOD, ToV, TSI |
TB1 | 39 09.180 | 120 00.020 | Tr, Ts, Ts, Ts, Ts, v, WD, Ps, AT, RH, NR |
TB2 | 39 09.290 | 120 00.020 | Tr, Ts, Ts, Ts, Ts, v, WD, Ps, AT, RH, NR |
TB3 | 39 08.300 | 120 04.920 | Tr, Ts, Ts, Ts, Ts, v, WD, Ps, AT, RH, NR |
TB4 | 39 09.300 | 120 04.330 | Tr, Ts, Ts, Ts, Ts, v, WD, Ps, AT, RH, NR |
LR – Longwave Radiation (u-upward looking, d-downward looking), SR – Shortwave Radiation (u-upward looking, d-downward looking), v – Wind Speed, WD – Wind Direction, Ps – Pressure, AT - Air Temperature, RH - Relative Humidity, NR - Net Radiation, AOD - Aerosol Optical Depth, ToV - Total Column Water Vapor, TSI - Total Sky Imager, Tr - Temperature from radiometer, Ts - Skin temperature measured 1cm below skin by thermistor.
The two southern buoys were moved slightly further south in 2002. The table below gives the position of the buoys since installation at Lake Tahoe.
Buoy | 05-07-1999 to 10-23-2014 | 05-07-1999 to 07-27-2015 | 05-07-1999 to 11-02-2002 | 11-02-2002 to present | 06-16-1999 to 10-31-2002 | 10-31-2002 to present | 07-27-2015 to 06-28-2019 | 06-29-2019 to 10-14-2019 | 07-27-2015 to present | 10-14-2019 to present |
TB1 | 39.153000, -120.000333 | 39.155111, -120.004128 | ||||||||
TB2 | 39.138200, -120.000300 | 39.108767, -120.006167 | ||||||||
TB3 | 39.138333, -120.082000 | 39.111983, -120.070617 | ||||||||
TB4 | 39.155417, -120.070750 | 39.155928, -120.070240 | 39.178687, -120.103653 | 39.155481, -120.070740 |