Koppen Climate Classification

7.1.1Icanstatethedifferencebetweenweatherandclimate.
7.1.2Icanresearchthecharacteristicsofthe12basicworldclimates.
7.1.3Icanpredicttheclimatezoneclassificationofagivenlocationbasedonaverage
weatherdata.
Koppen Climate Classification

Accordingtothethreecellconvectionmodelofeachhemispherethe
Earthneatlyseparatesitselfintothreedistinctclimatezonesthepolar,
temperate,andthetropicalzones.Asrecordkeepingandtechnology
advanced,anewsystemwasdevelopedthatwasbasedonclimate
controlsandtheevapotranspirationindexofanarea.Thenewsystemis
calledtheKopensystemnamedafterWladimirKoppen.Withinthe
systemthereare5majorclimatezoneseachwith2ormoresubclimates.
Eachisdefinedfirstbyitstemperatureandsecondbyitsprecipitation
characteristics.
Directions:Pickacaptainatyourtable.Havethemmakeacopyofthisdocumentand
shareitwithKevinandonlytheothermembersofyourteam.Writeyourteamnamesin
thetitleofthedocument.Allthreepeopleshouldthenworktofilloutthecharttogether
andpredicttheclimatetypesbelow.THISISATEAMEFFORT!
Usethefollowingresourcestofilloutthischartabouttheworlds
climatezones.
https://sites.google.com/site/climatetypes/home
http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/encyclopedia/climate/?ar_a=1
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification
http://astro.unl.edu/classaction/animations/coordsmotion/longlat.html
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ClimateZone
Subclimate
Description
UniqueFeatures
Polar(E)
Tundra(ET)
Temperature
between10
0degreesCelsius
Occurinthe
European
landmassesand
partsofNorthern
America
Tundrahappens
whenthereis
mountainsabovethe
timberlineenoughto
sustaintheseareas.
IceCap(EF)
Temperatureis
almostconstantly
TheIceCapisthe
onlySubClimatein
weatherdata.
under0degrees
Antarctica.
celsius.
IsinAntarcticaand
coversalloftheland
massthatwas
originallythere
Dry(B)
Arid(BW)
IsalsocalledDesert
Climate
Temperaturearound
20degreescelsius.
Aridreceives30
percentofthe
precipitationthat
comesthroughthe
state.
Semiarid(BS)
Theaverage
temperatureis20
degreescelsius
60mmofraina
year
Semiaridplaces
originatebecause
theyarebehind
mountains,somost
precipitationis
blocked.
HumidTropical(A)
Tropical_wet,
Tropical
monsoon___________
(Af&Am)
Azonewitha
Icestormsoccurat
theselocationsoften
inthewinter.
___Tropical
savana_________
(AW)
Moistmidlatitude
mildwinters(C)
Mediterranean(CSa&
CSb)
Thisclimatetype
generallyhaswarm
andhumidsummers
withmildwinters.
subtropicalclimate
usuallywithahot
humidsummersand
mildtocold
winters.Thiscategory
ofclimatetype
coversalargerange
oftemperatures
.
weatherdata.
Humid
Subtropical(CFa&
CWa)
Between20and40
degreesnorthand
southofequator
2seasonssummer
andwinter,winter
isntcold,summer
lastslongerandis
warm&humid
Thetwoseasons
arerainyseasonand
dryseason.
Marinewest
coast(CFb&CFc)
Moistmidlatitude
severewinters(D)
Humid
Has4different
Continental(DFa,DFb, seasons
Dwa,Dwb)
Between30and60
degreeslatitudebut
usuallyabove40
lesssunlightnotas
warm
temp71insummer,
25inwinter
between20and50
inchesofrain
Subarctic(Dfc,Dfd,
Dwc,Dwd)
Has2seasons(long
winter,23month
summer)
Between50and
degreeslatitude
Tempreaches40
inthewinterand85
inthesummer.
Verylittle
precipitation
Thereisawide
varietyofplants
Goodfor
farming(warm
summer,good
rainfall)
Notalltreessurvive
longwinters
Subarcticfoundin
onlynorthern
hemisphere
weatherdata.
Hereisacouplechartstohelpyougetstarted.
ClimatePredictionChallenge
Giventhefollowingdataforeachlocation,tryandnamewhichofthe12climatetypezones
thislocationmightbefound.Abonuspointwillbeawardedifyoualsocannametheclimate
subtype.WritethepredictedKoppenclassificationsymbolandname
I
NADIFFERENT
COLOR
onthelinenexttoeachlocation.
Location1:
Columbia,SouthAmerica
PredictedClimatezoneKoppensymbol:
AF
Climatezonename:
WetTropics
Latitude:5N,Elevation:65m
Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Year
Temp
.C
27
27
28
28
27
27
27
27
27
27
27
27
27
Preci
p.
mm
519 557 620 655 655
574
554
572
561
563 563
512
6905
weatherdata.
Location2:
Mexico
PredictedClimatezoneKoppensymbol
DrySteppe
Climatezonename:
BW
Latitude:
26N,Elevation:512m
Temp
.C
14
17
20
23
26
27
28
28
26
22
18
15
22
Preci
p.
mm
18
23
16
29
40
68
62
151
78
26
29
20
606
weatherdata.
Location3:
Colorado,USA
_
Bwh_
______
Climatezonename:
___
Dry,midlatitude,Stepp
____________________
Latitude:
10.5N,Elevation:8m
Temp
.C
25
26
27
29
32
37
37
37
34
29
26
26
30
weatherdata.
Prec
ip.
mm
12
52
Location4:
London,England
Dfa
Climatezonename:
HumidContinental
Latitude:
51.5N,Elevation:5m
weatherdata.
Temp
.C
12
16
18
17
15
11
10
Preci
p.
mm
54
40
37
38
46
46
56
59
50
57
64
48
595
Location5:
Canada
Tundra
Climatezonename:
ET
Latitude
79N,Elevation:35m
weatherdata.
Temp
.C
Preci
p.
mm
35 37
35
24
12
19
28
32
19
22
23
18
10
98
Location6:
Antarctica
EF
Climatezonename:
IceCap
Latitude
79S,Elevation:3625m
weatherdata.
Temp
.C
34 44
57
66
66
Preci
p.
mm
NA NA
NA
NA NA
69
68
71
65
60
44
32
56
NA NA NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
Location7:
Australia
Aw
Climatezonename:
WetandDrytropical
Latitude
12.5S,Elevation:27m
weatherdata.
Temp
.C
28
28
28
28
Preci
p.
mm
338 274 121

341
27
25
25
26
28
29
29
29
28
17
66
156
233
1563
Location8:
Europe
Dfa
_______
Climatezonename:___
HumidContanental
__________________
Latitude
40N,Elevation:1611m
weatherdata.
Temp
.C
14
19
23
22
17
11
10
Preci
p.
mm
14
16
34
45
63
43
47
38
28
26
23
15
391
Location9:
Aw
Climatezonename:
TropicalWetandDry
Latitude
22.5N,Elevation:6m
weatherdata.
Temp
.C
20
23
28
30
31
30
Preci
p.
mm
13
24
27
43
121 259
29
29
30
28
24
21
27
306
301
290
160
35
1582
Location10:
SouthAmerica
PredictedClimatezoneKoppensymbol__
Bw
______
Climatezonename:___
Tropical
Steppe
___________________
Latitude:
33.5S,Elevation:512m
weatherdata.
Temp
.C
19
19
17
13
11
11
13
16
19
14
Preci
p.
mm
13
64
84
76
56
30
13
360
Location11:
Eismitte,Greenland
Ef
Climatezonename:
IceCap
weatherdata.
71N,Elevation:2953m
Temp
.C
42 47
Preci
p.
mm
15
40
32
24
17
12
11
11
36
43
38
29
10
13
13
25
111
Location12:
America(couldnotfindstate)
PredictedClimatezoneKoppensymbol_
BWk
_______
weatherdata.
Climatezonename:_
DrymidlatitudeDesert
______________________
Latitude:
30N,Elevation:1m
Temp
.C
12
13
16
20
24
27
Preci
p.
mm
98
101 136 116 111 113
28
28
26
21
16
13
20
136
171
128
72
85
104
1371
Location13:
Peru,SouthAmerica
weatherdata.
Aw
Climatezonename:
TropicalWetandDry
Latitude
4S,Elevation:104m
Temp
.C
27
27
27
27
26
26
25
27
27
27
27
27
26
Preci
p.
mm
276 349 306 271 199
157
256
165
191
214 244
217
2845
weatherdata.
Location14:
Argentina
PredictedClimatezoneKoppensymbo
lDf
Climatezonename:
HumidContinental
Latitude:
34.5S,Elevation:27m
Aug
Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July

Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Year
Temp
.C
23
23
21
17
13
10
11
13
15
19
22
16
Preci
p.
mm
103
82
122
90
79
68
61
68
80
100
90
83
1026
weatherdata.
Location15:
Canada
Cs
Climatezonename:
DrysummerSubtropics
Latitude:
51N,Elevation:1140m
Temp
.C
10
10
13
17
15
11
Preci
p.
mm
17
20
26
35
52
88
58
59
35
23
16
15
444

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7.1.1Icanstatethedifferencebetweenweatherandclimate.

Koppen Climate Classification

519 557 620 655 655

338 274 121

101 136 116 111 113

276 349 306 271 199

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