Climatic regionalisation of continental Chile
The updated Köppen–Geiger climate classification for continental Chile is a cartographic product of great interest for climate research in the South American context. This study included 200 weather stations and climate surfaces at a scale of 1:1,500,000. The results indicate that the climates of co...
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| author | Pablo Sarricolea Mariajosé Herrera-Ossandon Óliver Meseguer-Ruiz |
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| description | The updated Köppen–Geiger climate classification for continental Chile is a cartographic product of great interest for climate research in the South American context. This study included 200 weather stations and climate surfaces at a scale of 1:1,500,000. The results indicate that the climates of continental Chile are essentially arid (B), temperate (C) and polar (E), the latter due to the elevation of the Andes. The predominant climates are high tundra (ET) and mediterranean (Cs). We have concluded that the use of climate surfaces enables the development of new classifications and indices as a function of scale. With respect to latitude, the climates of northern Chile are arid due to the Atacama Desert, and those of southern Chile are temperate, ranging from mediterranean to marine west coast. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1a66f3c6bb60479dbc6809dab3a05b572022-12-21T23:46:54ZengTaylor & Francis GroupJournal of Maps1744-56472017-11-01132667310.1080/17445647.2016.12595921259592Climatic regionalisation of continental ChilePablo Sarricolea0Mariajosé Herrera-Ossandon1Óliver Meseguer-Ruiz2University of ChileUniversity of ChileUniversidad de TarapacáThe updated Köppen–Geiger climate classification for continental Chile is a cartographic product of great interest for climate research in the South American context. This study included 200 weather stations and climate surfaces at a scale of 1:1,500,000. The results indicate that the climates of continental Chile are essentially arid (B), temperate (C) and polar (E), the latter due to the elevation of the Andes. The predominant climates are high tundra (ET) and mediterranean (Cs). We have concluded that the use of climate surfaces enables the development of new classifications and indices as a function of scale. With respect to latitude, the climates of northern Chile are arid due to the Atacama Desert, and those of southern Chile are temperate, ranging from mediterranean to marine west coast.http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17445647.2016.1259592ChileKöppen–Geiger climatic classificationmediterranean climateAndesAtacama Desertclimate surfaces |
| spellingShingle | Pablo Sarricolea Mariajosé Herrera-Ossandon Óliver Meseguer-Ruiz Climatic regionalisation of continental Chile Journal of Maps Chile Köppen–Geiger climatic classification mediterranean climate Andes Atacama Desert climate surfaces |
| title | Climatic regionalisation of continental Chile |
| title_full | Climatic regionalisation of continental Chile |
| title_fullStr | Climatic regionalisation of continental Chile |
| title_full_unstemmed | Climatic regionalisation of continental Chile |
| title_short | Climatic regionalisation of continental Chile |
| title_sort | climatic regionalisation of continental chile |
| topic | Chile Köppen–Geiger climatic classification mediterranean climate Andes Atacama Desert climate surfaces |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17445647.2016.1259592 |
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