TerraClimate Global Climate and Water Balance
University of Idaho high-resolution monthly climate and water balance dataset for global terrestrial surfaces from 1958-present
climatologylab.org
At a glance
- Region
- Global
- Coverage
- Global terrestrial surfaces, monthly 1958-present
- Access
- Free
- Category
- Research
What's inside
- Climate Data
- Water Balance
- Evapotranspiration
- Soil Moisture
- Precipitation
What you can do with it
Typical work that data of this type supports.
- 01
Irrigation scheduling
Decide when and how much to irrigate.
Because it has: Evapotranspiration
- 02
Water accounting
Track how much water crops actually consume across a command area.
- 03
Risk screening
Screen projects and assets for climate risk.
Because it has: Climate Data
Where AI adds value
Ideas for machine learning and AI agents built on this kind of data.
- 01
Field-scale ET
Estimate crop water use per field by combining satellite and weather with ML.
- 02
Demand forecasts
Predict irrigation demand weeks ahead for canal and pump planning.
- 03
Bias correction
Correct and downscale climate model output for a site.
Machine access and documentation
Open API
TerraClimate THREDDS/NetCDF; Microsoft Planetary Computer STAC collection terraclimate
Licence: CC0 / Public Domain
Listed in our registry of open water APIs, which WaterDataGPT can query live.
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