Koppen-Geiger World Climate Classification Map

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Updated map (2007) of world climate zones from a new set of temperature and precipitation data.

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Köppen-Geiger World Climate Classification

Source Information:Peel, M, Finlayson, B., and T. McMahon (2007).Updated world map of the Köppen-Geiger climateclassification. Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 11, 1633-1644.www.hydrol-earth-syst-sci.net/11/1633/2007

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This new global map of climate using theKöppen-Geiger system of classification isbased on a large global data set of long-termmonthly precipitation and temperature stationtime series.

Prepared by Douglas NorgordGeographic Techniques

Geographic Analysis & Map Designwww.geographictechniques.com