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Figure 7: Average lake water surface temperature (LWST) across climatic zones of Eurasia during the summer of 2015. Inside the red frames are the lakes of the Tibetan Plateau (a) and South Asian subcontinent (b). Keys to Koppen climatic zone classification: A=equatorial; B=Arid; C=warm temperate; D=snow climate; E=polar climate. Sub-categories for precipitation (second letter): W=desert; S=steppe; f=fully humid; m=monsoonal; s=dry summer; w=dry winter. Subcategories for temperature (third letter): a=hot summer; b=warm summer; c=cool summer; d=extremely continental; h=hot steppe; k=cold steppe.