Climatic Regionalization of Markazi Province: An Application of Factor and Cluster Analysis

The climatic classification from the distant past has attracted the attention of climatologists. In traditional methods one or more climatic elements considered for classification but these methods cannot indicates the reality of climatic regions. Therefore in the recent years researchers have tried using the dominant parameters affecting climate and multivariate methods have provided a real images from climatic regions. The aim of this study is climatic regionalization of Markazi province by utilizing 29 climatic parameters and use the factor and cluster analysis. Combined use of these parameters in the climatic classification can improves accuracy and shows a real aspect of province. Recognition of microclimates can help us to identify the strengths and weaknesses of regions climatic characteristics and useful for development planning proposes.