kgcpy 1.1.0

Aids in identifying the Koeppen-Geiger (KG) climatic zone for a given lat and lon of any location

kgc

Aids in identifying the Koeppen-Geiger (KG) climatic zone for a given lat and lon of any location. The resolution of KG map is at 0.0083 degree or approximately 1 km at the equator, reported by Beck et al. [2018].

Beck, H.E., N.E. Zimmermann, T.R. McVicar, N. Vergopolan, A. Berg, E.F. Wood: Present and future Köppen-Geiger climate classification maps at 1-km resolution, Nature Scientific Data, 2018.

Features

• lookupCZ(lat, lon): identify the Koeppen-Geiger (KG) climatic zone for a given lat and lon
• tranlateZipCode('zipcode'): find the lat and lon for a given 'zipcode'
• nearbyCZ(lat,lon,size=1): get possible climate zones from nearby 8 pixels, and compare to the center pixel

Setup

1. Install it at bash

$ pip install kgcPy

2. Import it in python

from kgcPy import *

A quick example

Find KG zone for a given zipcode

zipcode = translateZipCode('02134')
lat = zipcode['lat'].iloc[0]
lon = zipcode['lon'].iloc[0]
res = lookupCZ(lat, lon)
res

Output will be KG zone

Versions

All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.

[1.1.0] - 2023-05-18

Funding Acknowledgements: