Globally Extended Kppen-Geiger Climate Classification and Temporal Shifts in Terrestrial Climatic Types

• Published in: Physical Geography
• Main Authors: Rohli, Robert V., Joyner, T., Reynolds, Stephen J., Shaw, Cynthia, Vázquez, Javier R.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University 2015
• Subjects: climate types; climatic change; extended Koppen-Geiger climatic classification system; Geosciences; Geiger; Koppen; Tundra
• Online Access: https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/15454; https://doi.org/10.1080/02723646.2015.1016382

Increasing awareness of the impacts of global climate change on marine ecosystems and concerns about shifting bioclimatic and agricultural zones necessitate a reassessment of the geographical distribution of Earths climate types. In recent years, the availability of truly global data-sets has allowe...