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The chapter highlights the main features of the climate of Italy. In particular, it identifies and defines the main climatic regions and the local factors that control the type of climate according to the Köppen classification. Furthermore, it shows the distribution of the main meteorological variables, temperature and precipitation, and the climatic variations that affected Italy in the last decades. The Italian climate displays remarkably varied features due to the complexity of its territory. Climatic variations recently observed show some common elements throughout the country, i.e. a gradual increase in temperature and a change in the annual distribution of precipitation. These changes are more remarkable in the Alpine region.
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The authors would like to thank Diego Garzena, PhD candidate of the 28th cycle, Earth Science, Doctoral School of Sciences and Innovative Technologies, University of Turin, for the image editing.
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Fratianni, S., Acquaotta, F. (2017). The Climate of Italy. In: Soldati, M., Marchetti, M. (eds) Landscapes and Landforms of Italy. World Geomorphological Landscapes. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-26194-2_4
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