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