ISSN:
1432-1254
Keywords:
Climate
;
Classification
;
Principal components analysis
;
Landscape ecology
;
Rhine
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Geography
,
Physics
Notes:
Abstract An ordination and classification it carried out on the climate of the Rhine catchment based on data from meteorological stations. The objective of the classification is to provide an ecological interpretation of climate data. The climate of northern France, Belgium, Luxemburg, the Netherlands, the Federal Republic of Germany and northern Switzerland is divided into five classes, of which two, the Atlantic and the subcontinental are subdivided further into subclasses. The climate classes can be interpreted ecologically and are correlated with floristic and vegetation data. The Rhine valley has a distinctive and characteristic climate. Interpolation of the classification is not carried out, because of the uneven geographical spread of the sites in the dataset.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01048720
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