Bioclimatic predictors for supporting ecological applications in the conterminous United States
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The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has developed climate indices, referred to as bioclimatic predictors, which highlight climate conditions best related to species physiology. A set of 20 bioclimatic predictors were developed as Geographic Information Systems (GIS) continuous raster surfaces for each year between 1895 and 2009. The Parameter-elevation Regression on Independent Slopes Model (PRISM) and down-scaled PRISM data, which included both averaged multi-year and averaged monthly climate summaries, was used to develop these multi-scale bioclimatic predictors. Bioclimatic predictors capture information about annual conditions (annual mean temperature, annual precipitation, annual range in temperature and…
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- Precipitation
- Environmental science
- Climate change
- Geography
- Climatology
- Climate model
- Range (aeronautics)
- Elevation (ballistics)
UN Sustainable Development Goals
- Climate action
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