Several people sent me links to climate data in response to my earlier request. I've summarized them below. Thanks to everyone who assisted.
DAYMET - http://www.daymet.org Daily climate data, 1km resolution, U.S. only, 1980 1997 PRISM - http://www.prism.oregonstate.edu Monthly, 800m to 4km data, U.S. only, 1895 to present WorldClim http://worldclim.org Current climate, 1km, Global, summary of 1950 2000 Natural Resources Canada - http://cfs.nrcan.gc.ca/subsite/glfc-climate/meansurfaces Mean climate, 10km, USA and Canada , 1901 2003 North American Regional Reanalysis - http://www.emc.ncep.noaa.gov/mmb/rreanl/ 3 hour increments, 32km, North America , 1979 present WCRP CMIP3 Climate Projections - http://gdo-dcp.ucllnl.org/downscaled_cmip3_projections/dcpInterface.html#Welcome Future climate, multiple climate models, 12km resolution, North America , 1950 2099 North American Regional Climate Change Assessment Program - http://www.narccap.ucar.edu/index.html Regional data for North America , data not yet released The MODIS global Gross Primary Productivity algorithm uses a meteorological dataset at 1° x 1.25° that is downscaled to 1-km resolution by interpolation. The paper below summarizes the algorithm, but you need permission of the author to use the data: Zhao, M. S., Heinsch, F. A., Nemani, R. R., & Running, S. W. (2005). Improvements of the MODIS terrestrial gross and net primary production global data set. Remote Sensing of Environment (95), 164-176. Clinton Jenkins Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences Duke University Box 90328 LSRC A201 Durham NC 27708 USA Phone: (919) 613-8143 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/people/faculty/pimm/clintonjenkins.html
