<p>Also look at:</p>

<p>Peel, M. C., Finlayson, B. L. and McMahon, T. A. (2007) Updated world map of the Köppen-Geiger climate classification. Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 11, 1633-1644. DOI: 10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007.</p>

<p>The GIS coverage is included in the supplemental materials.</p>

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2015-06-29T04:26:38.817Z
2015-06-29T04:26:38.817Z
haresfur
<p>NOAA has climate division files in netcdf and shapefile format, though they may be just CONUS:</p>

<p><a href="http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/data/usclimdivs/boundaries.html">http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/data/usclimdivs/boundaries.html</a></p>

<p>The most promising link looks like this source with paper citation below.  They have lots of freely available data in a variety of formats:</p>

<p><a href="http://koeppen-geiger.vu-wien.ac.at/shifts.htm">http://koeppen-geiger.vu-wien.ac.at/shifts.htm</a></p>

<p>Rubel, F., and M. Kottek, 2010: Observed and projected climate shifts 1901-2100 depicted by world maps of the Köppen-Geiger climate classification. Meteorol. Z., 19, 135-141. DOI: 10.1127/0941-2948/2010/0430.</p>

<p>There's also the ArcGIS Online map service that has Koppen-Geiger Observed and Predicted Climate Shifts:</p>

<p><a href="http://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=0b9f1f90f4f745daacbc35599609b59a">http://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=0b9f1f90f4f745daacbc35599609b59a</a></p>

<p>To answer your question about the types of temperature in a classification,  I suggest you refer to the paper above and the ranges of expected temperatures for each Koppen climate type which can be found here: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification</a> </p>

<p>For modeled and observed temperature, precipitation, etc. you might find the following resources helpful:</p>

<p><a href="http://iridl.ldeo.columbia.edu/">http://iridl.ldeo.columbia.edu/</a></p>

<p><a href="http://gisclimatechange.ucar.edu/">http://gisclimatechange.ucar.edu/</a></p>

<p><a href="http://www.worldclim.org/">http://www.worldclim.org/</a></p>

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2015-06-28T17:52:03.020Z
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f.thorpe
<p>Where can I download GIS data delimiting global climate types?  For example mediterannean climate, temperate climate, etc.</p>

<p>Additionally, how similar are temperature profiles for various places in the same climate classification?</p>

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2015-06-26T20:39:48.750Z
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Hello Tbbe thanks for your comment. Unfortunately they downvoted my comment :)
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# GIS Data on climate types

(Asked by: username_0 on 2015-06-26)

Where can I download GIS data delimiting global climate types? For example mediterannean climate, temperate climate, etc.

Additionally, how similar are temperature profiles for various places in the same climate classification?

**Tags:** climate, temperature

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Welcome to Earth Science S.E.! If you don't get an answer here there might be expertise for this particular question here: http://gis.stackexchange.com/  
> **username_0**: Hello Tbbe thanks for your comment. Unfortunately they downvoted my comment :)  

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_3 on 2015-06-28. Score: 10 | Accepted answer

NOAA has climate division files in netcdf and shapefile format, though they may be just CONUS:

<http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/data/usclimdivs/boundaries.html>

The most promising link looks like this source with paper citation below. They have lots of freely available data in a variety of formats:

<http://koeppen-geiger.vu-wien.ac.at/shifts.htm>

Rubel, F., and M. Kottek, 2010: Observed and projected climate shifts 1901-2100 depicted by world maps of the Köppen-Geiger climate classification. Meteorol. Z., 19, 135-141. DOI: 10.1127/0941-2948/2010/0430.

There's also the ArcGIS Online map service that has Koppen-Geiger Observed and Predicted Climate Shifts:

<http://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=0b9f1f90f4f745daacbc35599609b59a>

To answer your question about the types of temperature in a classification, I suggest you refer to the paper above and the ranges of expected temperatures for each Koppen climate type which can be found here: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification>

For modeled and observed temperature, precipitation, etc. you might find the following resources helpful:

<http://iridl.ldeo.columbia.edu/>

<http://gisclimatechange.ucar.edu/>

<http://www.worldclim.org/>


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### Answer by username_2 on 2015-06-29. Score: 2

Also look at:

Peel, M. C., Finlayson, B. L. and McMahon, T. A. (2007) Updated world map of the Köppen-Geiger climate classification. Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 11, 1633-1644. DOI: 10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007.

The GIS coverage is included in the supplemental materials.


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