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Table 2 Site details for the ten calibration experiment lakes

From: Quality control in public participation assessments of water quality: the OPAL Water Survey

Site

Latitude

Longitude

Altitude (m a.s.l)

Lake area (ha)

Max. recorded depth (m)

Loweswater

54°34′52″N

03°21′19″W

125

60.3

16.5

Blea Tarn

54°31′02″N

03°05′44″W

478

7.4

12.0

Stickle Tarn

54°27′28″N

03°06′16″W

473

7.4

12.5

Burnmoor Tarn

54°25′46″N

03°15′28″W

253

23.9

13.0

Scampston Park Lake

54°09′53″N

00°40′27″W

32

4.9

1.2

Coombe Pool

52°24′43″N

01°25′15″W

73

30.6

2.0

Compton Verney Lake

52°10′07″N

01°33′04″W

78

13.1

2.0

Hydelane Lake

52°00′37″N

00°56′40″W

74

11.4

2.5

Preston’s Lake

51°57′22″N

00°41′51″E

51

7.7

3.5

Bonnington’s Lake

51°47′59″N

00°42′37″E

57

2.8

1.8