Global high-resolution climatologies

climate

Global time-series of climate variables

Details

This dataset provides annual aggregates of CHELSA’s monthly precipitation, Potential Evapotranspiration (PET), and mean temperatures.

Subdatasets

annualAridity | Annual Aridity Index, estimated as “annual precipitation” / “annual evapotranspiration”
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value_range 0..n
meanAridity | Mean of monthly Aridity Indexes, estimated as “annual precipitation” / “annual evapotranspiration”
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value_range 0..n
cloudsP0 | 0th Percentile of cloud cover (%) derived from monthly means
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value_range 0..100
cloudsP25 | 25th Percentile of cloud cover (%) derived from monthly means
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value_range 0..100
cloudsP50 | 50th Percentile of cloud cover (%) derived from monthly means
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value_range 0..100
cloudsP75 | 75th Percentile of cloud cover (%) derived from monthly means
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value_range 0..100
cloudsP100 | 100th Percentile of cloud cover (%) derived from monthly means
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value_range 0..100
hursP0 | 0th Percentile of relative humidity (%) derived from monthly means
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value_range 0..100
hursP25 | 25th Percentile of relative humidity (%) derived from monthly means
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value_range 0..100
hursP50 | 50th Percentile of relative humidity (%) derived from monthly means
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value_range 0..100
hursP75 | 75th Percentile of relative humidity (%) derived from monthly means
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value_range 0..100
hursP100 | 100th Percentile of relative humidity (%) derived from monthly means
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value_range 0..100
precP0 | 0th Percentile of precipitation (mm) derived from monthly totals
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value_range 0..100
precP25 | 25th Percentile of precipitation (mm) derived from monthly totals
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value_range 0..100
precP50 | 50th Percentile of precipitation (mm) derived from monthly totals
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value_range 0..100
precP75 | 75th Percentile of precipitation (mm) derived from monthly totals
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value_range 0..100
precP100 | 100th Percentile of precipitation (mm) derived from monthly totals
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value_range 0..100
petP0 | 0th Percentile of potential evaporation (mm) derived from monthly totals
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value_range 0..100
petP25 | 25th Percentile of potential evaporation (mm) derived from monthly totals
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value_range 0..100
petP50 | 50th Percentile of potential evaporation (mm) derived from monthly totals
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value_range 0..100
petP75 | 75th Percentile of potential evaporation (mm) derived from monthly totals
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value_range 0..100
petP100 | 100th Percentile of potential evaporation (mm) derived from monthly totals
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value_range 0..100
tmeanP0 | 0th Percentile of temperature (celcius) derived from monthly means
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value_range 0..100
tmeanP25 | 25th Percentile of temperature (celcius) derived from monthly means
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value_range 0..100
tmeanP50 | 50th Percentile of temperature (celcius) derived from monthly means
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value_range 0..100
tmeanP75 | 75th Percentile of temperature (celcius) derived from monthly means
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value_range 0..100
tmeanP100 | 100th Percentile of temperature (celcius) derived from monthly means
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value_range 0..100
tminP0 | 0th Percentile of temperature (celcius) derived from monthly minimums
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value_range 0..100
tminP25 | 25th Percentile of temperature (celcius) derived from monthly maximums
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value_range 0..100
tminP50 | 50th Percentile of temperature (celcius) derived from monthly maximums
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value_range 0..100
tminP75 | 75th Percentile of temperature (celcius) derived from monthly maximums
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value_range 0..100
tminP100 | 100th Percentile of temperature (celcius) derived from monthly maximums
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value_range 0..100
tmaxP0 | 0th Percentile of temperature (celcius) derived from monthly maximums
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value_range 0..100
tmaxP25 | 25th Percentile of temperature (celcius) derived from monthly maximums
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value_range 0..100
tmaxP50 | 50th Percentile of temperature (celcius) derived from monthly maximums
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value_range 0..100
tmaxP75 | 75th Percentile of temperature (celcius) derived from monthly maximums
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value_range 0..100
tmaxP100 | 100th Percentile of temperature (celcius) derived from monthly maximums
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value_range 0..100
pci | Precipitation Concentration Index (PCI)
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value_range 0..n
thc | Pearson correlation between mean monthly temperature and the monthly mean relative humidity
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value_range -100..100
tpc | Pearson correlation between mean monthly temperature and the total monthly precipitation
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value_range -100..100
totalPrecipitation | Total precipitation (mm)
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value_range 0…n
totalPET | Total Potential Evapotranspiration (mm)
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value_range 0…n
temperatureAmplitude | Aplitude between the annual maximum and minimum temperatures (celcius)
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value_range 0…n

masDMT query

# data call without specifying subdataset and resolution
list_data("CHELSA_climate")

# data call for specific subdataset 
list_data("CHELSA_climate/annualAridity")

# data call to subdataset with a specific resolution
list_data("CHELSA_climate/annualAridity/1km")