Question

What are the difference between thornthwaite 1948 and 1955 climatic classifications

Answer 1

Koeppen’s Scheme:
Koeppen’s scheme of climatic classification of the world is empirical and based on numerical values. Thus, it is a quantitative scheme.


Koeppen has used certain critical values of temperatures of the warmest and the coldest months and of rainfall of the wettest and the driest months along with the seasonal distribution of rainfall. His climatic divisions generally coincide with vegetational divisions, since Koeppen considered the distribution of vegetation to be the best expression of the totality of climate.