Agroclimatic gridded dataset for Italy (AGROCLIMA)

Abstract

The AGROCLIMA gridded dataset provides the values of the main agroclimatic variables (minimum, maximum and mean temperature, precipitation and reference evapotranspiration according to the Hargreaves-Samani equation) for the WMO Climate Standard Normal period 1981-2010 (CliNo8110) across the Italian domain. The dataset is provided at a 0.14°/0.10° longitude and latitude resolution (approximately 10 km) with a monthly, seasonal and annual climate timestep granularity. Moreover, it includes climate's statistics at 10-days temporal resolution at Italian NUTS 0, 2 and 3 levels for minimum and maximum temperature, and precipitation. All data have been obtained from the historical daily weather series stored in the METEOGRID dataset, covering 1961 to 2017 period, that derives from the national agro-meteorological database of the Italian Ministry of Agriculture. The METEOGRID  data are freely accessibile by APIs provided by the developer portal of the AgriDigit Project (AgriDigit-Agromodelli, DM n. 36502 of 20/12/2018). 

Further details about the AGROCLIMA gridded dataset are published on the specific page of the Italian National Rural Network website (Italian language). 

The file ‘AGROCLIMA_grid_cells.csv’ contains metadata for each grid cell centre, such as the identifier code (ID_CELL), the altitude (ELEVATION, meters above sea level), the coordinates (LONGITUDE and LATITUDE, in E.P.S.G. 4326), the codes of the Nomenclature of territorial units for statistics at levels 2 and 3 (NUTS 2_CODE and NUTS 3_CODE), and the province name (NUTS 3_NAME).

Attached content

The dataset is composed by 3 files:

AGROCLIMA_grid_cells.csv

AGROCLIMA_gridded_data_v1.1.zip

AGROCLIMA_Italian_NUTS_levels_v1.1.zip