[R-sig-Geo] WorldClim Version2

[Alex Mandel]

It uses WorldClim 1.4

The paper for WorldClim 2 was recently published and we are still
working on adding more additional variables and refinements. I expect
the getData function to be updated in the near future.

Thanks,
Alex

On 09/28/2017 12:44 AM, Marcelino de la Cruz Rot wrote:
> I'm afraid it don't.
> 
> At least in version 2.5.8, as it  appears from  this line in .wordclim():
> 
>  theurl <-
> paste("http://biogeo.ucdavis.edu/data/climate/worldclim/1_4/grid/cur/",
>             zip, sep = "")
> 
> Marcelino
> 
> 
> El 28/09/2017 a las 4:31, Bacou, Melanie escribió:
>>
>> I would assume `raster::getData("worldclim", ...)` uses WorldClim
>> version 2?
>>
>> --Mel.
>>
>>
>> On 09/25/2017 05:14 PM, Andy Bunn wrote:
>>> Great. Thanks Marcelino. I have all the data dowloaded. I'm surprised
>>> that
>>> there isn't a dedicated package for worldclim yet ‹ making one that ties
>>> in with packages like BIEN would be great. Perhaps I'll work on it
>>> someday.
>>>
>>> -A
>>>
>>> On 9/25/17, 11:32 AM, "Marcelino de la Cruz Rot"
>>> <marcelino.delacruz at urjc.es>  wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hello Andy,
>>>>
>>>> I've been using raster to play with WordlClim 2.0 and it works fine.
>>>> For
>>>> example:
>>>>
>>>> # Download 2.5' arc P data of worldclim 2.0
>>>> # The file is 68.5 MB so it takes some time to download
>>>> P_url<-
>>>> "http://biogeo.ucdavis.edu/data/worldclim/v2.0/tif/base/wc2.0_2.5m_prec.zi
>>>> p"
>>>> download.file(P_url, destfile="wc2.0_2.5m_prec.zip")
>>>> unzip("wc2.0_2.5m_prec.zip")
>>>>
>>>> #  Generate a stack object  with all monthly precipitation layers
>>>> P_filenames<- paste("wc2.0_2.5m_prec_", c(paste(0,1:9, sep=""), 11,12),
>>>> ".tif",sep="")
>>>>
>>>> prec2.5<- stack(P_filenames)
>>>>
>>>> # Compute annual precipitation as a raster layer
>>>> P2.5<- sum(prec2.5)
>>>>
>>>> # etc.
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>>
>>>> Marcelino
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> El 25/09/2017 a las 19:42, Andy Bunn escribió:
>>>>> Hello all, is anybody aware of a R package that gracefully works with
>>>>> version 2 of the WorldClim data?
>>>>>
>>>>> http://worldclim.org/version2
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I have all the data extracted locally but I'm wondering if there is
>>>>> something akin to getData in raster that will work with version 2 and
>>>>> not
>>>>> 1.4 as (the brilliant) raster package currently does.
>>>>>
>>>>> Many thanks, Andy
>>>>>
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>>>> -- 
>>>> Marcelino de la Cruz Rot
>>>> Depto. de Biología y Geología
>>>> Física y Química Inorgánica
>>>> Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
>>>> Móstoles España
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