Handbuch der Klimatologie

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The Handbuch der Klimatologie ("Handbook of Climatology") was a significant work by Julius Hann, first published in 1883 and kept current through revised editions until 1911. This handbook is primarily a compilation of works previously published in the Meteorologische Zeitschrift ("Journal of Meteorology"). It is still regarded as a skillfully written account of world climate. Wladimir Köppen, a renowned meteorologist and climatologist, later undertook the editorship of a five-volume Handbuch der Klimatologie with Rudolph Geiger, which was nearly complete at the time of his death in 1940.12

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For example, Julius Hann’s massive Handbuch der Klimatologie (“Handbook of Climatology”), first issued in 1883, is mainly a compendium of works published in the Meteorologische Zeitschrift (“Journal of Meteorology”). The Handbuch was kept current in revised editions until 1911, and this work is still sometimes called the most skillfully written…
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For example, Julius Hann’s massive Handbuch der Klimatologie (“Handbook of Climatology”), first issued in 1883, is mainly a compendium of works published in the Meteorologische Zeitschrift (“Journal of Meteorology”). The Handbuch was kept current in revised editions until 1911, and this work is still sometimes called the most skillfully written…
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