Report Number: 12710
Reporting
Year: 1992
Permit Number: CRLA1992ADJE
Current Status: Checked in
Date Received: Jan 01, 1998
Principal Investigator:
Gary Larson, Oregon State University,
Cooperative Park Studies Unit, Corvallis, OR
Additional investigator(s):
Kelly Redmond, Robert
Collier
Park-assigned Study Id. #:
CRLA1992ADJE
Permit Expiration
Date:
Jan 01, 1998
Permit Start Date:
Jan 01, 1998
Study Starting
Date:
Jan 01, 1991
Study Ending Date:
Jan 01, 1997
Study
Status:
Completed
Activity Type:
Other
Subject/Discipline:
Objectives:
(1) Develop a model that accurately
describes daily, seasonal, and annual
fluctuations in water level of Crater Lake
relative to climate and weather changes. (2)
Extend the known water level fluctuation
period back by at least 200 years (using
tree ring analysis) and relate it to
changing climate conditions. (3) Develop a
model that accurately describes the vertical
distribution of heat and salt throughout the
annual climate cycle. (4) Evaluate changes
in water and heat budgets and circulation of
the lake based on a range of global climate
change scenarios.
Findings and Status:
The results thus far indicate that the
weather stations and temperature recorders
are functional. Some minor start-up problems
have occurred, but most of these have been
corrected. The climate-lake level model is
functional and appears to provide good
simulations of lake level changes based on
weather and climate variations.
For
this study, were one or more specimens collected and
removed from the park but not destroyed during
analyses?
No
Funding provided
this reporting year by NPS: 0
Funding provided
this reporting year by other sources:
0
Full name of
college or university: n/a
Annual funding
provided by NPS to university or college this
reporting year: 0
