Climate classification revisited: From Köppen to Trewartha

Climate Research

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-13

  Belda, Michal ^a   Holtanová, Eva ^a   Halenka, Tomáš ^a   Kalvová, Jaroslava ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Climate classification; CRU TS 3.10.01 dataset; K ppen; K ppen Trewartha; Observed climate change; Patton's dryness criteria

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE PATTERNS; CLIMATIC VARIABLES; CRU TS 3.10.01 DATASET; GLOBAL CLIMATES; PATTON'S DRYNESS CRITERIA; TIME DEVELOPMENT; VEGETATION DISTRIBUTION; VEGETATION ZONE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DATA PROCESSING; VEGETATION;

CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION);

CLIMATE CLASSIFICATION; DATA SET; GLOBAL CLIMATE; RESEARCH; SAVANNA; TUNDRA; VEGETATION;

EID: 84893547733     PISSN: 0936577X     EISSN: 16161572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/cr01204     Document Type: Article

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