Standardized methods for calculating derived physical features of lakes. The dataset includes tools for water density, thermal layers, thermocline depth, lake number, Wedderburn number, and Schmidt stability. It was authored by Luke Winslow, Jordan Read, Richard Woolway, Jennifer Brentrup, Taylor Leach, Jake Zwart, Sam Albers, and Doug Collinge.
Use Cases
- Modeling lake thermal structure based on temperature-derived water density.
- Assessing lake mixing and stability based on calculated Schmidt stability.
- Estimating thermocline depth and thermal layers for ecological studies.
- Calculating hydrodynamic indices like lake number and Wedderburn number.
Strengths
- Provides standardized methods for a defined set of important lake physics calculations.
- Authored by multiple recognized contributors in the field of limnology.
Limitations
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.
Provenance
- Source
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