DIVA-GIS

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DIVA-GIS Climate Data Robert J.
Hijmans International Rice Research Institute,
Los Baños, Philippines
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• DIVA-GIS
• Biodiversity
• Free
• Simple to use
• Demand driven development
• Version 5.2
• http//www.diva-gis.org

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Data exploration
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Patterns of diversity and turnover
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Geo-Cluster
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Model Species Distribution
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Modeled Future climate
Modeled Current climate
Known Distribution
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www.diva-gis.org - program, manual, and data
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Climate Data
Current climate CRU-TS WorldClim Future
climate
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Estimates of current (past) climate
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Precipitation (mm)
Temperature (C)
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ºC / year
Temperature change during the 20th century
CRU-TS
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ºC / year
Temperature change during 1985-2002
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Future climate GCMs
David Viner, CRU
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Future climate GCMs
Different models HADCM, ECHAM, CCCMA,
CSRIO Different scenarios ISO92, IPCC
SRES Spatial resolution
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Different models, different results
CCMa
HADCM
ECHAM
GFDL
Change in mean annual temperature (C)
SRES A2
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Emission scenariosHadCMmodel
A2a
B2a
Change in mean annual temperature (C)
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Duffy et al. LLNL
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Statistical downscaling, delta method
Temperature change
Current climate
Downscaled calibrated future climate
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http//www.worldclim.org/

• Other climate data tools
• Climate Data Analysis Tools (CDAT)
• Educational GCM (EdGCM)
• Also have a look at the IPCC website
• IPCC Data Distribution Centre