A new climatic map of the dominican republic based on the thornthwaite classification

Physical Geography

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 455-472

  Izzo, Michela ^a   Rosskopf, Carmen ^a   Aucelli, Pietro ^b   Maratea, Antonio ^b   Méndez, Rafael ^c   Pérez, Caridad ^d   Segura, Hugo ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MOLISE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES PARTHENOPE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^d Oficina Nacional de Meteorología ONAMET   (Dominican Republic)

Author keywords

Caribbean climate change; Climate classification; Dominican Republic; Thornthwaite

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE CLASSIFICATION; OROGRAPHY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY);

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC;

EID: 78650603418     PISSN: 02723646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0272-3646.31.5.455     Document Type: Article

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