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CHELSA v2 Climatologies
High-resolution global climatologies designed for environmental and ecological applications, especially where topography matters.
Dataset summary
- Provider
- CHELSA
- Spatial coverage
- Global
- Temporal coverage
- 1979–2013
- Spatial resolution
- 1 km
- Temporal resolution
- Monthly
- Formats
- GeoTIFF
- Climate variable tags
- Heat, Rainfall
- Observatory relevance
- North Carolina, Amazon Basin, East Africa, Southeast Asia
Use guidance
- Best for
- Climate normals and ecological covariates in regions with complex terrain.
- Not best for
- Short-term exposure windows or hourly health-event alignment.
- Common pitfalls
- Confusing climatology with observed weather during a specific outbreak or event.
- Mixing climatology products with time-varying data without documenting the temporal construct.
Variables and notes
- Temp, precip, bioclimatic indices
Related learning resources
Use these guides to interpret the variable, scale, format, and workflow choices before using this dataset in a climate-health analysis.