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Wladimir Köppen was a German meteorologist who lived from 1846 to 1940 and made important contributions to the study of weather and climate. He is best known for developing a climate classification system that scientists still use today to categorize different climate zones around the world.
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- Born
- 1846
- Died
- 1940-06-22
- Works
- 3
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- Ueber die allgemeine cirkulation der atmosphäre
- Waerme und Planzenwachsthum
- Die Klimate der Erde, Grundriss der Klimakunde
- Wind und Wetter in den europäischen Gewässern
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Wladimir Petrovich Köppen (/ˈkɜːpən/ KUR-pən; German: [ˈkœpn̩]; Russian: Влади́мир Петро́вич Кёппен, romanized: Vladímir Petróvich Kyoppen, IPA: [vlɐˈdʲimʲɪr pʲɪˈtrovʲɪtɕ ˈkʲɵp(ː)ʲɪn]; 25 September 1846 – 22 June 1940) was a Russian–German geographer, meteorologist, climatologist and botanist. After studies in St. Petersburg, he spent the bulk of his life and professional career in Germany and Austria. The Köppen climate classification system, named after a proposal he first made in 1884, with some modifications, is still widely used. Köppen made significant contributions to several branches of science, and coined the name aerology for the science of the upper atmosphere.
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