accuCLIM 30-year average Bioclimate Time Series: Accurate, high-resolution, mapped climate data for the Australian Wet Tropics World Heritage Area

A time series of 30-year average bioclimatic temperature variable maps at 5-year intervals from 1965 - 2000. Data are mapped at 0.0025 degrees (~250 meters) spatial resolution and cover the entire extent of Queenslands Wet Tropics World Heritage Area. A large, independently collected set of weather data was used to spatially downscale AWAP daily weather layers of temperature maxima and minima to 0.0025 degree resolution as a function of key topographic and vegetation factors. These downscaled weather layers were then aggregated to form the accuCLIM bioclimate variables; see the associated research publication at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ddi.12068