Lake Kinneret is a medium-sized (170 km2
) meso-eutrophic warm monomictic
lake located in northern Israel at 210 m below MSL, with mean and maximum
depths of 24 and 43 m, respectively. The daily net solar radiation ranges from a
maximum of 24 kJ m~2
day"1
in June-July to a minimum of 1.8 kJ nr2
day1
on an
overcast day in December. Precipitation, wind direction and velocity conform to
regular seasonal patterns (Serruya, 1978).