文档介绍：Meteorologische Zeitschrift, Vol. 15, No. 3, 259-263 (June 2006)
c by Gebrüder Borntraeger 2006 Article
World Map of the Köppen-Geiger climate classification
updated
MARKUS KOTTEK1, JÜRGEN GRIESER2, CHRISTOPH BECK2, BRUNO RUDOLF2 and FRANZ RUBEL∗1
1Biometeorology Group, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Vienna, Austria
2Global Precipitation Climatology Centre, Deutscher Wetterdienst, Offenbach, Germany
(Manuscript received December 19, 2005; in revised form February 28, 2006; accepted April 10, 2006)
Abstract
The most frequently used climate classification map is that of Wladimir Köppen, presented in its latest version
1961 by Rudolf Geiger. A huge number of climate studies and subsequent publications adopted this or a
former release of the Köppen-Geiger map. While the climate classification concept has been widely 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, a well-documented update of the world climate classification
map is still missing. Based on recent data sets from the Climatic Research Unit (CRU) of the University of
East Anglia and the Global Precipitation Climatology Centre () at the German Weather Service, we
present here a new digital Köppen-Geiger world map on climate classification, valid for the second half of