La sistematización del clima mediterráneo: identificación, clasificación y caracterización climática de Andalucía (España)

Abstract

Zonal classifications -macroclimatic- are difficult to apply in regional areas where there is a particular interaction of climatic factors of both a geographic and dynamic type. Especially complex are the heterogeneous regions subject to changing Mediterranean climate, which lack proper scalar systematization. In response to this need we present, for the first time, an interscalar classification based on multivariate statistics and expert judgment. The method has been applied to the autonomous community of Andalusia (Spain), where we identified and characterized five climatic regions and twenty one different climatic types. We concluded that this method allows for extrapolation to other geographical areas, regardless of the spatial and temporal scale under investigation.