An app developed by students and scientists at the Tahoe Environmental Research Center may soon help researchers gather important information about the lake, according to the Tahoe Daily Tribune. The smartphone app enables users to record data about Lake Tahoe\u2019s nearshore environment.<\/p>\n
The types of things that app users can report include water clarity, the amount of algae in areas, as well as beach conditions. Scientists at the research center say the app will also help to raise awareness and encourage beach-goers to take care of Lake Tahoe.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve been adding nearshore sensor stations that are underwater, gathering information about the nearshore environment,\u201d said Heather Segale, education and outreach director for the TERC, to the Tahoe Daily Tribune. \u201cWe want to link people\u2019s perception of that environment with the numeric data being collected.\u201d<\/p>\n
They\u2019ll make that link by correlating the data reported by sensors already deployed in the lake with findings that citizen scientists around it upload to the app. \u201cWe\u2019re curious to see if people standing on the beach can actually notice algae on the rocks, algae in the water,\u201d said Segale to the Tahoe Daily Tribune. \u201cAnd at what point do people start recognizing algae is visible to them perceptually compared to what the sensor says.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
An app developed by students and scientists at the Tahoe Environmental Research Center may soon help researchers gather important information about the lake, according to the Tahoe Daily Tribune. The smartphone app enables users to record data about Lake Tahoe\u2019s nearshore environment. The types of things that app users can report include water clarity, the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":21388,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,7,52],"tags":[203,346,96,103,349],"class_list":["post-21390","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lakes-reservoirs","category-news","category-technology","tag-lake-tahoe","tag-lakes-reservoirs","tag-mobile-app","tag-news-2","tag-technology"],"remote_post_permalink":false,"remote_post_featured_image":false,"yoast_head":"\n