Application of the Köppen classification for climatic zoning in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 108, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 1-7

  de Júnior, Arionaldo Sá ^a   de Carvalho, Luiz Gonsaga ^a   da Silva, Fábio Fernandes ^b   de Alves, Marcelo Carvalho ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF LAVRAS   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MATO GROSSO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CLASSIFICATION; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; DATABASE; RAINFALL; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

BRAZIL; MINAS GERAIS;

EID: 84859101603     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-011-0507-8     Document Type: Article

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