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CHELSA v2.1

Climatologies at High resolution for the Earth's Land Surface Areas. 1 km downscaled climate, 1979 to present and projections.

ERA-Interim and ERA5 downscaled with orographic precipitation and temperature lapse rates. Often better than interpolated products in mountains.

Source
Swiss Federal Institute for Forest
Resolution
30 arc-seconds (about 1 km)
Data type
Raster
Time span
1979–2019 monthly, 1981–2010 normals
Temporal
Daily, monthly, climatologies
Access type
Direct download (external)
Formats
GeoTIFF
Coverage
Global land (-180, -90, 180, 84)
Licence
See provider terms
Provider page
chelsa-climate.org/

Cite as. Karger, D. N., et al. (2017). Climatologies at high resolution for the earth's land surface areas. Scientific Data, 4, 170122. https://doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2017.122

Access

curl "https://hydrological.org/api/v1/datasets/chelsa/links?bbox=-75,-20,-50,5" \
  -H "Accept: application/json"

Also available as JSON: links · manifest · dataset record