WorldClim 2: new 1-km spatial resolution climate surfaces for global land areas

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2017, Pages 4302-4315

  Fick, Stephen E ^a   Hijmans, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

climate surfaces; cloud cover; interpolation; land surface temperature; MODIS; solar radiation; vapour pressure; wind speed; WorldClim

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; IMAGE RESOLUTION; INTERPOLATION; RADIOMETERS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SATELLITES; SOLAR RADIATION; SURFACE MEASUREMENT; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WEATHER INFORMATION SERVICES;

CLOUD COVER; LAND SURFACE TEMPERATURE; MODIS; VAPOUR PRESSURES; WIND SPEED; WORLDCLIM;

WIND;

CLOUD COVER; DATA SET; INTERPOLATION; LAND SURFACE; MODIS; SOLAR RADIATION; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; VAPOR PRESSURE; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 85019264593     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.5086     Document Type: Article

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