BioLake bioclimatic variables based on ERA5-Land lake temperature estimates 1991-2020

Authors: Ryan C Burner; Richard E Erickson

https://doi.org/10.5066/P96QLN5Y

Abstract/Summary

These BioLake raster data provide global estimates (~10.0 x 12.4 km resolution) of twelve bioclimatic variables based on estimated lake temperature. Eleven of these twelve variables (BioLake01 - BioLake11) are estimated for each of three lake strata: lake mix (surface) layer, lake bottom, and total lake water column. These eleven variables correspond to CHELSA (Climatologies at high resolution for the earth's land surface areas) bioclimatic variables BIO1 - BIO11, except that these BioLake variables are based on lake water temperature and CHELSA BIO1 - BIO11 variables are based on air temperature. CHELSA BIO is also calculated a finer spatial resolution (~1 x 1 km). The twelfth variable (BioLake20; months with non-zero ice cover) does not correspond to any CHELSA bioclimatic variable. The data are supplied as a multi-layer raster (.grd) file in the World Mollweide projection, accompanied by a header file (.gri) with layer names.

Publication details
Published Date: 2022-01-21
Outlet/Publisher: USGS ScienceBase
Media Format: URL

ARMI Organizational Units:
Midwest - Biology
Topics:
Climate Change; Invasive Species; Quantitative Developments; Stressors; Water
Place Names:
Global
Keywords:
BioLake; climate; lake temperature; raster; surface water; water temperature
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