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Chapter 8, Problem 1LC
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The kinds of data that are used to classify the climate in the Koppen system.

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The data that are used to classify the climate in the Koppen system includes the average annual and average monthly rates of temperature and precipitation.

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The Koppen climate classification system was introduced by Wladimir Koppen, a Russian born German climatologist. It is a most widely used method for classifying the climate based on the average annual and average monthly rate of temperature and precipitation. This data can be combined and compared in a variety of ways.

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