Spatial and temporal scales (Q1045)

Subject, term, tag: Spatial and temporal scales

Language	Label	Description	Also known as
English	Spatial and temporal scales	Subject, term, tag: Spatial and temporal scales

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source version

IPCC Glossary v1.5

1 reference

Source

https://apps.ipcc.ch/glossary/

date accessed

27 May 2026

Part of

Working Group II: Climate Change 2022 – Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability

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Definition

Climate may vary on a large range of spatial and temporal scales. Spatial scales may range from local (less than 100 000 km 2), through regional (100 000 to 10 million km 2) to continental (10 to 100 million km 2). Temporal scales may range from seasonal to geological (up to hundreds of millions of years). (English)