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Present and future Köppen-Geiger climate classification maps

Webpage at http://www.gloh2o.org/koppen/

Citation

Beck, H., Zimmermann, N., McVicar, T. et al. Present and future Köppen-Geiger climate classification maps at 1-km resolution. Sci Data 5, 180214 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2018.214

Data access

Data is available at https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.6396959

Data download and preparation

mkdir -p $GISDATA//climate-classification/global/koppengeiger_1km
cd $GISDATA//climate-classification/global/koppengeiger_1km
wget --continue https://figshare.com/ndownloader/files/12407516 --output-document=Beck_KG_V1.zip

#ls *zip
#cd $WORKDIR
#unzip -u $GISDATA//climate-classification/global/koppengeiger_1km/Beck_KG_V1.zip
map nrCodeDescriptioncolor codematching EFG
1AfTropical, rainforest[0 0 255]T1.1
2AmTropical, monsoon[0 120 255]---
3AwTropical, savannah[70 170 250]---
4BWhArid, desert, hot[255 0 0]---
5BWkArid, desert, cold[255 150 150]---
6BShArid, steppe, hot[245 165 0]---
7BSkArid, steppe, cold[255 220 100]---
8CsaTemperate, dry summer, hot summer[255 255 0]---
9CsbTemperate, dry summer, warm summer[200 200 0]---
10CscTemperate, dry summer, cold summer[150 150 0]---
11CwaTemperate, dry winter, hot summer[150 255 150]---
12CwbTemperate, dry winter, warm summer[100 200 100]---
13CwcTemperate, dry winter, cold summer[50 150 50]---
14CfaTemperate, no dry season, hot summer[200 255 80]---
15CfbTemperate, no dry season, warm summer[100 255 80]---
16CfcTemperate, no dry season, cold summer[50 200 0]---
17DsaCold, dry summer, hot summer[255 0 255]---
18DsbCold, dry summer, warm summer[200 0 200]---
19DscCold, dry summer, cold summer[150 50 150]---
20DsdCold, dry summer, very cold winter[150 100 150]---
21DwaCold, dry winter, hot summer[170 175 255]---
22DwbCold, dry winter, warm summer[90 120 220]---
23DwcCold, dry winter, cold summer[75 80 180]---
24DwdCold, dry winter, very cold winter[50 0 135]---
25DfaCold, no dry season, hot summer[0 255 255]---
26DfbCold, no dry season, warm summer[55 200 255]---
27DfcCold, no dry season, cold summer[0 125 125]---
28DfdCold, no dry season, very cold winter[0 70 95]---
29ETPolar, tundra[178 178 178]T6.3
30EFPolar, frost[102 102 102]---