WorldClim - Global Climate Data

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Last Updated szeptember 4, 2017, 18:08 (UTC)
Created szeptember 4, 2017, 18:02 (UTC)
E-mail domisch@igb-berlin.de
Language Eng
Abstract WorldClim is a set of global climate layers (gridded climate data) with a spatial resolution of about 1 km2. These data can be used for mapping and spatial modeling for past and present climates, and for future projections.
Resource type Spatial dataset
Spatial representation type grid
Licenc CC-BY-4.0
Classification Climatology
Temporal start date 1970-01-01
Temporal end date 2000-12-31
Responsible party http://worldclim.org/
Responsible party email
Responsible party role Publisher
Related publications - Hijmans, R.J., S.E. Cameron, J.L. Parra, P.G. Jones and A. Jarvis, 2005. Very high resolution interpolated climate surfaces for global land areas. International Journal of Climatology 25: 1965-1978. - Fick, S.E. and R.J. Hijmans, 2017. Worldclim 2: New 1-km spatial resolution climate surfaces for global land areas. International Journal of Climatology
Limitations on public use Freely available but not allowed to redistribute these data.
Projections WGS 84 -- EPSG-4326
Spatial extent - North 85
Spatial extent - South -56
Spatial extent - East 180
Spatial extent - West -180

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