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Legends for climate shapefiles

Usage

legends

Format

legends contains two data.frames, KG_A1FI and KG_Beck, matching Koppen-Geiger climate zones to A1FI and Beck scenarios respectively.

Each data.frame contains two columns:

  • GRIDCODE: (numeric) grid value corresponding to a climate zone

  • Classification: (character) Koppen-Geiger climate classification value

  • Description: (character) verbose description of the Koppen-Geiger climate zone, e.g. "Tropical rainforest climate"

  • Group: (character) group the Koppen-Geiger climate zone belongs to, e.g. "Tropical"

  • Precipitation Type: (character) Type of precipitations associated to the climate zone, e.g. "Rainforest"

  • Level of Heat: (character) Heat level associated to the climate zone, e.g. "Cold"

See also

Other climate data: future, observed