Thornthwaite, CW (English spelling) ThornthwaiteCW

Japanese: Thornthwaite,C.W.(英語表記)ThornthwaiteCW
Thornthwaite, CW (English spelling) ThornthwaiteCW

…However, this classification would result in 40% of the world's land area being tropical, 52% being temperate, and only 8% being cold, making climate classification by latitude unreasonable. Of the empirical climate classifications that have been attempted up to now, the methods by WP Köppen and CWT Hornthwaite are still in widespread use today. Both are based on vegetation, and there are two reasons why climate classification by vegetation is so widely accepted. …

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Japanese:

…ただし,このような分類では,熱帯の面積が40%,温帯が52%となり,寒帯は残りのわずか8%ということになり,緯度による気候分類は不合理とされた。 これまでに試みられた経験的気候区分のうちで,現在でも広く実用化されているのはW.P.ケッペンとソーンスウェートC.W.Thornthwaiteによる方法である。ともに植生を基礎にしたものであるが,植生による気候区分が広く認められるには二つの理由が考えられる。…

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