CHELSA climatologies at high resolution for the earth's land surface areas (Version 1.1)

CHELSA_v1.1 ( http://chelsa-climate.org/ ) is a high resolution (30 arc sec, ~1 km) climate data set for the earth land surface areas. It includes monthly and annual mean temperature and precipitation patterns as well as derived bioclimatic and interannual parameters for the time period 1979-2013. CHELSA_v1.1 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.

Identification

Data identification

Citation

Date (Publication)
2016-10-11
Edition

1
Citation identifier
CHELSA_v1_1
Citation identifier
doi:10.1594/WDCC/CHELSA_v1_1
Originator
  University of Zurich - Dr. Dirk Nikolaus Karger
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Author
  University of Zurich - Dr. Dirk Nikolaus Karger
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Author
  University of Hamburg - Olaf Conrad
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Author
  University of Hamburg - Jürgen Böhner
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Author
  University of Hamburg - Tobias Kawohl
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Author
  University of Göttingen - Holger Kreft
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Author
  University of Göttingen - Rodrigo Wilber Soria-Auza
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Author
  Swiss Federal Institute for Forest - Niklaus E. Zimmermann
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Author
  University of Zurich - H. Peter Linder
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Author
  University of Zurich - Michael Kessler
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Publisher
  WDC Climate at DKRZ
Point of contact
  University of Zurich - Dr. Dirk Nikolaus Karger
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Format

Name

zip-file
Keywords

  • Precipitation
Keywords

  • Temperature
Keywords

  • global climatology
Use limitation

CC-BY-4.0: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Language

eng; USA
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Begin date
1980-01-01
End date
2013-12-31
Supplemental Information

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
  • zip-file ()

Digital transfer options

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70995
OnLine resource
https://www.wdc-climate.de/ui/entry?acronym=CHELSA_v1_1
 

Quality

Data quality

Hierarchy level
collection

Completeness commission

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n/a
Measure description

None

Non quantitative attribute accuracy

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n/a
Measure description

None
 

Content

Coverage Description

Attribute description
air_temperature-at2m-where_land
Descriptor

Air temperature is the bulk temperature of the air, not the surface (skin) temperature. [CF-Standard Name-vertical_coordinate where cell method]; unit: 1

Coverage Description

Attribute description
air_temperature-at2m-where_land
Descriptor

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

Precipitation_amount [CF-Standard Name-where cell method]; unit: kg m-2

Coverage Description

Attribute description
air_temperature-at2m-where_land
Descriptor

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

Precipitation_amount [CF-Standard Name-where cell method]; unit: kg m-2

Coverage Description

Attribute description
precipitation_amount-where_land
Descriptor

Precipitation_amount [CF-Standard Name-where cell method]; unit: kg m-2

Coverage Description

Attribute description
precipitation_amount-where_land
Descriptor

Precipitation_amount [CF-Standard Name-where cell method]; unit: kg m-2

Coverage Description

Attribute description
precipitation_amount-where_land
Descriptor

Precipitation_amount [CF-Standard Name-where cell method]; unit: kg m-2

Coverage Description

Attribute description
precipitation_amount-where_land
Descriptor

Precipitation_amount [CF-Standard Name-where cell method]; unit: 1

Coverage Description

Attribute description
air_temperature-at2m-where_land
Descriptor

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
air_temperature-at2m-where_land
Descriptor

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

Precipitation_amount [CF-Standard Name-where cell method]; unit: kg m-2

Coverage Description

Attribute description
air_temperature-at2m-where_land
Descriptor

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
air_temperature-at2m-where_land
Descriptor

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

Precipitation_amount [CF-Standard Name-where cell method]; unit: kg m-2

Coverage Description

Attribute description
air_temperature-at2m-where_land
Descriptor

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
air_temperature-at2m-where_land
Descriptor

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
air_temperature-at2m-where_land
Descriptor

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
air_temperature-at2m-where_land
Descriptor

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
air_temperature-at2m-where_land
Descriptor

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

Precipitation_amount [CF-Standard Name-where cell method]; unit: kg m-2

Coverage Description

Attribute description
air_temperature-at2m-where_land
Descriptor

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

Precipitation_amount [CF-Standard Name-where cell method]; unit: kg m-2

Coverage Description

Attribute description
air_temperature-at2m-where_land
Descriptor

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:3511829 XML
Metadata language

eng; USA
Hierarchy level
collection
Hierarchy level name

CHELSA_v1_1
Date stamp
2016-10-04T12:46:43
Metadata standard name

ISO 19115
Metadata standard version

ISO 19115-2:2009
Point of contact
  University of Zurich - Dr. Dirk Nikolaus Karger
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Point of contact
  University of Zurich - Dr. Dirk Nikolaus Karger
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