Table 3 Statistical summary table of predictions for the six water quality variables, along with summaries of predictions per lake, and per year. Lake area was from LAGOS-US LOCUS22.

From: LAGOS-US LANDSAT: Remotely sensed water quality estimates for U.S. lakes over 4 ha from 1984 to 2020

Variable

Units

min

q5

q25

q50

q75

q95

max

Water quality variables (37,251,456 predictions)

CHL

µg/L

0.04

3.1

5.7

8.7

14.0

29.1

299.9

True color

PCU

0.1

8.7

16.4

23.9

32.4

44.7

88.1

DOC

mg/L

0.5

2.8

4.3

5.7

7.1

9.7

67.7

Turbidity

NTU

0.05

1.2

2.4

4.4

9.3

21.2

197.8

Secchi depth

meters

0.02

0.7

1.2

1.9

2.7

4.3

59.3

TSS

mg/L

0.5

4.8

9.1

14.2

24.3

51.6

675.9

Lake-related (136,877 lakes)

Predictions per lake

N

1

32

160

255

361

568

1377

Lake–years with predictions*

N

1

13

32

37

37

37

37

Lake water area

ha

4

4

6

9

19

116

338,950

Year-related (37 years)

Number of lakes per year

N

108,158

110,454

117,689

121,821

123,719

125,928

126,177

Number of predictions per year

N

534,405

604,508

938,970

1,021,304

1,066,120

1,317,022

1,455,641

  1. *The percentages of lakes with 37 and 30+ years with at least 1 summer observation (June-September) are, respectively, 14.8% and 51.6%.