Tool Thermic Belt Classification

Calculates the thermal belts based on mean temperature and length of the growing season.

References

(2011): A definition of mountains and their bioclimatic belts for global comparisons of biodiversity data. online.

Author: Dirk Nikolaus Karger
Menu: Climate|Bioclimatology

Parameters

	Name	Type	Identifier	Description	Constraints
Input	Growing Season Length	Grid (input)	`GSL`	Growing season length given as number of days of a year.	-
	Mean Temperature	Grid (input)	`GST`	Mean temperature of the growing season.	-
	Frost occurence	Grid (input)	`FROST`	Frost occurence as binary factor.	-
Output	Thermal Belts	Grid (output)	`ATB`	-	-
Options	Grid system	Grid system	`PARAMETERS_GRID_SYSTEM`	-	-
	Minimum Temperature Nival	Floating point	`NIVAL_TEMP`	Minimum Temperature for nival belt.	Default: 3.500000
	Minimum Temperature Treeline	Floating point	`TREE_TEMP`	Minimum Temperature for treeline.	Default: 6.400000

Command-line

Usage: saga_cmd climate_tools 15 [-GSL <str>] [-GST <str>] [-FROST <str>] [-NIVAL_TEMP <double>] [-TREE_TEMP <double>] [-ATB <str>]
  -GSL:<str>          	Growing Season Length
	Grid (input)
  -GST:<str>          	Mean Temperature
	Grid (input)
  -FROST:<str>        	Frost occurence
	Grid (input)
  -NIVAL_TEMP:<double>	Minimum Temperature Nival
	Floating point
	Default: 3.500000
  -TREE_TEMP:<double> 	Minimum Temperature Treeline
	Floating point
	Default: 6.400000
  -ATB:<str>          	Thermal Belts
	Grid (output)