CHELSA High-Resolution Climate Data
Global 1km resolution climate dataset providing monthly temperature, precipitation, drought indices, and CMIP6 future projections in GeoTIFF format covering 1981-present
chelsa-climate.org
At a glance
- Region
- Global
- Coverage
- Global land surface (1km resolution)
- Access
- Free
- Category
- Research
What's inside
- Precipitation
- Temperature
- Drought Indices
- Climate Projections
- Evapotranspiration
Terms explained
What you can do with it
Typical work that data of this type supports.
- 01
Risk screening
Screen projects and assets for climate risk.
Because it has: Temperature
- 02
Future water
Estimate water availability under future scenarios.
- 03
Design storms
Build rainfall intensity-duration-frequency curves for drainage design.
Because it has: Precipitation
Where AI adds value
Ideas for machine learning and AI agents built on this kind of data.
- 01
Bias correction
Correct and downscale climate model output for a site.
- 02
Emulators
Replace slow model runs with fast ML emulators.
- 03
Downscaling
Turn coarse rainfall grids into field or ward scale estimates.
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