rainNLD: April Precipitation over the Netherlands with...

In GeoModels: Procedures for Gaussian and Non Gaussian Geostatistical (Large) Data Analysis

April Precipitation over the Netherlands with Distance-to-Coast Covariate

Description

A numeric matrix containing gridded April total precipitation (in mm) over the Netherlands, together with projected coordinates (UTM, km) and a distance-to-coast covariate (km). The precipitation field is derived from the WorldClim v2.1 monthly climatology for April (i.e., long-term monthly averages rather than a specific year).

Usage

data(rainNLD)

Format

A numeric matrix with 71,401 rows and 4 columns:

Column 1

Easting coordinate (UTM zone 31N), in kilometers.

Column 2

Northing coordinate (UTM zone 31N), in kilometers.

Column 3

Distance to the coastline, in kilometers (computed from Natural Earth coastline geometry, transformed to UTM).

Column 4

April total precipitation, in millimeters.

Details

Coordinates were projected from longitude/latitude (WGS84) to UTM zone 31N and rescaled to kilometers. The distance-to-coast covariate was computed as the Euclidean distance (in UTM) from each grid cell to the nearest coastline.

Source

Fick, S.E., Hijmans, R.J. (2017) WorldClim 2: new 1km spatial resolution climate surfaces for global land areas. International Journal of Climatology, 37, 4302–4315.

GeoModels documentation built on April 6, 2026, 5:08 p.m.