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CHELSA climatologies at high resolution for the earth's land surface areas (Version 1.0)
CHELSA_v1.0 ( http://chelsa-climate.org/ ) is a high resolution (30 arc sec, ~1 km) climate data set for the earth land surface areas. Version 1.0 is a first release. It includes monthly and annual mean temperature and precipitation patterns for the time period 1979-2013. CHELSA_v1 is based on a quasi-mechanistical statistical downscaling of the ERA interim global circulation model
( http://www.ecmwf.int/en/research/climate-reanalysis/era-interim ) with a GPCC ( https://www.dwd.de/EN/ourservices/gpcc/gpcc.html ) and GHCN ( https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/ghcnm/ ) bias correction.
Specifications:
High resolution (30 arcsec, ~1 km)
Precipitation & Temperature
Monthly coverage 1979 - 2013
Incorporation of topoclimate (e.g. orographic rainfall & wind fields). Downscaled ERA-interim model. Allows calculation of derived parameters based on monthly values such as length of dry periods etc.
- Identification
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- Portrayal
- Metadata
- Md. constraints
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Identification
Data identification
Citation
- Date (Publication)
- 2016-09-21
- Edition
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1
- Citation identifier
- CHELSA_v1
- Citation identifier
- doi:10.1594/WDCC/CHELSA_v1
Format
- Name
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GeoTIFF
- Keywords
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Precipitation
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- Keywords
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Temperature
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- Keywords
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global climatology
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- Use limitation
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CC-BY-4.0: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- Language
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eng; USA
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- Begin date
- 1980-01-01
- End date
- 2013-12-31
- Supplemental Information
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info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/SNSF//146906/CH//Unraveling the mechanisms determining the diversity of tropical plant communities: examples from the early diverging land plants
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/SNSF//147630/CH//Testing the limits and constraints of species radiations
Distribution
Distribution
- Distribution format
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GeoTIFF
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GeoTIFF
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Digital transfer options
- Transfer size
- 97065
- OnLine resource
- https://www.wdc-climate.de/ui/entry?acronym=CHELSA_v1
Quality
Data quality
- Hierarchy level
- collection
Completeness commission
- Name of measure
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n/a
- Measure description
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None
Non quantitative attribute accuracy
- Name of measure
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n/a
- Measure description
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None
Content
Coverage Description
- Attribute description
- precipitation_amount-where_land
- Descriptor
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Precipitation_amount [CF-Standard Name-where cell method]; unit: kg m-2
Coverage Description
- Attribute description
- air_temperature-at2m-where_land
- Descriptor
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Air temperature is the bulk temperature of the air, not the surface (skin) temperature. [CF-Standard Name-vertical_coordinate where cell method]; unit: degC
Coverage Description
- Attribute description
- precipitation_amount-where_land
- Descriptor
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Precipitation_amount [CF-Standard Name-where cell method]; unit: kg m-2
Coverage Description
- Attribute description
- air_temperature-at2m-where_land
- Descriptor
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Air temperature is the bulk temperature of the air, not the surface (skin) temperature. [CF-Standard Name-vertical_coordinate where cell method]; unit: degC
Metadata
Metadata
- File identifier
- wdc-climate.de:3504396 XML
- Metadata language
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eng; USA
- Hierarchy level
- collection
- Hierarchy level name
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CHELSA_v1
- Date stamp
- 2016-07-14T16:23:48
- Metadata standard name
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ISO 19115
- Metadata standard version
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ISO 19115-2:2009
Overviews
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