A CARTOGRAPHIC APPROACH FOR ASSESSMENT OF THE CLIMATO-ECOLOGICAL STATE OF ECOSYSTEMS IN THE SOUTHERN BAYKAL REGION

Abstract

A Siberian geographer outlines the major aspects of a program to map the climatic and ecological state of ecosystems in the Lake Baykal region of southern East Siberia. A methodology for the classification of micro- and mesoclimates is outlined that is based on the structural characteristics of the underlying terrain surface, the character of air flows into the region, and extensive study of natural conditions in the region. Translated by Edward Torrey, Alexandria, Virginia from: Geografiya i prirodnyye resursy, 2000, No. 2, pp. 104-112.