1Section of Epidemiology, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; 2WorldPop, Department of Geography and Environment, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom; 3Department of Mathematics, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Variables
1. Mean solar radiation in November
Thirty-year mean solar radiation in November for 1970-2000. WorldClim - Global Climate Data, free climate data for ecological modeling and GIS.
B. Summary Statistics
Mean
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Stdandard deviation
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Minimum
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Maximum
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8021.522
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365.6275
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7178.948
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8712.111
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2. Mean solar radiation in February
Thirty-year mean monthly solar radiation in February for 1970-2000. WorldClim - Global Climate Data, free climate data for ecological modeling and GIS.
B. Summary Statistics
Mean
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Stdandard deviation
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Minimum
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Maximum
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9577.912
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350.278
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8745.129
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10427.3
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3. Mean precipitation in May
Thirty-year mean monthly precipitation in May for 1970-2000. WorldClim - Global Climate Data, free climate data for ecological modeling and GIS.
B. Summary Statistics
Mean
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Stdandard deviation
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Minimum
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Maximum
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58.2019
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13.57296
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24.26498
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106.1903
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4. Pasture area fraction, 2000
Pasture Area fraction in 2000, obtained by combining agricultural inventory data and satellite-derived land cover data. The agricultural inventory data is used to train a land cover classification data set obtained by merging two different satellite-derived products (Boston University’s MODIS-derived land cover product and the GLC2000 data set).
B. Summary Statistics
Mean
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Stdandard deviation
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Minimum
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Maximum
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0.5142076
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0.1598593
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0.0074935
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0.9326845
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5. Elevation, 2000
NASA’s SRTM (Shuttle Radar Topography Mission) elevation, 2000
B. Summary Statistics
Mean
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Stdandard deviation
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Minimum
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Maximum
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1534.623
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624.8174
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534.3017
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3522.005
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6. Slope, 2000
NASA’s SRTM (Shuttle Radar Topography Mission) slope, 2000. Slope is a measure of change in elevation.
B. Summary Statistics
Mean
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Stdandard deviation
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Minimum
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Maximum
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7.228466
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5.751596
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0.2785368
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26.26363
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7. Distance to major waterways, 2016
Distance to OSM (Open Street Map) major waterways, 2016. The values of the raster are the distances (in kilometres) from the cell centres to the nearest feature.
B. Summary Statistics
Mean
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Stdandard deviation
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Minimum
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Maximum
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2.767573
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2.344825
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0.1611258
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19.08182
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8. Distance to built-settlement area edges, 2000
Distance to GHSL (Global Human Settlement Layer) + ESA (European Space Agency) CCI (Climate Change Initiative) LC (Land Cover) built-settlement area edges, 2000. The values of the raster are the distances (in kilometres) from the cell centres to the nearest feature.
B. Summary Statistics
Mean
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Stdandard deviation
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Minimum
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Maximum
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8.437131
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11.46861
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-0.015636
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75.03939
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9. Night-time lights, 2015
Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VRIIS) night-time lights, 2015.
B. Summary Statistics
Mean
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Stdandard deviation
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Minimum
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Maximum
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339.7977
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563.7038
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0
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4290.6
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10. Distance to urban/artificial area edges, 2000
Distance to ESA (European Space Agency) CCI (Climate Change Initiative) LC (Land Cover) artificial surface edges, 2000. The values of the raster are the distances (in kilometres) from the cell centres to the nearest feature.
B. Summary Statistics
Mean
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Stdandard deviation
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Minimum
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Maximum
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29.38486
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29.03254
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0.2030513
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132.7585
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11. Distance to herbaceous area edges, 2000
Distance to ESA (European Space Agency) CCI (Climate Change Initiative) LC (Land Cover) herbaceous area edges. 2000. The values of the raster are the distances (in kilometres) from the cell centres to the nearest feature.
B. Summary Statistics
Mean
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Stdandard deviation
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Minimum
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Maximum
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1.012986
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1.192378
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-1.346638
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6.838798
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12. Distance to woody-tree area edges, 2010
Distance to ESA (European Space Agency) CCI (Climate Change Initiative) LC (Land Cover) woody-tree area edges, 2010. The values of the raster are the distances (in kilometres) from the cell centres to the nearest feature.
B. Summary Statistics
Mean
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Stdandard deviation
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Minimum
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Maximum
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7.242729
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6.192088
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-0.0834906
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31.23634
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13. Distance to cultivated area edges, 2010
Distance to ESA (European Space Agency) CCI (Climate Change Initiative) LC (Land Cover) cultivated area edges, 2010. The values of the raster are the distances (in kilometres) from the cell centres to the nearest feature.
B. Summary Statistics
Mean
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Stdandard deviation
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Minimum
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Maximum
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-0.1522803
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1.030093
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-4.082218
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7.424358
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14. Mean temperature, 2005
Mean surface air temperature 2005 (January - December). NASA Modern-Era Retrospective analysis for Research and Applications, Version 2 (MERRA-2) dataset.
B. Summary Statistics
Mean
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Stdandard deviation
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Minimum
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Maximum
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8.659737
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5.243197
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-4.39054
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18.1127
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15. Mean spring precipitation, 2010
Mean precipitation rate, spring 2010 (March - May). NASA Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) precipitation dataset.
B. Summary Statistics
Mean
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Stdandard deviation
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Minimum
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Maximum
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0.0816605
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0.0227282
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0.0326164
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0.1667611
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16. Mean winter precipitation, 2005
Mean precipitation rate, winter 2005 (January - March). NASA Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) precipitation dataset.
B. Summary Statistics
Mean
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Stdandard deviation
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Minimum
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Maximum
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0.0582941
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0.022451
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0.0169152
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0.2022258
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17. Mean spring precipitation, 2000
Mean precipitation rate, spring 2000 (March - May). NASA Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) precipitation dataset.
B. Summary Statistics
Mean
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Stdandard deviation
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Minimum
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Maximum
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0.0572299
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0.0169864
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0.0195298
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0.1228122
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18. Mean winter precipitation, 2000
Mean precipitation rate, winter 2000 (January - March). NASA Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) precipitation dataset.
B. Summary Statistics
Mean
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Stdandard deviation
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Minimum
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Maximum
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0.0335839
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0.0093679
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0.0106349
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0.0524123
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19. Mean winter Normalized Difference Vegetation Index, 2010
Mean Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) values 2010 (January- December). NASA MODIS(Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer) -terra /Aqua Vegetation Indices.
B. Summary Statistics
Mean
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Stdandard deviation
|
Minimum
|
Maximum
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0.1135843
|
0.0793842
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-0.0225839
|
0.2847981
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