KOPPEN CLASSIFICATION Flashcards
KOPPEN RELATIONSHIP
CLIMATE AND DISTRIBUTION OF VEGETAATION
FEATURE
EMPIRICAL
EMPIRICAL
CAN BE VERIFIED SCIENTIFICALLY
CLIMATE FACTORS
T*
PRECIPITATION
HUMID CLIMATE LETTERS
A C D E
DRY CLIMATE LETTER
B
SEASON OF DRYNESS
SMALL LETTERS f m w s
degree of severity of T*
small letters a b c d
tropiical region
h
mid latitude
k
B
DRY CLIMAATE
TYPESOFB
S & W
S
STEPPE
SEMI ARID
W
ESERT
A
TROPICAL
B
DRY CLIMAATES
C
WARM TEMPERATES
D
COLD SNOW FOREST CLIMATES
E
COLD CLIMATES
H
HIGH LANDS
TROPICAL
COLDEST MONTH>18*C
DRY CLIMATES
EVAP>PREC
WARM TEMPERATE
COLDEST IN MIDLATITUDE: -3 TO 18
COLD SNOW FOREST CLIMATE
< -3 =COLDEST MONTH
COLD CLIMATE
ALL MONTH LESS THAN 10
HIGHLAND
COLD DUE TO ELEVATION
Af
tropical wet
Am
tropical monsoon
Am
tropical weet and dry
BSh
subtropical steppe
BWh
subtropiical desert
BSk
mid latitude steppe
BWk
mid latitude desert
Cfa
humid subtropical
Cs
mediterranean
Cf
marine west coast
Df
humid continental
Dw
subarctic
ET
TUNDRA
EF
POLAR ICE CAP
H
HIGHLAND
LOCATION OF A
BW CANCER AND CAPRICON
A ANNUAL RANGE OF TEMP
LOW
f
NO DRY SEASON
TROPICAL WET CLIMATE
TROPICAL MOIST BROADLEAF FOREST
Af LATITUDE
5* N & S
TROPICAL WET
NO TROPICAL CYCLONE FOREST