c

• Climatic zones or Environmental Zones

  Climatic Zones or Environmental Zones (EnZs, following Metzger et al., 2005)

  

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e

• Effective rainfall

  (1) The rainfall useful for meeting plant water requirements. This does not include water percolating down to aquifers, or surface runoff of water (cf. definition (2)!)
  (2) The difference between precipitation and evapotranspiration, i.e. the water percolating to aquifers or surface runoff (cf. definition (1)!).
  (3) The amount of rainfall after subtracting the fraction that has been directly evaporated from the canopy surface without reaching the soil surface (as in coniferous forests).

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• Environmental Zones (EnZs)

  Climatic Zones or Environmental Zones (EnZs, following Metzger et al., 2005)

  

   

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p

• Precipitation

  Water reaching the ground from rainfall, snow and hail.

  Nr	Environmental Zone	Main locations and characteristics
  1	Alpine North (ALN)	Scandinavian mountains
  2	Alpine South (ALS)	The high mountains of central and southern Europe
  3	Atlantic North (ATN)	NW Europe; under influence of the Atlantic ocean and the North sea
  4	Atlantic Central (ATC)	Western Europe, moderate climate
  5	Boreal (BOR)	The lowlands of Scandinavia
  6	Continental (CON)	Central Europe; warm summers and cold winters
  7	Lusitanean (LUS)	The southern Atlantic area; warm summers and mild winters
  8	Mediterranean North (MDN)	Mediterranean north, with Cork Oak, fruit plantations and Olive groves
  9	Mediterranean Mountains (MDM)	Mediterranean mountains, influenced by Mediterranean and mountains
  10	Mediterranean South (MDS)	Typical Mediterranean climate; mild winter and hot, dry summers
  11	Nemoral (NEM)	Southern Scandinavia, Baltic states and Belarus
  12	Pannonian (PAN)	Part of Europe with steppes; cold winters and dry hot summers.
  13	Anatolian (ANA)	The steppes of Turkey, a Mediterranean environment with steppes

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