Cool temperate climate
The cool temperate climate , also called nemoral climate , is the warmer climate type of the temperate climate zone . The exact delimitation from the cold-temperate climate is only possible using various climate parameters. Basically, two parameters allow a rough distinction: the mean temperature of the warmest month is below 15 to 26 ° C, around 5 ° C above the mean values of the cold temperate zone and the vegetation period is 150 to 210 days on average 40 days longer than in the north.
The easiest way to differentiate from the various climates of the subtropics is to use the mean annual amplitude, which in the subtropics is well below 20 Kelvin, the low number of frost days and the vegetation period, which is always over 210 days.
The typical vegetation of the cool temperate zone consists of mixed deciduous forests in humid areas and of coniferous forests in continental areas with less rain . In areas with very little precipitation, such as large parts of Central Asia , grass steppes and deserts can also be found .
The subtropical climate follows in the direction of the equator .
- Since both the subtropics and the cool-temperate climate are referred to as warm- temperate climates in some publications , there is a risk of confusion!
- In addition, the so-called warm - temperate rainy climates of the Köppen and Geiger climate classification with the sea climates Cfb and Cwb extend into the cool-temperate zone . There is a risk of confusion between climatic zones and climates .
literature
- Heinz Nolzen (Hrsg.): Handbook of geography lessons. Vol. 12/2, Geozonen, Aulis Verlag Deubner & Co. KG, Cologne 1995, ISBN 978-3-7614-1619-8 .
- Burkhard Hofmeister: The temperate latitudes: especially the cool temperate woodlands. Westermann, Braunschweig 1985, ISBN 978-3-89057-313-7
- Jörg Pfadenhauer, Frank Klötzli: Vegetation of the Earth: Basics, Ecology, Distribution. Springer Spectrum, Berlin / Heidelberg 2014, ISBN 978-3-642-41949-2 .