asia-pacific: köppen–geiger climate classification map on climate classification for the second...

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AKSAI CHIN

PACIF ICOCEAN

SouthChinaSea

Bay ofBengal

INDIANOCEAN

C H I N A

INDIA

A U S T R A L I A

M O N G O L I A

MYANMAR

THAILAND

I N D O N E S I A

JAPAN

VIETNAM

NEPAL

M A L AY S I A

CAMBODIA

BANGLADESH

PHILIPPINES

SRI LANKA

LAO PDR

BHUTAN

RO KOREA

DPR KOREA

F I J I

TIMOR-LESTE

VA N U AT U

S O L O M O N I S L A N D S

BRUNEI DARUSSALAM

PALAU

SINGAPORE

F E D E R AT E DS TAT E S O F

M I C R O N E S I A

NAURU

MALDIVES

TUVALU

M A R S H A L L I S L A N D S

NewCaledonia (Fra)

Guam (US)

Northern Mariana Islands (US)

P A P U A N E WG U I N E A

N E WZ E A L A N D

T O N G A

S A M O A

CookIslands (NZ)

K I R I B A T I

FrenchPolynesia (Fra)

Christmas Island (Aus)Cocos Island (Aus)

Tokelau (NZ)

Niue (NZ)

Wallis and Futuna (Fra)

Norfolk Island (Aus)

JAMMU & KASHMIR

ARUNASHAL PRADESH

Pitcairn (UK)

BWh BShCsa

Aw

ET

BWk

Aw

Dfc

Dwc

Cwa

Cfa

Dwb

Dwa

Af

Af

Aw

BSh

BWh

BSk

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Cfa

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The highly referenced climate classification map of Wladimir Köppen was published for the first time in 1900 and updated in its latest version by Rudolf Geiger in 1961.

Climate classification is applied to a broad range of topics in climate and climate change research as well as in physical geography, hydrology, agriculture, biology and educational aspects.

Based on recent data from the Climatic Research Unit (CRU) of the University of East Anglia and the Global Precipitation Climatology Centre (GPCC) at the German Weather Service, this map presents a new digital Köppen-Geiger world map on climate classification for the second half of the 20th century.

Köppen-Geiger Climate Classification

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Kilometers

Af

Am

As

Aw

BWk

BWh

BSk

BSh

Cfa

Cfb

Cfc

Csa

Csb

Csc

Cwa

Cwb

CWc

Dfa

Dfb

Dfc

Dfd

Dsa

Dsb

Dsc

Dwa

Dwb

Dwc

Dwd

EF

ET

Main climates Precipitation

Temperature

A: equatorialB: aridC: warm temperateD: snowE: polar

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

a: hot summer b: warm summer c: cool summer d: extremely continental

h: hot aridk: cold aridF: polar frostT: polar tundra

The boundaries and names shown and the designations used on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the United Nations.

Creation date: Jul 2015 Map Doc Name: OCHA_ROAP_Koppen-Geiger_2015 Sources: UN Cartographic Section, Global Discovery, University of Veterinary Medicine - Vienna Feedback: ocharoap@un.org

Asia-Pacific: Köppen–Geiger Climate Classification