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Average climate suitability map for the tiger mosquito for the city of Ljubljana based on climate data for 2008-2009

Figure Created 14 Sep 2020 Published 15 Sep 2020 Last modified 16 Sep 2020

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Average climate suitability map for the tiger mosquito for the city of Ljubljana (Slovenia) based on climate data for the years 2008-2009

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Methodology:: VITO, 2019, Web application: climatic suitability of the Aedes albopictus mosquito in European cities from 2008 to 2017 derived from reanalysis, Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), Mol, Belgium.
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The climate suitability map for the tiger mosquito has a scale from 0 to 100 and is calculated based on annual rainfall amounts and winter and summer average air temperatures. The climate suitability for tiger mosquito is zero when the annual rainfall is lower than 450 mm, and maximum suitability is reached when the annual rainfall exceeds 800 mm. For summer temperatures, the suitability is zero when average temperatures were below 15 °C and above 30 °C, and maximum suitability is between 20 °C and 25 °C. In winter, the suitability is zero when average temperatures were below -1°C and maximum when temperatures were above 3°C. The resulting suitability functions are entered into a weighted linear combination approach and the results are rescaled to a range between 0 and 100. (Vito, 2019b). For detailed maps of the cities included in the project, see the Urban Adaptation Map Viewer.