WoldClim bioclimatic data for South Africa

Standard (19) WorldClim Bioclimatic variables for South Africa from WorldClim version 2 (see https://worldclim.org/data/worldclim21.html) at 10 minute spatial resolution. They are the average for the years 1970-2000. BIO1 = Annual Mean Temperature BIO2 = Mean Diurnal Range (Mean of monthly (max temp - min temp)) BIO3 = Isothermality (BIO2/BIO7) (×100) BIO4 = Temperature Seasonality (standard deviation ×100) BIO5 = Max Temperature of Warmest Month BIO6 = Min Temperature of Coldest Month BIO7 = Temperature Annual Range (BIO5-BIO6) BIO8 = Mean Temperature of Wettest Quarter BIO9 = Mean Temperature of Driest Quarter BIO10 = Mean Temperature of Warmest Quarter BIO11 = Mean Temperature of Coldest Quarter BIO12 = Annual Precipitation BIO13 = Precipitation of Wettest Month BIO14 = Precipitation of Driest Month BIO15 = Precipitation Seasonality (Coefficient of Variation) BIO16 = Precipitation of Wettest Quarter BIO17 = Precipitation of Driest Quarter BIO18 = Precipitation of Warmest Quarter BIO19 = Precipitation of Coldest Quarter For further information see: https://worldclim.org/data/bioclim.html The file format is stacked raster, and can be read into R using the raster::stack("filename"). CMIP5 climate projections for South Africa from GCMs downscaled and calibrated (bias corrected) using WorldClim 1.4 as baseline climate (see https://worldclim.org/data/v1.4/cmip5_10m.html). The file format is stacked raster, and can be read into R using the raster::stack("filename"). Projections are for 2050 assuming two representative concentration pathways (RCPs) - 4.5 and 8.5 - for the following GCMs: HadGEM2-ES ("he45bi50", "he85bi50") CNRM-CM5 ("cn45bi50", "cn85bi50") MPI-ESM-LR ("mp45bi50", "mp85bi50")