Supan, A. (English spelling) SupanA

Japanese: Supan,A.(英語表記)SupanA
Supan, A. (English spelling) SupanA

...Interest in the spatial progression of regional phenomena and zonal arrangements, such as the topographical sequence from the coast to the mountains and the arrangement of climatic zones from the equator to the poles, appeared as early as the Greek and Roman eras, but the recognition of zonal structure according to scientific criteria came only after the 19th century. Traditionally, parallels such as the Tropic of Capricorn were used to mark the boundaries of climatic zones, but in 1817 A. von Humboldt created the first isotherm map, and in 1879 A. Supan proposed a new division of climatic zones using isotherms. Later, W. Köppen improved on this method, placing emphasis on the correspondence with vegetation maps, achieving a world climate division that is of wide utility. ...

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Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

… 地域現象の空間的推移,地帯的配列,たとえば海岸から山地という地形系列,赤道から極地へかけての気候帯の配列についての関心は,すでにギリシア・ローマ時代に現れたが,科学的規準による地帯構造の認識は19世紀以降になる。気候帯の境界線には従来両回帰線のような緯線が採用されていたが,1817年にA.フォン・フンボルトが初めて等温線図を作り,79年にはズーパンA.Supanによって等温線による新しい気候帯の区分が提唱された。その後W.ケッペンは,この方式に改良を加え,植生図との対応関係を重視して,利用価値の広い世界の気候区分を達成したのである。…

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