Dataset

WorldClim - Global Climate Data

Commons Hosting
Climate Commons Hosting Status: 
Not applicable
Basic Information

WorldClim is a set of global climate layers (climate grids) with a spatial resolution of about 1 square kilometer. The data can be used for mapping and spatial modeling in a GIS or with other computer programs. The data layers were generated through interpolation of average monthly climate data from weather stations on a 30 arc-second resolution grid (often referred to as "1 km2" resolution). Variables included are monthly total precipitation, and monthly mean, minimum and maximum temperature, and 19 derived bioclimatic variables. Climate layers are available for current conditions (1950-2000), future projections, and past conditions (last inter-glacial, last glacial maximum, and Mid-Holocene).

Creator: 
Hijmans, Robert J., Cameron, Susan E., and Parra, Juan L.
Contributor: 
Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, UC Berkeley
Collection:
Spatial Resolution: 
1 km
Parameters / Choices
A dataset often contains many geodata layers representing the same kind of measurement, but for different values of some parameters - time periods, models or scenarios, different species, etc. A value must be chosen for each such parameter in order to select a specific layer or raster which associated a single value with each geographic location (cell). The parameters or choices relevant to selecting layers from this dataset are described here.
Multi-year Ranges: 
120,000 yr BP, 21,000 yr BP, 6000 yr BP, 1950-2000, 2050, 2070