WorldClim2
From variable 3.8
Summary of observation-based historical datasets with surface wind speed and/or direction available
- description of data UNEP/GRID-Geneva
- reference Fick and Hijmans (2017)
- source
- UN Environment World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC)
- data type
- Gridded observations
- spatial domain
- Global (land only)
- spatial resolution
- 30 arc s (1 km)
- temporal coverage
- 1970-2000
- time step
- Monthly
- data format
- GeoTIFF
- comments
- Interpolated using climate station data and satellite derived covariates. Provides values for wind speed.