worldclim: WorldClim climate data

worldclimR Documentation

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())

rspatial/geodata documentation built on July 26, 2024, 8:43 a.m.