Lake Tovel

Lake Tovel (46.26137 N, 10.94934 E; 1,178 m above sea level), a long-term ecological research site since 1995 (LTER site IT09-005-A), is a small (area: 0.4 km²; volume: 7.4 x 10⁶ m³; maximum depth: 39 m) glacial lake located in the Adamello Brenta Natural Park (Trentino, Italy). Geological substrate is dolomite and limestone, and the catchment (40.6 km²) is pseudokarst in nature. The lake has two basins: a deep (39 m) NE basin and a shallow (4 m) SW basin that usually dries in winter. The lake is oligotrophic and ice-covered from December to April. 

A central lake platform was installed in 2009 and is active all-year-round, with a string of temperature (since 2009), DO (2013) and light (2015) sensors and a water level sensor (2010). The on-lake meteorological station measures temperature, precipitation, relative humidity, air pressure, global solar radiation and wind direction and speed. For more information, please see https://lter-tovel.fmach.it.