Interpolated climate variables for the Himalayan Kingdom of Bhutan

Description

Monthly (1985-2020) and monthly mean (1985-2015) surfaces of maximum temperature, minimum temperature, vapour pressure and precipitation for the Himalayan Kingdom of Bhutan at a spatial resolution of 250 m. These climate surfaces are novel, in that the weather stations (n = 69) used in their development have rarely been made available or incorporated into contemporary climate products. Multiple calibration methods are provided for maximum and minimum temperature, following the methods described in by Stewart et al. (2017).

Please refer to the attached documentation [in CSIRO DAP] for a detailed description of methods applied, statistical performance, and comparisons against other contemporary products.

Lineage: Please refer to the attached documentation, Stewart et al. (2017) and Stewart et al. (under review) for a detailed description of the methods applied.

Citation for climatologies: Stewart SB, Choden K, Keenan R, Nitschke CR. 2017. The role of topography and the north Indian monsoon on mean monthly climate interpolation within the Himalayan Kingdom of Bhutan. International Journal of Climatology. 37(S1): 897-909. doi: 10.1002/joc.5045.

Citation for monthly surfaces: Stewart SB, Fedrigo M, Kasel S, Roxburgh SH, Choden K, Tenzin K, Allen K, Nitschke CR. (under review). Building robust predictions of plant species distributions using alternative climate datasets and an ensemble modelling approach supported by complementary measures of uncertainty.

Credit: Weather station records were obtained from the National Center for Hydrology and Meteorology (NCHM), Ministry of Economic Affairs, Bhutan.

Size: medium

Keywords: climate, Himalayas, Bhutan

Business unit: LAND & WATER

Team: Landscape and Forest Function

Program: Living Landscapes

Group: Natural Capital

FOR codes: Climatology (excl. Climate Change Processes)

Project: Legacy

Access information (English)

Preferred citation:

Stewart, Stephen; Fedrigo, Melissa; Kasel, Sabine; Roxburgh, Stephen; Choden, Kunzang; Tenzin, Karma; Allen, Kathryn; Nitschke, Craig (2021): Interpolated climate variables for the Himalayan Kindom of Bhutan. v3. CSIRO. Data Collection. 10.25919/m8yh-gt42

Access: The metadata and files (if any) are available to the public.

Access level: Public

Rights: All Rights (including copyright) CSIRO 2021.

Contact: Stephen Stewart - Stephen.Stewart@csiro.au

Local host (English)

Data can be downloaded from CSIRO DAP.

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