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Application of the spatial modelling in the Karst Bioclimatology

Possibilities of the raster-GIS topoclimatic modelling and its applicability in the Karst bioclimatology have been generally presented. Short descriptions of the particular models derived from the digital elevation model include: terrain slope, relative terrain orientation, terrain curvature, direct and diffuse insolation, altitude in the sinkhole, flow accumulation and exposure to the wind. These models are spatially exact and also spatially intensive, and they do not have practical alternative in precise studies of spatial distributions of the ecosystem types, particular species or biodiversity. The other contribution in the same volume summarizes results of such study on the Croatian Karst.

digital elevation model; geographic information system; topoclimate

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