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Traces of Possible Ancient Life From Mars to Earth:
An Assessment of The Microbial Ecology of Salda Lake and Its Protection

of “Inverse Distance Weighted (IDW)” interpolation method. For the scenario-
based data, WorldClim data source, which provides big data on the global
climate, has been used. The data cover the annual average values as defined in
the formulas of the indices. The change of climate types has been determined
according to three different climate indices: Lang (LE), Emberger (EE) and De
Martonne (DME). Of these, Lang (1990) is calculated according to Equation 1.
It is distinguished from other indices as it includes desert class in the climate
classification. The Lang index is based on the following formula. Where, P
is the average annual total precipitation (mm) and Ta is the average annual
temperature (°C) (Lang, 1920; Elagib and Addin Abdu 1997; Ashraf et al., 2014).

(1)

The De Martonne Index is based on the following formula, where P is the
annual precipitation amount (mm) and T is the annual average temperature
(°C) (Mavrakis and Papavasileiou, 2013):

(2)

The Emberger (1933) Climate classification, based on the temperature and
precipitation values of an area, is in Equation 3. Where, M is the average of
the monthly data with the highest temperature value (°C), m is the average of
the monthly data with the lowest temperature value (°C), and P is the average
annual precipitation (mm) (Gavilán, 2005; Savo et al., 2012).

(3)

The possible climatic zones of the study area are classified using Table 1.
(Baltas, 2007; Nistor, 2016; Rahimi et al., 2013; Heidarizadi et al., 2022). The De
Martonne Climate Index consists of 7 classifications, from arid to extremely
humid (Dursun and Babalık, 2021). IL classification, unlike other indices,
contains the desert category. EE climate zones, on the other hand, consist of
4 classifications that rise from arid to humid. For climate models of Antalya
Basin, climate classification maps were formed by applying climate type index
formula (Lang, Emberger and Martonne) in spatial analysis toolbar in ArcGIS
10.5 software and using the climate classification of the indices.

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