Climate
Past and future views of global climate on the GEMS GridDescription
Climate critically affects agricultural practices and outcomes throughout the world. GEMS climate brings together numerous variables from leading global climate data sources. Future additions will include high-resolution climate change projections for Minnesota.
API Product | Region | Release date | GEMS Grid Level | Period |
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Climatic Research Unit Time-Series version 4.06 (CRU TS v4.06) | Global | 2023-04-25 | Level 0 (~ 36km) | Monthly 1901 to 2021 |
Daymet Daily Surface Weather Data on a 1-km Grid for North America, V4 R1 | CONUS | 2023-06-01 | Level 3 (~ 1km) | Daily 1980-01-01 to 2021-12-31 |
PRISM climate normals (1991-2020) | CONUS | 2023-07-13 | Level 3 (~ 1km) | 1991-2020 average (monthly and annual normals) |
API Product: Climatic Research Unit Time-Series version 4.06 (CRU TS v4.06)
Data Specifications
Citation: GEMS Informatics, cru-ts-4.06: Climatic Research Unit (CRU) Time-Series (TS) version 4.06 of high-resolution gridded data of month-by-month variation in climate (Jan. 1901- Dec. 2021) on the GEMS Grid , University of Minnesota, St. Paul, 2023-04-25
Grid level: Level 0 (~ 36km)
Layers: Climate GEMS API layers
API License Link: Own research use, details here
Period: Monthly 1901 to 2021
Product: Climatic Research Unit Time-Series version 4.06 (CRU TS v4.06)
Region: Global
Release date: 2023-04-25
Units: kilometers
Spatial data transformations: Projection transformation: data transformed to WGS-84, EPSG: 6933; Descriptor transformations: nearest neighbor
Source Details:
Region: Global
Citation: University of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit; Harris, I.C.; Jones, P.D.; Osborn, T. (2022): CRU TS4.06: Climatic Research Unit (CRU) Time-Series (TS) version 4.06 of high-resolution gridded data of month-by-month variation in climate (Jan. 1901- Dec. 2021). NERC EDS Centre for Environmental Data Analysis, May 4th, 2023. https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/e0b4e1e56c1c4460b796073a31366980
Download link: CRU TS Version 4.06
Institution: Climatic Research Unit (University of East Anglia) and Met Office
Period: 1901 to 2021
Spatial resolution: 0.5 degrees, approximately 55 kilometers
API Product: Daymet Daily Surface Weather Data on a 1-km Grid for North America, V4 R1
Data Specifications
Citation: GEMS Informatics, daymet-v4r1: Daymet: Daily Surface Weather Data on a 1-km Grid for North America, Version 4 R1 on the GEMS Grid, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, 2023-06-01
Grid level: Level 3 (~ 1km)
Layers: Climate API Layers
API License Link: Own research use, details here
Period: Daily 1980-01-01 to 2021-12-31
Product: Daymet Daily Surface Weather Data on a 1-km Grid for North America, V4 R1
Region: CONUS
Release date: 2023-06-01
Units: kilometers
Spatial data transformations: Projection transformation: data transformed to WGS-84, EPSG: 6933; Descriptor transformations: nearest neighbor
Source Details:
Region: CONUS
Citation: Thornton, M.M., R. Shrestha, Y. Wei, P.E. Thornton, S-C. Kao, and B.E. Wilson. 2022. Daymet: Daily Surface Weather Data on a 1-km Grid for North America, Version 4 R1. ORNL DAAC, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA. https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/2129
Download link: Daymet: Daily Surface Weather Data on a 1-km Grid for North America, Version 4 R1
Institution: Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Period: Daily 1980-01-01 to 2021-12-31
Spatial resolution: 1 kilometer
API Product: PRISM climate normals (1991-2020)
Data Specifications
Citation: GEMS Informatics, PRISM-normals: Physiographically-sensitive mapping of temperature and precipitation across the conterminous United States on the GEMS Grid, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, 2023-07-13
Grid level: Level 3 (~ 1km)
Layers: Climate API Layers
API License Link: Own research use, details here
Period: 1991-2020 average (monthly and annual normals)
Product: PRISM climate normals (1991-2020)
Region: CONUS
Release date: 2023-07-13
Units: kilometers
Spatial data transformations: Projection transformation: data transformed to WGS-84, EPSG: 6933; Descriptor transformations: nearest neighbor
Source Details:
Region: CONUS
Citation: Daly, C., Halbleib, M., Smith, J.I., Gibson, W.P., Doggett, M.K., Taylor, G.H., Curtis, J., and Pasteris, P.A. 2008. Physiographically-sensitive mapping of temperature and precipitation across the conterminous United States. International Journal of Climatology, 28: 2031-2064.
Download link: 30-Year Normals
Institution: PRISM Climate Group at Oregon State University
Period: 1991-2020 average (monthly and annual normals)
Spatial resolution: 800m