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| time scale | low minutes | high minutes | |
| seasons | 2 to 4 months | 86400 | 172800 |
| temperature change | 7 to 10 days | 10080 | 14400 |
| weather patterns | 3 to 4 days | 4320 | 5760 |
| daily solar pattern | 12 to 24 hrs | 720 | 1440 |
| incident light change 2 fold | 12 | 3000 | |
| mixing light change 2 fold | |||
| distance scales | meters | ||
| mixed layer (seasonal thermocline) | 2 | 100 | |
| surface morning lense | 0.1 | 1 | |
| daily thermocline (in summer) | 2 | 10 | |