Lake profile data collected by the RUSS unit in Lake Independence can be viewed with your browser (HTML files) or in a spreadsheet (Excel files). For other views of this data try the Java-based profile plotter or color mapper applets. See the archive page if you would like to download the complete set of RUSS data for Lake Independence.

Try our animated Excel tutorial (requires Flash plug-in) if you would like some help using the weekly spreadsheets found below.

These data should be considered "provisional" until otherwise indicated. The data are undergoing several rounds of QA/QC review and some may be modified at a subsequent date. We chose to leave the data hose on full blast whenever possible to familiarize ourselves with the operation and maintenance requirements of the RUSS units and to generate real data for use in developing curricula and lesson plans. Data gaps were associated with various RUSS system upgrades and occasional gremlins.

Note: there will be no RUSS data for Lake Independence in 2001. The unit has been moved to Ely, MN where it is now collecting data from Shagawa Lake. Hennepin Parks will continue to monitor Lake Independence and we will update this page with those data as we receive them.

NOTES

* These manual profiles were added to the RUSS database to help fill holes in the data. Complete data from the manual profiles is available in this Excel spreadsheet.

° RUSS out of service.

°°° Temperature data of 0°C is assumed for the surface (0 meters) when the RUSS is installed on the ice.