Import of climate scenario

Expert models of future climate scenarios can be applied, and such data imported as a formatted text file (.csv or .txt). The basic format is data with full coverage, with approx. 1 x 1 km's raster cell size, and in the cells factors describing the changes in temperature sum as well as coefficients used in growth modelling. Basically, the climate change response is applied for Pinus ssp., Picea ssp., and broadleaves in three different soil moisture classes.

Climate changes; usually including higher temperatures and increasing precipitation, are then simulated within the current analysis area and, if the area is large, varying depending on the location (latitude and altitude). The impact upon the forests is, for the moment, limited to an increasing growth - decreasing length of rotation. However, there will also be negative consequences of climate changes; forests are assumed to be more easily damaged by fungi, insects, windthrows, etc. Applying such "risk models" in Heureka demands further development.