Australia-wide bioclimatic variable spatial layers. This collection includes a baseline current climate as well as future climate scenarios. In summary, 19 climate surfaces for each of 1297 projections (current + 9 emissions scenarios x 18 GCMs * 8 time points).

 

Citation and attribution: Vanderwal, Jeremy. (2012). All future climate layers for Australia - 5km resolution. James Cook University.

 

Licence: CC-BY Attribution 3.0

 

Full description: See https://research.jcu.edu.au/researchdata/default/detail/a06a78f553e1452bcf007231f6204f04/

 

There are two main components to the Australia climate collection: current climate and future climate.

 

Current Climate

 

Includes: 19 variables across 1 year range at 2 resolutions

  • BIO1 = Annual Mean Temperature
  • BIO2 = Mean Diurnal Range (Mean of monthly (max temp - min temp))
  • BIO3 = Isothermality (BIO2/BIO7) (* 100)
  • BIO4 = Temperature Seasonality (standard deviation *100)
  • BIO5 = Max Temperature of Warmest Month
  • BIO6 = Min Temperature of Coldest Month
  • BIO7 = Temperature Annual Range (BIO5-BIO6)
  • BIO8 = Mean Temperature of Wettest Quarter
  • BIO9 = Mean Temperature of Driest Quarter
  • BIO10 = Mean Temperature of Warmest Quarter
  • BIO11 = Mean Temperature of Coldest Quarter
  • BIO12 = Annual Precipitation
  • BIO13 = Precipitation of Wettest Month
  • BIO14 = Precipitation of Driest Month
  • BIO15 = Precipitation Seasonality (Coefficient of Variation)
  • BIO16 = Precipitation of Wettest Quarter
  • BIO17 = Precipitation of Driest Quarter
  • BIO18 = Precipitation of Warmest Quarter
  • BIO19 = Precipitation of Coldest Quarter
  • 1976 - 2005
  • 2.5 arcmin
  • 30 arcmin


Future Climate

Includes: 22 variables across 9 emission scenarios and 19 global circulation models across 8 years at 3 resolutions

  • BIO1 = Annual Mean Temperature
  • BIO2 = Mean Diurnal Range (Mean of monthly (max temp - min temp))
  • BIO3 = Isothermality (BIO2/BIO7) (* 100)
  • BIO4 = Temperature Seasonality (standard deviation *100)
  • BIO5 = Max Temperature of Warmest Month
  • BIO6 = Min Temperature of Coldest Month
  • BIO7 = Temperature Annual Range (BIO5-BIO6)
  • BIO8 = Mean Temperature of Wettest Quarter
  • BIO9 = Mean Temperature of Driest Quarter
  • BIO10 = Mean Temperature of Warmest Quarter
  • BIO11 = Mean Temperature of Coldest Quarter
  • BIO12 = Annual Precipitation
  • BIO13 = Precipitation of Wettest Month
  • BIO14 = Precipitation of Driest Month
  • BIO15 = Precipitation Seasonality (Coefficient of Variation)
  • BIO16 = Precipitation of Wettest Quarter
  • BIO17 = Precipitation of Driest Quarter
  • BIO18 = Precipitation of Warmest Quarter
  • BIO19 = Precipitation of Coldest Quarter
  • Average Monthly Maximum Temperature
  • Average Monthly Minimum Temperature
  • Average Monthly Precipitation

  • RCP6
  • RCP3PD
  • RCP4.5
  • RCP8.5
  • SRESA1B
  • SRESA1FI
  • SRESA2
  • SRESB1
  • SRESB2

  • ACCESS1.0
  • CM2.0 - AOGCM
  • CM2.1 - AOGCM
  • CNRM-CM3
  • CCSM3
  • CGCM3
  • CSIRO Mark 3.0
  • ECHAM5-MPI-OM
  • FGOALS1.0_g
  • GISS-EH
  • GISS-ER
  • HadGM3
  • HadGEM1
  • INMCM3.0
  • IPSL-CM4
  • MIROC3.2 (hires)
  • MIROC3.2 (medres)
  • MRI-CGCM2.3.2
  • PCM

  • 2015
  • 2025
  • 2035
  • 2045
  • 2055
  • 2065
  • 2075
  • 2085

  • 2.5 arcmin
  • 9 arcmin
  • 30 arcmin