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Estudy climate and tourist activity:: comparitive data on the mediterranean climate
Biography/Sources1. "Yearboook of Tourism Statistics" OMT, VOL. 1-47, ED. 1995. 2. DÍAZ ÁLVAREZ "Geografía del Turismo". Síntesis, 1990. 3. LOZATO-GIOTART "Mediterráneo y Turismo". Masson, 1992. 4. According to the climatic classification by Kóppen, based on the ecosystems of the earth, these symbols have the following meaning: C= Mild climate, (an average in the coldest month of between 18ºC and -3ºC). A= Hot climate (all monthly average temperatures above 18ºC). s= Dry season in the summer (the driest month of the year has less than a third of the rainfall of the rainiest month of the year). w= Dry season in winter (the driest winter month has less than a tenth of the rainfall of the rainiest month of the year). f= Constant humidity throughout the year (in an A type climate, each month being above 60mm, in C type climates >30mm). a= Hot summer (with the hottest month having an average of above 22ºC). b= Mild summer (with the hottest month having an average between 18ºC and 22ºC). Thus there are two types of large-scale Mediterranean climates, the Csa (Valencia, Athens, Los Angeles, etc) and the Csb (Lisbon, San Francisco, Cape Town, etc.). 5. These atmospheric phenomena are fundamentally related to three factors: Thermal Inversion of the trade winds, the temperature of the sea and the value of the parameter of the Coriolis. All reach high levels in latitudes less than 30º and on the western fronts of continents. 6. Ibidem 3 y PEDREÑO, MONFORT y otros "Introducción a la Economía del Turismo en España". CIVITAS, 1996. 7. Ibidem 3. 8. CEOTMA. "Guía de elaboración de estudios del medio físico. Contenido y Metodología". MOPU, 1984. 9. The Climatic Tourist Index is calculated using the average temperature, the number of hours of rainfall and the number of hours of sunlight. Although the original index is adapted to a monthly periodicity, this is not incompatible with an annual use. As regards the number of hours of rainfall, and given the absence of daily data, a common estimation has been opted for in all the sites. In any case, this estimate, given the characteristics of this kind of climate, could only prejudice cities with less days of rainfall. Claussa and Geroults formula is: 
T= Average annual temperature expressed in tenths of a degree. The basic hypothesis from which the weighting of the index is based, is that from a psychological point of view one hour of rain is compensated by five hours of sun. Other works consulted:
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