World Map of Köppen−Geiger Climate Classification Main...

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Af Am As Aw BWk BWh BSk BSh Cfa Cfb Cfc Csa Csb Csc Cwa

Cwb Cwc Dfa Dfb Dfc Dfd Dsa Dsb Dsc Dsd Dwa Dwb Dwc Dwd EF ET

World Map of Köppen−Geiger Climate Classificationobserved using CRU TS 2.1 temperature and GPCC Full v4 precipitation data, period 1976 to 2000

Main climatesA: equatorialB: aridC: warm temperateD: snowE: polar

PrecipitationW: desertS: steppef: fully humids: summer dryw: winter drym: monsoonal

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a: hot summerb: warm summerc: cool summerd: extremely continental

h: hot aridk: cold arid

F: polar frostT: polar tundra

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Resolution: 0.5 deg lon/lat Version of May 2010

http://koeppen−geiger.vu−wien.ac.at

Rubel, F.,and M. Kottek,2010: Observed

and projectedclimate shifts 1901−2100

depicted by world maps ofthe Köppen−Geiger climate

classification, Meteorol. Z., 19, 135−141. DOI: 10.1127/0941−2948/2010/0430