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SLOCLIM: a high-resolution daily gridded precipitation and temperature dataset for Slovenia
Department of Wood Science and Technology, Biotechnical Faculty,
University of Ljubljana, Jamnikarjeva 101, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
Roberto Serrano-Notivoli
Department of Geography, Autonomous University of Madrid, Madrid,
28049, Spain
Katarina Čufar
Department of Wood Science and Technology, Biotechnical Faculty,
University of Ljubljana, Jamnikarjeva 101, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
Maks Merela
Department of Wood Science and Technology, Biotechnical Faculty,
University of Ljubljana, Jamnikarjeva 101, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
Zalika Črepinšek
Department of Agronomy, Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana,
Jamnikarjeva 101, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
Lučka Kajfež Bogataj
Department of Agronomy, Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana,
Jamnikarjeva 101, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
Martín de Luis
Department of Geography and Regional Planning and Environmental
Sciences Institute (IUCA), University of Zaragoza, 50009, Spain
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SLOCLIM is the first climatic reconstruction for Slovenia with a spatial resolution of 1 × 1 km, providing daily data of maximum and minimum temperature and precipitation from 1950 to 2018. This new daily gridded dataset contributes significantly to the climate description of the country and is expected to facilitate research activities in numerous scientific disciplines dealing with climate trends, environment, human and animal populations, agriculture, and forestry.
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