Table 2 Ratios of JRC-derived total water area to water area as reported in HydroLAKES for five year intervals (N = 1,422,499 lakes).

From: The global lake area, climate, and population dataset

Buffer (m)

Year

Min.

1st Qu.

Median

Mean

3rd Qu.

Max.

30

1995

0.000

0.414

0.874

0.690

0.968

2.106

2000

0.000

0.795

0.906

0.863

0.991

2.205

2005

0.000

0.813

0.919

0.870

0.997

2.181

2010

0.000

0.803

0.915

0.864

0.997

2.301

2015

0.000

0.818

0.921

0.871

0.997

2.515

60

1995

0.000

0.424

0.879

0.703

0.975

3.185

2000

0.000

0.805

0.917

0.891

1.011

3.481

2005

0.000

0.824

0.930

0.898

1.017

3.367

2010

0.000

0.814

0.925

0.892

1.017

3.769

2015

0.000

0.829

0.931

0.900

1.017

4.095

90

1995

0.000

0.432

0.883

0.714

0.981

4.208

2000

0.000

0.812

0.924

0.913

1.025

4.769

2005

0.000

0.831

0.937

0.921

1.032

4.579

2010

0.000

0.821

0.932

0.915

1.031

5.287

2015

0.000

0.835

0.938

0.924

1.032

5.667

120

1995

0.000

0.440

0.889

0.726

0.989

5.349

2000

0.000

0.818

0.931

0.935

1.041

6.240

2005

0.000

0.839

0.945

0.944

1.048

5.793

2010

0.000

0.829

0.940

0.938

1.047

6.891

2015

0.000

0.843

0.946

0.948

1.049

7.213

  1. Values greater than one indicate observed values greater than expected, and values smaller than one indicate smaller than expected values.