1. A new global dataset of bioclimatic indicators
- Author
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Noce, Sergio, Caporaso, Luca, and Santini, Monia
- Subjects
0106 biological sciences ,Statistics and Probability ,Data Descriptor ,Conservation of Natural Resources ,010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences ,Climate ,Ecology (disciplines) ,Biodiversity ,Library and Information Sciences ,010603 evolutionary biology ,01 natural sciences ,Education ,Environmental impact ,Set (abstract data type) ,Greenhouse Gases ,Biodiversity conservation ,Environmental monitoring ,lcsh:Science ,Climate and Earth system modelling ,0105 earth and related environmental sciences ,Ecology ,Forestry ,Computer Science Applications ,Geography ,Climatology ,Greenhouse gas ,lcsh:Q ,Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty ,Landscape ecology ,Scale (map) ,Climate-change impacts ,Environmental Monitoring ,Information Systems - Abstract
This study presents a new global gridded dataset of bioclimatic indicators at 0.5° by 0.5° resolution for historical and future conditions. The dataset, called CMCC-BioClimInd, provides a set of 35 bioclimatic indices, expressed as mean values over each time interval, derived from post-processing both climate reanalysis for historical period (1960–1999) and an ensemble of 11 bias corrected CMIP5 simulations under two greenhouse gas concentration scenarios for future climate projections along two periods (2040–2079 and 2060–2099). This new dataset complements the availability of spatialized bioclimatic information, crucial aspect in many ecological and environmental wide scale applications and for several disciplines, including forestry, biodiversity conservation, plant and landscape ecology. The data of individual indicators are publicly available for download in the commonly used Network Common Data Form 4 (NetCDF4) format., Measurement(s) bioclimatic indicators Technology Type(s) Geographic Information System • computational modeling technique Factor Type(s) temporal interval • geographic location Sample Characteristic - Environment climate system Sample Characteristic - Location global Machine-accessible metadata file describing the reported data: 10.6084/m9.figshare.12927443
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- 2020