Data

This geospatial dataset, in raster and vector format, is a Kppen-Geiger climate classification of the MPI-ESM-P Mid-Holocene (6k yBP) r1i1p1 model simulations according to the PMIP III 21k experiment. The classifications were computed using the Python pyGRASS library and GRASS GIS.

Python based pyGRASS scripts implementing Köppen-Geiger climate classifications from CMIP5 and PMIP3 climate model simulation datasets. And a script for computation of area statistics of the classification data, as well as documentation for using the scripts and accessing the source climate simulation data.

BIOME v4.2 Dataset processed as geodata in Shapefile format for the use with geospatial applications (GIS) Attribution/References: Harrison, S. P., and Prentice, I. C. (2003). Climate and CO2 controls on global vegetation distribution at the last glacial maximum: analysis based on palaeovegetation data, biome modelling and palaeoclimate simulations. Global Change Biology 9, 983-1004. http://www.bridge.bris.ac.uk/resources/Databases/BIOMES_data