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World Climates
Objectives
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After reading, studying, and discussing Chapter 15, you should be able to:
- Explain the need for climate classification, and describe some early attempts at classification.
- Describe and use the Köppen climate-classification scheme.
- List the characteristics of each climate group in the Köppen classification.
- Summarize each of the major controls of climate.
- Provide a detailed overview, including temperature and precipitation characteristics as well as general location, of world climates.
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