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Originally Posted by nmdesert
Another issue with Koppen's crude system, compared to what one sees in the climate or corresponding vegetation, weather patterns, etc:
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Koppen's system is not crude, in fact it works quite well for cause and effect in terms of air masses, ocean currents, and topography.
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There is no tropical with arid or semi-arid: consider Honolulu (a Tropical Semi-arid) and Abu Dhabi / Dubai (Tropical Arid) as just 2 glaring examples of probably much more of those missed zones.
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Honolulu and such are not tropical precisely
because they are so dry. Tropical trade winds bring moisture, and therefore it's not logical for dry places blocked/shadowed from the effects of those tropical trade winds to be tropical - Koppen got it right for that.
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