Table 2 Attributes of smoke exposure for selected study sites
From: Wildfire smoke reduces lake ecosystem metabolic rates unequally across a trophic gradient
Site | Year | # Smoke days | # Consecutive smoke days | Mean PM2.5 (μg m−3) | Mean SWdiff (W m−2) | Cum. SW deficit (106 J m−2) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tot | Jul | Aug | Sept | Mean | Max | |||||
Lake Tahoe | 2021 | 45 | 9 | 23 | 13 | 3 | 10 | 51 | 67 | 260.57 |
Emerald Lake | 2021 | 38 | 4 | 13 | 20 | 4 | 20 | 85 | 79 | 259.62 |
Emerald Lake | 2020 | 39 | 0 | 10 | 28 | 8 | 21 | NA | 59 | 199.59 |
Dulzura Lake | 2021 | 36 | 9 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 44 | 55 | 169.73 |
Clear Lake | 2020 | 30 | 0 | 12 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 40 | 60 | 154.38 |
Delta | 2020 | 34 | 1 | 13 | 19 | 4 | 12 | 47 | 50 | 145.53 |
Lake Tahoe | 2020 | 28 | 1 | 12 | 15 | 3 | 9 | 28 | 59 | 143.30 |
Clear Lake | 2021 | 23 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 68 | 50 | 99.35 |
Castle Lake | 2018 | 26 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 34 | 44 | 97.87 |
