microclim: Global estimates of hourly microclimate based on long-term monthly climate averages

The microclim dataset provides microclimate estimates of conditions above and below ground for each hour of the day for the middle day of each month based on a long-term average climatology. Details of this dataset are presented in [Kearney et al. 2014]. The dataset comprises a set of NetCDF files with one file per variable per month, each file comprising 24 layers (one for each hour of the day from 0:00 hrs to 23:00 hrs, so layer 13 is 12:00 midday) for the globe (852 rows, 2159 columns, latitudinal extents -58.57 to 83.43 degrees, longitudinal extents -180.00 to 180.00 degrees). For the naming convention, mon is month of the year (1 to 12, where 1 = Jan, 12 = Dec), shd is shade level in % (0, 25, 50, 75, 90, 100), and sub is substrate (soil, rock, sand). To facilitate downloading the data, the NetCDF files are grouped into compressed (zipped) files, one per variable per shade and substrate type, each comprising all monthly values and, for the substrate temperatures, all depths. Note that not all variables are shade or substrate specific, specifically zenith angle, wind speeds, solar radiation, and 120 cm air temperature and relative humidity.