Table 4 Summary table (minimum, 1st quartile, median, mean, 3rd quartile, and maximum) of interannual percent difference for 250 spatially stratified lakes used for manual QA/QC.

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

Variable

Min.

1st Qu.

Median

Mean

3rd Qu.

Max.

total_precip_mm

−98.64

−13.38

−0.62

−0.41

11.85

95.77

mean_monthly_precip_mm

−98.64

−12.86

−0.24

0.02

12.16

95.77

mean_annual_temp_k

−1.74

−0.34

0.02

0.02

0.36

1.78

pop_sum

−200.00

−42.27

11.88

−42.08

2.17

198.98

seasonal_km2

−200.00

−31.89

0.88

3.34

37.63

200.00

permanent_km2

−200.00

−2.58

0.00

1.58

2.65

200.00

total_km2

−200.00

−2.54

0.00

2.14

2.83

200.00

  1. The range of percent differences was bounded between −200 and +200 percent, implying a year-to-year change in value from zero to non-zero.