Land Suitability for Forests

Indicators of bioclimatic conditions and forest suitability Based on analyses performed by the Foundation CMCC which suggests, at European level, a migration to the north and towards the higher altitudes than the main species Mediterranean forestry. Starting with the current distribution of species and average climatic conditions, agreed to deliver robust, ultra-high-definition projections resolution on any changes to the forest habitats in relation to the scenarios future climates. The dataset is generated starting from four variables from VHR-REA_IT and VHR-PRO_IT: TOT_PREC (hourly), T_2M (hourly), TMAX_2M (hourly), TMIN_2M (hourly). Bioclimatic indicator is mainly based on temperature and precipitation, Forest species suitability Bioclimatic variables (at native resolution); ≈2 MB x 38 maps (2 periods x 19 bioclimatic variables = approx. 70 MB) Forest species suitability (2 periods X 20 species = 100 MB)