Table 2. Climate datasets used to model seasonal tropical tree growth at a pantropical scale.

climate variable	full name	unit	origin
pre	precipitation	mm	CRU-TS3.10.01
sol a	Extraterrestrial solar radiation	mm/month as equivalent of evaporation	CGIAR-CSI
cld	cloud cover	%	CRU-TS3.1
Pre	Potential Evapotranspiration	mm	CRU-TS3.1
swc	relative soil water content	unit less	CGIAR-CSI
tmp	mean temperature	°C	CRU-TS3.1
tmn	minimal temperature	°C	CRU-TS3.1
tmx	maximal temperature	°C	CRU-TS3.1
vap	vapour pressure	hPa	CRU-TS3.1
dtr	temperature amplitude	°C	CRU-TS3.1

^a: sol per day (mm/day equivalent) is calculated using the methodology presented in [39] specifically for the 15^th day of each month to describe averages per month. Total sol per month (mm/month equivalent) is calculated by multiplying the value of sol for the 15th day of the month by the number of days in the month, 1 mm.day⁻¹ equivalent of evaporation  =  2.45 MJ.m⁻².day⁻¹.