GLOW IV - 2-4 August ! # # " $ " $ !" # $% %# ' % ( & " & '+ ) ! ! % )* ! , PERÚ Ministerio de la Producción % Despacho Viceministerial de Pesquería . Lake Titicaca Lake Titicaca is the bigger fresh water lake of south America and the higher of the world (3814 m). Area: 8400 km2 Volume : 893 km3 Coast line : 1.125 km Basin area : 58.000 km2 -Residence time - water : 70 yr -Residence time - conservative nonvolatile constituents : 1.343 yr (Kessler and Moqheim, 1968, Richerson et al, 77 ) Basins: Lago Menor o Huiñaymarca (1.400 km2) Lago Mayor o Chucuito (7.000 km2) Separates by Tiquina strait. Type: Lago Mayor – Oligotrophic Lago Menor – Meso/Eutrophic There are 87 islands with a total surface of 100 km2 (58 in Lago Mayor, and 29 in Lago Menor). / ," $ !! 0 Mean lake level: 3814 m 4431 , " $ ! ! 01 % ( 2 ! !% /) * Maximum depth 275 m , " $ ! ! 03 Evaporation 93.93% !4 ! Precipitation 55.5% Volume change 0.97% River input 44.73% Desaguadero 0.83% Arapa lagoon exchange 0.27% Underground input 0.13% 5 ," $ !! 6 ( % 7 4 ! #8950#8:8* Declaux et al 2007 ; Titicaca basin - Monthly precipitation (From: Yamina Silva - Instituto Geofísico del Perú) 300 Lagunillas Juliaca 250 mm/month 200 150 100 50 0 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 Temperature Niño 3 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 Negative anomaly during El Niño events (1983, 1992) : ," $ !! 6 ( 7 6 #8#9 6 .<<8* El Niño years 8 4 • # ()# ! & 3 % (, 4 * Puno city #< % *# # # + & , #- , . ## =! • > ! % • $% .<#< 7 % =! % 4= ! % ! ! ! ( * % " 7 % % - ! =! % ( ! ! • % 4 % ! ! ! * ! 4 % ! 1 ! #. / Analysis and data collection Historic Data Continuous monitoring of: - Environmental variables - Biological processes Base line Models Results GIS Data Assimilation Atmospheric forcing Hydrodynamic WRF FVCOM Ecosystem - Ecofisiology Data Analysis CC Model - Organic load - Water quality Ecofisiology New data Scenarios Data Base Recommendations #/ # $$ " ! " ! % ! $$ ! ! " ! " #? #9 ( Meteorological stations (red) P1 P2 M1 Water level (blue) M3 Islands: Uros, Taquile,Soto and del Sol •Temperature •Relative humidity •Solar radiation (total & PAR) •Atmospheric pressure •Wind (Int & Direction) .<#<* M2 M4 P4 P3 #5 ! 6 + water temperature #; ! 6$ - #: @ 0$ #8 Example of data collected in meteorological station of Uros and Pomata .< , ! ! 0 .<#< Station 70 Temperature profiles .# @ 0 ! 4 0 .<#< .. • • • • % % % % ! 7 % ( ) * % .<<. .<<8 #" ./ ) % % 6 % ! (.<<. 6 .<<8* .? Juliaca .9 .5 % 6 ) %A .; 0 % 1 &# + 23$- , ! .8(/* #8:? 9?<099. Chlorophyll a concentrations in the surface waters of Lake Titicaca, 27 October 1982. .: 0 Chlorophyll a concentrations in surface waters – MODIS Monthly mean October &# Chlorophyll a concentrations in surface waters of Lake Titicaca, 27 October 1982. .8 0 % 1 Seasonal characteristics of Bahia de Puno &# + 23$- , ! .8(/* #8:? 9?<099. Seasonal characteristics of Lago Grande Chlorophyll a levels at 5 m ( ) and percentage chlorophyll passing through a 10um filter (% ultraplankton),( ). /< 0 % 1 &# + 23$- , ! .8(/* #8:? 9?<099. /# 4 Monthly mean of a) wind speed, nebulosity, b) net solar radiation, c) temperature, d) Saturation water vapour pressure, partial pressure of water vapour, and their difference (mbar). Puno (1964-1978) Declaux et al 2007 /. ! • % 7 % 4 ! 4 • @ B 4 % % % ! % 4 • % 7 4 % / B !% $% ! 4 % !% ! ! 4 / % 7 4 // /?