worldclim: WorldClim climate data

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WorldClim climate data

Description

Download climate data from WorldClim version 2.1. See Details for variables and units.

Usage

worldclim_global(var, res, path, version="2.1", ...)
worldclim_country(country, var, path, version="2.1", ...)
worldclim_tile(var, lon, lat, path, version="2.1", ...)

Arguments

var	character. Valid variables names are "tmin", "tmax", "tavg", "prec", "wind", "vapr", and "bio"
res	numeric. Valid resolutions are 10, 5, 2.5, and 0.5 (minutes of a degree)
path	character. Path for storing the downloaded data. See geodata_path
country	character. Country name or code
lon	numeric. Longitude
lat	numeric. Latitude
version	character or numeric. WorldClim version number. Only "2.1" supported at the moment
...	additional arguments passed to download.file

Details

These are the WorldClim monthly average climate data.

	Variable	Description	Unit
	tmin	minimum temperature	°C
	tmax	maximum temperature	°C
	tavg	average temperature	°C
	prec	total precipitation	mm
	srad	incident solar radiation	kJ m-2 day-1
	wind	wind speed (2 m above the ground)	m s-1
	vapr	vapor pressure	kPa

Value

SpatRaster

See Also

https://www.worldclim.org/

Examples

lux <- worldclim_country("Luxembourg", var="tmin", path=tempdir())

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