Climatic types of India according to the rational classification of Thornthwaite

作者：V. P. SUBRAHMANYAM · 发表于：MAUSAM · 年份：1956 · DOI：10.54302/mausam.v7i3.4541 · 被引用次数：10 · 研究领域：Hydrology and Drought Analysis、Agricultural Economics and Practices、Ecosystem dynamics and resilience

Using the climatic data of about 250 stations, the climates of India and the neighnourhood are classified according to the 1948 scheme of Thornthwaite. The analysis seems to reveal certain features 'which no previous classification has shown. It is found that most sections of India are more arid than indicated by earlier schemes. The thermal efficiency regime of the country is more than adequate to support forest type of vegetation, limited in maintenance and growth only by the seasonal distribution of rainfall. It is felt that a natural vegetation map of the country is very essential for the validity of the scheme to be verified.