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Critically examine the basis and scheme of climatic classification proposed by G.T. Trewartha.
- UPSC 2018
- Climatology
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Glenn Thomas Trewartha of the University of Wisconsin modified Wladimir Köppen's scheme through successive editions from the late 1930s. The 1954 version is the one mapped for India. He published his own six-group scheme in 1966, revised with Lyle H. Horn in 1980.
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- Basis of the Scheme
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- Departures from Köppen
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