Enhancing the WorldClim data set for national and regional applications

Poggio, Laura; Simonetti, Enrico; Gimona, Alessandro

doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.12.258

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“…In these catchments the soil P status appeared to have an influence on the catchment P loss (Bechmann et al, 2008). Thus changing rainfall patterns and rainfall intensity under climate change may affect rainfall erosivity and therefore particulate P mobilization and transfer to watercourses (Panagos et al, 2017;Poggio et al, 2018).…”

Section: Uncertain Impacts Of Weather and Climate Change On P Statusmentioning

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Challenges of Reducing Phosphorus Based Water Eutrophication in the Agricultural Landscapes of Northwest Europe

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Section: Uncertain Impacts Of Weather and Climate Change On P Statusmentioning

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Challenges of Reducing Phosphorus Based Water Eutrophication in the Agricultural Landscapes of Northwest Europe

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“…In our case, a dataset of high spatial resolution (1/24°, ~ 4-km) monthly climate and climatic water balance for global terrestrial surfaces from 1958 to 2015 was used. This dataset, called "TerraClimate" [32,33], uses climatically aided interpolation, combining high spatial resolution climatological normals from the WorldClim dataset [34][35][36], with coarser resolution time-varying (i.e., monthly) data from other sources to produce a monthly dataset of rainfall, maximum and minimum temperature, evapotranspiration, wind speed and solar radiation [32,36]. These data provide important inputs for ecological and hydrological studies at global scales that require high spatial resolution and time-varying climate and climatic water balance data [35][36][37].…”

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Rainfall distribution and trends of the daily precipitation concentration index in northern Morocco: a need for an adaptive environmental policy

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A national priority at the Moroccan level is to understand the spatiotemporal rainfall irregularity to anticipate suitable strategies for water and agriculture management. The most northern mountainous region shows intense sensitivity to extreme hydroclimatic hazards which may compromise the future of socioeconomic acceleration and further weaken environmental balances. However, planning and decision making require accurate data, on a detailed scale and with good spatial distribution which is not the case in several south-Mediterranean countries where rainfall data and/or wellestablished hydro-meteorological network is lacking. In this paper, abundant rain gauge measurements combined with time-series open data (1958-2015) were used to study the rainfall variability. Results show an annual rainfall increase trend since 1996 with frequent, intense and abundant rains causing violent torrents and floods. This humid trend alternates with short but severe dry periods. Spatial distribution shows a rainfall increase from eastern to western area and from the coastal plains to high mountains. Based on a continuous daily rainfall dataset (from 1988 to 2012) from six scattered stations, it appears that the pattern of heavy and extreme wet days takes the form of an irregular interannual cycle. Trends of the annual precipitation daily concentration indicate a significant positive trend in the center than in the East of the study area. Considering these observations, a review of water needs/obligations priorities seems crucial so that a new conscious and adaptative environmental policy would approve new procedures for a sustainable management.

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“…Modeling spatial distribution of individuals demonstrates the relationship between the presence of a particular species in the studied territory and the existing combination of bioclimatic factors. Modern geodata technologies and open data bases on bioclimatic parameters allow highly accurate prediction and mapping of the territories of distribution of biological objects, based on the knowledge of the limits of species' adaptability combined with spatial distribution of ecological factors of the environment (Panagos et al, 2017;Poggio et al, 2018). The following categories of reaction of insects to environmental changes are distingui-shed: change in range, number, phenology, voltinism (number of generations per season), morphology, physiology and behaviour (Musolin, 2007).…”

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Range of Pterostichus oblongopunctatus (Coleoptera, Carabidae) in conditions of global climate change

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Using geodata technology, we conducted a bioclimatic modeling of the spatial distribution of the common palearctic ground beetle – Pterostichus oblongopunctatus (Fabricius, 1787). The range of comfort of the territories included in this species’ range was obtained. We used the data on 510 sampling points, obtained as a result of the authors’ field surveys and the data base of the GBIF global fund of biodiversity and 19 climatic parameters from the WorldClim open base and MaxEnt program. The results determined the factors which have the greatest impact on the current distribution of P. oblongopunctatus. The main climatic factors affecting the distribution of P. oblongopunctatus are average annual temperature, average 24-hour amplitude of temperature over each month, average temperature over the driest quarter, average temperature over the warmest quarter of the year, total of precipitations in the driest month of the year. We performed a prediction of possible change in the range by two scenarios (RCP 2.6 and RCP 8.5) for 2050 and 2070. Using QGIS program, we estimated the areas of the species’ range, and compared them. According to the scenario RCP 2.6, by 2050, the range of the species will contract due to decrease in the territories with moderately continental climate, and by 2070, a restoration of the range would take place, for according to this scenario, the average annual temperature stabilizes. According to the scenario RCP 8.5, the range will contract by 2050 and will continue to decrease by 2070, for the concentration of CO2 continues to increase along with increase in average annual temperature. Climate changes can affect the life cycle of the beetle, its life expectancy and activity over the season. With changes in temperature, eggs and larvae of P. oblongopunctatus can be more vulnerable.

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Enhancing the WorldClim data set for national and regional applications

Cited by 38 publications

References 68 publications

Challenges of Reducing Phosphorus Based Water Eutrophication in the Agricultural Landscapes of Northwest Europe

Challenges of Reducing Phosphorus Based Water Eutrophication in the Agricultural Landscapes of Northwest Europe

Rainfall distribution and trends of the daily precipitation concentration index in northern Morocco: a need for an adaptive environmental policy

Range of Pterostichus oblongopunctatus (Coleoptera, Carabidae) in conditions of global climate change

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