Table 4.
Databases for spatially explicit abiotic ecological data for use in community modeling.
| Database | Data | Synopsis | References | Data access |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atmospheric Infra-Red Sounder (AIRS) | Greenhouse gases concentration in troposphere (CO2, CO, CH4, O3); etc. | Provides atmospheric chemical composition measurements by decomposing the infrared radiation in 2378 bands | AIRS Science team and Texeira, 2008; Morgan et al., 2004; Maddy et al., 2008; Xiong et al., 2008; Engelen et al., 2009; Lin et al., 2013 | https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov |
| Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) | Precipitation | Precipitation rate and rainfall rate. Was operational from 1997-12-01 to 2015-03-31 | Wilheit et al., 1991 | https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov |
| GPM (Global Precipitation Measurement) | Precipitation | Global observations of rain and snow. Operational from 2014-03-01 until the present | Hong et al., 2004; Huffman et al., 2007; Stocker et al., 2018 | https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov |
| MODIS (Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer) | Land surface temperature; Vegetation idexes (NDVI, EVI, LAI); Primary production; Evapotransiration; Ocean chlorophyll; etc… | Produces a huge list of high precision environmental products, with high temporal resolution, that are validated with field data | Cohen et al., 2003; Didan, 2015; Friedl and Sulla-Menashe, 2015; Giglio et al., 2015; Running et al., 2017; Savtchenko et al., 2004; Turner et al., 2006; Wan et al., 2015 | https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov |
| SOILGRID | Bulk density; Soil granulometry; Soil classification; Cation exchange capacity; Soil organic content; pH; etc… | Models a set of soil's physical and chemical properties through the combination of soil samples data with a large set of soil covariates using machine learning techniques | Hengl et al., 2017 | https://soilgrids.org |
| GLDAS—Global Land Data Assimilation System Version 2 | Rain precipitation rate; Evapotranspiration; Root zone soil moisture; Soil moisture (in various depths); Soil temperature(in various depths); etc. | Models land surface states and fluxes using optimal fields. Includes 40 climatic parameters with temporal coverage from 1979-01-01 to present with high temporal resolution | Rodell et al., 2004; Rodell et al., 2009; Kumar et al., 2006; Peters-Lidard et al., 2007 | https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov |
| WorldClim Version2 | Annual Mean Temperature; Mean Diurnal Range; Temperature Seasonality; Temperature Annual Range; Annual Precipitation; Precipitation Seasonality; etc… | Set of 19 bioclimatic variables averaging of climatic parameters from 1970 to 2000, modeled through general circulation models (GCM). | Fick and Hijmans, 2017 | http://worldclim.org/version2 |
| WorldClim 1.4 downscaled (CMIP5) data | The same as WorldClim Version2 projected to the future | Future projections for the same WorldClim 19 bioclimatic variables for two periods, 2050 (average for 2041–2060) and 2070 (average for 2061–2080), based Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) | Stocker, 2014 | https://www.worldclim.org/cmip5v1 |