The Koppen Climate Classification System & Physical Geography Project

1. What is the Köppen Climate Classification System and what are the five main

climate types described in this system? Provide a brief description of each.

2. What are the seven controls of climate as outlined in class lecture and

provide a description of each?

3. What is the town you writing about for this project? Provide an absolute

location of the town you are discussing and a physical description of the

area. You may want to include a map. 

4. What is the climate type according to the Köppen climate classification

system for your city/location? Provide the two or three letter abbreviation and

briefly describe the climate type 

a. You can use the map and the source on the following pages to help you narrow down

the climate type. You will also notice that some of the controls of climate are

represented on the map.

5. Discuss the climate controls that gives your town its unique climate according

to Koppen Climate Classification.

a. Review lectures, your course notes, and textbook readings, and my lectures on the 7

climate controls. Review the tables in our textbook that give a description, controlling

factors, geographic distribution, and distinguishing characteristics for the climates.

More on the following page.

6. Discuss the seasonal changes in weather and air masses, and the

temperature and precipitation averages and patterns for your location.

a. Suggested websites above may help you obtain this information. You may want to

include a graph or a table depicting your town precipitation and temperature monthly

averages. Remember to cite the reference under the tables or graphs and put the

source in the bibliography.

7. Discuss the vegetation (biogeography) common to the area as it relates to

climate. Why does the location have the vegetation type and what makes it

unique to the climate type of the location? What type of animals live in this

location?