Current model profile
Thermal layers in Lake Brienz
Surface
16.5 °C
Model layer at 0.00 m
Deep model layer
6.2 °C
Model layer at 259.00 m
Vertical difference
10.2 °C
Surface versus deepest layer
In the current profile, Lake Brienz's surface is 16.5 °C, 10.2 °C warmer than the deepest displayed model layer at 259.00 m (6.2 °C). The profile therefore shows a clear decrease in temperature with depth.
Across 260 calculated depth layers, the modelled temperature ranges from 6.2 °C to 16.5 °C. The full curve shows where the largest transition occurs; surface and deep values alone would not describe that layering.
The depth is the deepest layer returned by the Simstrat model, not a newly surveyed maximum depth of the lake. The profile describes a modelled lake state, not the temperature at a particular bathing site.