TERC Boat Captain Bob Richards (retired)
performs regular water quality analysis on Lake Tahoe
Research Overview
Lake Tahoe
UC Davis has led research efforts at Lake Tahoe for almost half a century. With funding from federal, state, local and private sources, we have played a lead role in the advancement of limnology, the identification of the changing environmental quality at Lake Tahoe, and in the development and testing of solutions.
Lake Tahoe Research Areas:
- Lake Tahoe Clarity
- Limnology
- Aquatic Invasive Species
- Watershed Processes
- Terrestrial Ecology
- Atmospheric Quality
- Meteorology
- Remote Sensing
- Numerical Modeling
- Data & Data Networks
Arctic
TERC researcher Alexander Forrest is involved in a collaborative research effort to map and study icebergs in the Arctic utilizing an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV).
- ICEBERGS Newsletter #1
- ICEBERGS Newsletter #2
- ICEBERGS Newsletter #3
- ICEBERGS Newsletter #4
- ICEBERGS Newsletter #5
Patagonia
TERC is involved in a collaborative research effort with the EULA Center of the
University of Concepcion (http://www.eula.cl/) to study freshwater systems of the
Chilean Patagonia.