title: Microclim: Global estimates of hourly microclimate based on long-term monthly climate averages.
abstract: The mechanistic links between climate and the environmental sensitivities of organisms occur through the microclimatic conditions that organisms experience. Here we present a dataset of gridded hourly estimates of typical microclimatic conditions (air temperature, wind speed, relative humidity, solar radiation, sky radiation and substrate temperatures from the surface to 1 m depth) at high resolution (~15 km) for the globe. The estimates are for the middle day of each month, based on long-term average macroclimates, and include six shade levels and three generic substrates (soil, rock and sand) per pixel. These data are suitable for deriving biophysical estimates of the heat, water and activity budgets of terrestrial organisms.
authors.affiliation: Department of Zoology, The University of Melbourne , Parkville, VIC 3010, Australia.
authors.forename: Michael R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Kearney
authors.affiliation: Victorian Life Sciences Computation Initiative, The University of Melbourne , 187 Grattan St., Carlton, VIC 3010, Australia.
authors.forename: Andrew P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Isaac
authors.affiliation: Department of Zoology, University of Wisconsin , 250N. Mills St, Madison, WI 53706, USA.
authors.forename: Warren P
authors.initials: WP
authors.lastname: Porter
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006358:Hot Temperature; D006813:Humidity; D008834:Microclimate; D010507:Periodicity; D013696:Temperature; D014919:Wind