Fig. 7: Simulation of freeze lag and thaw lag days. | Nature Communications

Fig. 7: Simulation of freeze lag and thaw lag days.

From: Evaporative water loss of 1.42 million global lakes

Fig. 7

a A conceptual scheme to simulate the ice duration. b The fitted relationship between freeze lag days and lake average depth. c The fitted relationship between thaw lag days and average winter temperature. d Comparison between simulated and observed annual ice duration, with a root-mean-square error (RMSE) of 9.2 days year−1.

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