| Abstract: | The U. S. Geological Survey conducted hydrodynamic measurements in Upper Klamath Lake during four summer seasons (approximately mid-June to mid-September) during 2003 to 2006. Measurements included water current profiles made by acoustic Doppler current profilers at a number of fixed locations in the lake during all four years as well as from a moving boat during 2005 and 2006. Measurements of size distribution of suspended material were made at four locations in the lake during 2004-2006. Raw (unfiltered) data are presented as time series of measurements. In addition, water-velocity data have been filtered to remove wind-induced variations with periods less than thirty hours from the measurements. Bar graphs of horizontal and vertical water speed and acoustic backscatter have been generated to discern diurnal variations, especially as they relate to wind patterns over the lake.
Mean speeds of the horizontal currents in the lake range between about 3.5 to 15 cm/s with the higher speeds at the deep locations in the trench on the west side of the lake. Current directions generally conform to the lake‘s bathymetry contours and the water circulation pattern is usually in a clockwise direction around the lake as established by the prevailing north to northwesterly surface winds in the region. Diurnal patterns in horizontal currents probably relate to diurnal wind patterns with minimum wind speeds near noon and maximum wind speeds near 2100. Diurnal variations in vertical velocities do not appear to be related to wind patterns; they do appear to be related to expected patterns of vertical migration of Aphanizomenon flos aquae, (AFA) the predominant species of blue-green algae in the lake. Similarly, diurnal variations in acoustic backscatter, especially near the lake‘s surface, are probably related to the vertical migration of AFA. |
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| ProdID: | 80458 |
| Citation Author: | Gartner, Jeffrey W.; Wellman, Roy E.; Wood, Tamara M.; Cheng, Ralph T. |
| Citation Contributing Office: | Geological Survey (U.S.) |
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| Citation Phsyical Description: | Report: viii, 28 p.; 8 Appendices: 111 p.; Data Files |
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| Citation Public Comments: | Prepared in cooperation with the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation |
| Citation Publisher: | Geological Survey (U.S.) |
| Citation Series: | Open-File Report |
| Citation Series Code: | OFR |
| Citation Series Number: | 2007-1279 |
| Citation Search Results Text: | Water Velocity and Suspended Solids Measurements by In-situ Instruments in Upper Klamath Lake, Oregon; 2007; OFR; 2007-1279; Gartner, Jeffrey W.; Wellman, Roy E.; Wood, Tamara M.; Cheng, Ralph T. |
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| Text: | Water Velocity and Suspended Solids Measurements by In-situ Instruments in Upper Klamath Lake, Oregon; 2007; OFR; 2007-1279; Gartner, Jeffrey W.; Wellman, Roy E.; Wood, Tamara M.; Cheng, Ralph T. |
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| URL (INDEX PAGE): | http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2007/1279/ |
| Date Other: | Fri, 28 Sep 2007 00:00 -0500 |
| Publisher: | Geological Survey (U.S.) |
