Worksheet 5: Regionalisation

Exercises WS 5

Regionalize Germany’s climates.

• Use Worldclim versus CMIP data
• Use the upper helper functions and code for Great Britain

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• Make sure you get an idea of a “scientific” climate zoning concept.

• The following links provide an initial random selection of some thoughts on this concept.

  • Climate Extremes are Becoming More Frequent, Co-occurring, and Persistent in Europe
  • A systematic review of GIS-based local climate zone mapping studies
  • European summer weather regimes 1990-2019: Automatic classification and representation in a small - global climate model ensemble

• What are the main aims of the following articles in relation to climate zones?

• How do you assess the proposed solution using supercells etc. in comparison?

• Use the LCZ-generator and compare it to your results.