Camargo, Köppen and Thornthwaite climate classification systems in defining climatical regions of the state of São Paulo, Brazil

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 636-643

  de Souza Rolim, Glauco ^a   de O Aparecido, Lucas E ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Air temperature; Climatology; Rainfall; Water budget

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; BUDGET CONTROL; CLIMATOLOGY; RAIN; TROPICS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ANNUAL RAINFALL; CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM; CREDIT SYSTEM; MOUNTAINOUS REGIONS; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE; WATER BUDGET;

CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION);

AGRICULTURE; AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CLASSIFICATION; CLIMATIC REGION; CLIMATOLOGY; RAINFALL; REGIONAL CLIMATE; WATER BUDGET;

BRAZIL; SAO PAULO [BRAZIL];

EID: 84956846131     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.4372     Document Type: Article

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