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An R version of Lake Analyzer
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Why does the LA equation for Lake Number have a 2 in the denominator when Imberger Patterson 1990 doesn't? #115

Closed jordansread closed 3 years ago

jordansread commented 3 years ago

Imberger Patterson: image

Read et al. 2011: image

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jordansread commented 3 years ago

The reason for this is because (among other notation differences), Imberger is using ZT to be the midpoint of the epilimnion. LakeAnalyzer doesn't use ZT, it uses the Ze and Zh (for epi and hypo depths, respectively). Since ZT is the average of these two, that is where the "2" comes from. See upcoming PR to add this nuance to the documentation.