High-resolution (250 m) historical and projected (CMIP6) air temperature and precipitation grids for Bhutan

This collection provides air temperature and precipitation grids for historical (1986–2015) and projected future (CMIP6) climates of Bhutan with a spatial resolution of 250 m. The projections include four shared socio-economic pathways (SSP1-2.6, SSP2-4.5, SSP3-7.0 and SSP5-8.5) (O'Neill et al., 2016; Riahi et al., 2017) and three periods (2021–2050, 2051–2080, and 2071–2100) using 10 global climate models (GCMs). These data can be used for many applications in environmental and agricultural science. \nLineage: CMIP6 GCM outputs were acquired from the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) (https://cds.climate.copernicus.eu/). The CMIP6 GCM outputs are downscaled against historical data, developed with the national weather station network (Stewart et al. 2017, Stewart et al. 2021), using the delta change method applied to anomalies interpolated using bivariate thin plate splines (i.e., a function of easting and northing). Further details regarding this collection are provided in the attached README document.