World Climate Classification
Koppen climate classification - most widely used. Classifies climate on the basis of average annual and monthly:
- Temperature
- Precipitation
- Natural Vegetation
- Tropical Wet/Evergreen
- Tropical Monsoon
- Tropical Wet & Dry (Savanna)
- Subtropical Arid (Desert)
- Subtropical Semi-Arid (Steppe)
- Mid latitude Arid (Desert)
- Mid latitude Semi-Arid (Steppe)
- Subtropical wet (humid subtropical)
- Subtropical winter dry (marine subtropical)
- subtropical summer dry (mediterranean)
- mid latitude wet (continental)
- mid latitude winter dry
- mid latitude summer dry
- polar tundra
- polar ice caps