Leemans, Rik; Cramer, Wolfgang P (1991): The CLIMATE data base of monthly normals for globally gridded climatic variables (Version 2.1) [dataset]. Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.759491
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Abstract:
This database (Leemans & Cramer 1991) contains monthly averages of mean temperature, temperature range, precipitation, rain days and sunshine hours for the terrestrial surface of the globe, gridded at 0.5 degree longitude/latitude resolution. All grd-files contain the same 62483 pixels in the same order, with 30' latitude and longitude resolution. The coordinates are in degree-decimals and indicate the SW corner of each pixel. Topography is from ETOPO5 and indicates modal elevation. Data were generated from a large data base, using the partial thin-plate splining algorithm (Hutchinson & Bischof 1983). This version is widely used around the globe, notably by all groups participating in the IGBP NPP model intercomparison.
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Hutchinson, M F; Bischof, R J (1983): A new method for estimating the spatial distribution of mean seasonal and annual rainfall applied to the Hunter Valley, New South Wales. (original link http://www.bom.gov.au/amm/docs/1983/hutchinson.pdf), Australian Meteorological Magazine, 31(3), 179-184, hdl:10013/epic.37358.d001
Leemans, Rik; Cramer, Wolfgang P (1991): The IIASA database for mean monthly values of temperature, precipitation and cloudiness of a global terrestrial grid. International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Laxenburg, Austria, (original source of description http://www.iiasa.ac.at/Admin/PUB/Documents/RR-91-018.pdf), RR-91-18, 62 pp, hdl:10013/epic.37357.d001
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| # | Name | Short Name | Unit | Principal Investigator | Method/Device | Comment |
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| 1 | File content | Content | ||||
| 2 | File format | File format | Fortran format of text file | |||
| 3 | Uniform resource locator/link to file | URL file | Cramer, Wolfgang P | ASCII txt-format | ||
| 4 | Uniform resource locator/link to file | URL file | Cramer, Wolfgang P | ASCII grd-format | ||
| 5 | Uniform resource locator/link to file | URL file | Cramer, Wolfgang P | PanMap lay-format |
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