World map of the Köppen-Geiger climate classification updated

Meteorologische Zeitschrift

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 259-263

  Kottek, Markus ^a   Grieser, Jürgen ^b   Beck, Christoph ^b   Rudolf, Bruno ^b   Rubel, Franz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^b DEUTSCHER WETTERDIENST   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); WEATHER FORECASTING; WEATHER INFORMATION SERVICES;

CLIMATE CLASSIFICATION; GEOGRAPHY EDUCATION; MAP; RESEARCH; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

EID: 33745866181     PISSN: 09412948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0941-2948/2006/0130     Document Type: Article

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