We have studied temperature-dependent tummeling spectroscopy of 1T-TaS
2 from room temperature down to about 40 K. The spectra indicated an a
brupt transition from the charge-density-wave-induced broad depletion
to an opening of a deep pseudogap within 1 K of the nearly commensurat
e to commensurate transition temperature. The measured pseudogap was d
eep enough to form localized states at the Fermi level. In contrast to
an inverse photoelectron spectroscopy study, our tunneling results in
dicate gap structures of two Hubbard subbands resulting from the band
splitting of the Ta 5d band due to the electron correlation effect. We
have also found an abrupt increase of thermoelectric voltage developi
ng between the tip and sample at the transition temperature.