Globally Extended Kppen-Geiger climate classification and temporal shifts in terrestrial climatic types

Physical Geography

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 142-157

  Rohli, Robert V ^a   Andrew Joyner, T ^b   Reynolds, Stephen J ^c   Shaw, Cynthia ^d   Vázquez, Javier R ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Earth and Marine Science Illustration ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

climate types; climatic change; Extended Koppen Geiger climatic classification system

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE CLASSIFICATION; GLOBAL CLIMATE; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 84988268326     PISSN: 02723646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02723646.2015.1016382     Document Type: Article

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