Table 3 Twenty-seven climatic regions and their correspondence to the KGCC
From: Update of global maps of Alisov’s climate classification
Symbol | Climatic regions (Winter / Summer) | Landscape (cf. Beck et al. 2018) |
|---|---|---|
TdTd | Tropical year-round dry (Td / Td) | Deserts: BWh |
TmTm | Tropical year-round moist (Tm / Tm) | Tropical rainforests: Af, (Aw, Am) |
TdTm | Tropical summer-moist (Td / Tm) | Savannas: Aw, (BSh) |
TmTd | Tropical summer-dry (Tm / Td) | |
SdTd | Quasi-tropical year-round dry (Sd / Td) | Steppes: BSh, (BWh) |
SmTm | Quasi-tropical year-round moist (Sm / Tm) | Evergreen forest: Cfa, Cwa |
SdTm | Quasi-tropical summer-moist (Sd / Tm) | Aw, (BSh, Cwa) |
SmTd | Quasi-tropical summer-dry (Sm / Td) | |
SdSd | Subtropical year-round dry (Sd / Sd) | Hot-Deserts: BWh |
SmSm | Subtropical year-round moist (Sm / Sm) | Mediterranean: Csa, Csb, (BWh, BSh) |
SdSm | Subtropical summer-moist (Sd / Sm) | Bwh |
SmSd | Subtropical summer-dry (Sm / Sd) | BWh, (BWk, BSk) |
PdSd | Temperate year-round dry (Pd / Sd) | Cold-Deserts: BWk |
PmSm | Temperate year-round moist (Pm / Sm) | Broadleaf, Mixed forests: Cfb, Dfb, (Dfc) |
PdSm | Temperate summer-moist (Pd / Sm) | Coniferous forests: Dfa, Dfb, (DWa) |
PmSd | Temperate summer-dry (Pm / Sd) | BWk |
PdTm | Temperate summer-wet (Pd / Tm) | Cfa, Dfa, (DWa) |
PdPd | Polar year-round dry (Pd / Pd) | |
PmPm | Polar year-round moist (Pm / Pm) | Dfc |
PdPm | Polar summer-moist (Pd / Pm) | |
PmPd | Polar summer-dry (Pm / Pd) | Dfc |
AdPd | Subarctic year-round dry (Ad / Pd) | Taigas, Tundras: Dfc, ET |
AmPm | Subarctic year-round moist (Am / Pm) | Dsb |
AdPm | Subarctic summer-moist (Ad / Pm) | Dfd |
AmPd | Arctic (Am / Pd) | ET, (Dfc) |
AdSm | Subarctic summer-warm (Ad / Sm) | Dwb, Dwc |
AmAm | Antarctic (Am / Am) | EF |