Identification

Title
EU climate classification (Köppen-Geiger)
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 (GPCC) at the German Weather Service, we present here a new digital Köppen-Geiger world map on climate classification for the second half of the 20th century.

License
Public Domain (PD)
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Publication Date
Sept. 21, 2020, 11:49 a.m.
Type
Raster Data
Keywords
cct climate GeoTIFF KG_climate_class_clip WCS
Category
Climatology Meteorology Atmosphere
processes and phenomena of the atmosphere. Examples: cloud cover, weather, climate, atmospheric conditions, climate change, precipitation
Regions
Global
Approved
Yes
Published
Yes
Featured
No
Group
CULTURAL-E
DOI
None
Responsible

Name
Andrea Vianello (admin)
email
andrea.vianello@eurac.edu
Position
senior technician
Organization
Eurac Research - Center for Sensing Solutions
Location
Bolzano ITA
Voice
None
Fax
None
Information

Identification Image
Spatial Extent
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Projection System
EPSG:4326
Extension x0
-61.833333333333340
Extension x1
55.833333333333314
Extension y0
-21.361111111111100
Extension y1
71.166666666666670
Features

Maintenance Frequency
Frequency Of Maintenance For The Data Is Not Known
Restrictions
No restriction
Edition
march 2017
Language
English
Data Quality
Data are provided by http://koeppen-geiger.vu-wien.ac.at/present.htm
Supplemental Information

Kottek, M., J. Grieser, C. Beck, B. Rudolf, and F. Rubel, 2006: World Map of the Köppen-Geiger climate classification updated. Meteorol. Z., 15, 259-263. DOI: 10.1127/0941-2948/2006/0130.

Spatial Representation Type
grid data is used to represent geographic data
Contact Points

Name
Andrea Vianello (admin)
email
andrea.vianello@eurac.edu
Position
senior technician
Organization
Eurac Research - Center for Sensing Solutions
Location
Bolzano ITA
Voice
None
Fax
None

References

Link Online
/layers/KG_climate_class_clip:geonode:KG_climate_class_clip
Metadata Page
/layers/KG_climate_class_clip:geonode:KG_climate_class_clip/metadata_detail

PDF
EU climate classification (Köppen-Geiger).pdf
PNG
EU climate classification (Köppen-Geiger).png
GZIP
EU climate classification (Köppen-Geiger).x-gzip
GeoTIFF
EU climate classification (Köppen-Geiger).geotiff
Legend
EU climate classification (Köppen-Geiger).png
Remote Thumbnail
EU climate classification (Köppen-Geiger).png
Thumbnail
EU climate classification (Köppen-Geiger).png
Original Dataset
EU climate classification (Köppen-Geiger).zip
JPEG
EU climate classification (Köppen-Geiger).jpg
Thumbnail
EU climate classification (Köppen-Geiger).png

OGC WMS: geonode Service
Geoservice OGC:WMS
OGC WCS: geonode Service
Geoservice OGC:WCS
Metadata Author

Name
Andrea Vianello (admin)
email
andrea.vianello@eurac.edu
Position
senior technician
Organization
Eurac Research - Center for Sensing Solutions
Location
Bolzano ITA
Voice
None
Fax
None