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(A. Sukenik, this Vol.). The second phase involves further development of the
models and their application to address a set of event analysis and management
scenarios as mentioned above.
A new database is being planned, which will incorporate the data from all
sources and for all purposes, and be available to everyone who has a need for the
information and a legitimate role to play in analyzing and managing the lake.
8 Conclusions
The monitoring system in Lake Kinneret and its watershed has evolved over
several decades. Since 1998, a new organizational structure is in place, to direct
and coordinate the work of the several entities that collect and analyze flow and
water-quality data, and develop models of processes in the lake and its watershed.
This structure has resulted in improved effectiveness and efficiency of the
monitoring and analysis system, and hence improved the ability of decisionmaking regarding the management of Lake Kinneret.
Acknowledgments: The authors wish to thank the many colleagues who
participate in monitoring and analyzing Lake Kinneret and its watershed, for
productive collaboration, in particular Yoel Geifinan, Director of the Kinneret
Watershed Unit of Mekorot Water Co., Assaf Sukenik, Director of the Alon
Laboratory of the Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research Organization,
Shmuel Kessler, Director of the Hydrological Service and Yehoshua Kolodny, the
former chair of the Kinneret Lake & Watershed Monitoring Task Force, Zvi
Dubinsky and Boaz Lazar, members of the Lake & Watershed Monitoring Task
Force.
References
Assouline S (1993) Estimation of lake hydrologic budget terms using the simultaneous
solution of water, heat, and salt balances and a Kalman filtering approach: application
to Lake Kinneret. Water Resour Res 29(9):3041-3048
Berman T (1996a) The Kinneret - Sea of Galilee. Ariel 98: 27- 43
Berman T (1996b) Water quality of Lake Kinneret in the years 1994/95: an exceptional
phenomena in quantity, activity and types of algae. IOLR reports T 5/95, 20 p. (in
Hebrew)
Berman T (1998) Lake Kinneret and its watershed: international pressures and
environmental impacts. Water Policy 1: 193-207
Gafuy S, Gasith A (1993) Effect of low water level on the water quality of the littoral zone
in Lake Kinneret. Water Sci Technol 27 (7-8): 363-371
Goldman C (1988) Primary productivity, nutrients, and transparency during early onset of
eutrophication in ultra-oligotrophic Lake Tahoe, California-Nevada. Limnol Oceanogr
33(6,1): 1321-1333
189
(A. Sukenik, this Vol.). The second phase involves further development of the
models and their application to address a set of event analysis and management
scenarios as mentioned above.
A new database is being planned, which will incorporate the data from all
sources and for all purposes, and be available to everyone who has a need for the
information and a legitimate role to play in analyzing and managing the lake.
8 Conclusions
The monitoring system in Lake Kinneret and its watershed has evolved over
several decades. Since 1998, a new organizational structure is in place, to direct
and coordinate the work of the several entities that collect and analyze flow and
water-quality data, and develop models of processes in the lake and its watershed.
This structure has resulted in improved effectiveness and efficiency of the
monitoring and analysis system, and hence improved the ability of decisionmaking regarding the management of Lake Kinneret.
Acknowledgments: The authors wish to thank the many colleagues who
participate in monitoring and analyzing Lake Kinneret and its watershed, for
productive collaboration, in particular Yoel Geifinan, Director of the Kinneret
Watershed Unit of Mekorot Water Co., Assaf Sukenik, Director of the Alon
Laboratory of the Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research Organization,
Shmuel Kessler, Director of the Hydrological Service and Yehoshua Kolodny, the
former chair of the Kinneret Lake & Watershed Monitoring Task Force, Zvi
Dubinsky and Boaz Lazar, members of the Lake & Watershed Monitoring Task
Force.
References
Assouline S (1993) Estimation of lake hydrologic budget terms using the simultaneous
solution of water, heat, and salt balances and a Kalman filtering approach: application
to Lake Kinneret. Water Resour Res 29(9):3041-3048
Berman T (1996a) The Kinneret - Sea of Galilee. Ariel 98: 27- 43
Berman T (1996b) Water quality of Lake Kinneret in the years 1994/95: an exceptional
phenomena in quantity, activity and types of algae. IOLR reports T 5/95, 20 p. (in
Hebrew)
Berman T (1998) Lake Kinneret and its watershed: international pressures and
environmental impacts. Water Policy 1: 193-207
Gafuy S, Gasith A (1993) Effect of low water level on the water quality of the littoral zone
in Lake Kinneret. Water Sci Technol 27 (7-8): 363-371
Goldman C (1988) Primary productivity, nutrients, and transparency during early onset of
eutrophication in ultra-oligotrophic Lake Tahoe, California-Nevada. Limnol Oceanogr
33(6,1): 1321-1333