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Version 1
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Version 2
Citation
Version 2
Snethlage, M.A., Geschke, J., Spehn, E.M., Ranipeta, A., Yoccoz, N.G., Körner, Ch., Jetz, W., Fischer, M. & Urbach, D. A hierarchical inventory of the world’s mountains for global comparative mountain science. Nature Scientific Data. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-022-01256-y (2022).
Snethlage, M.A., Geschke, J., Spehn, E.M., Ranipeta, A., Yoccoz, N.G., Körner, Ch., Jetz, W., Fischer, M. & Urbach, D. GMBA Mountain Inventory v2. GMBA-EarthEnv. https://doi.org/10.48601/earthenv-t9k2-1407 (2022).
Version 1
Körner C, Jetz W, Paulsen J, Payne D, Rudmann-Maurer K, Spehn EM (2017) A global inventory of mountains for bio-geographical applications. Alpine Botany 127(1): 1-15, DOI: 10.1007/s00035-016-0182-6 and the dataset DOI: 10.7892/boris.106896 Körner C, Paulsen J, Spehn E (2011) A definition of mountains and their bioclimatic belts for global comparisons of biodiversity data. Alpine Botany 121(2): 73-78 and the dataset DOI: 10.7892/boris.83486.
Data access
Version 2
source ~/proyectos/CES/cesdata/env/project-env.sh
DPATH=topography/global
DNAME=GMBA-Mountain-Inventory
mkdir -p $GISDATA/$DPATH/$DNAME/
cd $GISDATA/$DPATH/$DNAME/
wget --continue https://data.earthenv.org/mountains/standard/GMBA_Inventory_v2.0_standard.zip
wget --continue https://data.earthenv.org/mountains/standard/GMBA_Inventory_v2.0_standard_basic.zip
Older versions
https://ilias.unibe.ch/goto_ilias3_unibe_cat_1000515.html
This folder contains the GMBA mountain inventory_V1.2 data as well as zipped folders containing previous versions of the inventory (V1.0 & V1.1). The file "General info GMBA mountain inventory_V1.2.txt" provides general information about the various files, including version, labels, formats, and a “how to cite” To download the mountain polygons for the entire world (excluding Antarctica), please chose the file entitled “GMBA mountain inventory_V1.2_entire world”
https://ilias.unibe.ch/goto_ilias3_unibe_file_1047348_download.html
https://ilias.unibe.ch/goto.php?target=cat_1000514
This folder contains the GMBA mountain definition_V1.1 data. The file "General info GMBA mountain definition_V1.1.txt" provides general information about the various files, including version, resolution, labels, and formats. To download all the available files at once, please chose the zipped folder entitled "GMBA mountain definition_V1.1"
Data download and preparation
Download data from ilias and then:
source ~/proyectos/CES/cesdata/env/project-env.sh
DPATH=topography/global
DNAME=GMBA-Mountain-Inventory
mkdir -p $GISDATA/$DPATH/$DNAME/
cd $GISDATA/$DPATH/$DNAME/
#scp $GISDATA/biogeografia/GMBA-mountain-inventory/
#mv ~/Downloads/'GMBA mountain definition_V1.1.zip (all files).zip' $GISDATA/biogeografia/GMBA-mountain-inventory
Unzip the data in our working directory
cd $WORKDIR
unzip $GISDATA/biogeografia/GMBA-mountain-inventory/GMBA\ mountain\ inventory_V1.2_entire\ world.zip
unzip $GISDATA/biogeografia/GMBA-mountain-inventory/'GMBA mountain definition_V1.1.zip (all files).zip'
## change to integer (only six distinct values) and fix limits
gdalwarp ${WORKDIR}/'GMBA mountain definition_V1.1/GMBA climatic belts_V1.1.tif' -ot Int16 -te -180 -60 180 90 GMBA_climatic_belts_V1.1.tif
gdalwarp ${WORKDIR}/'GMBA mountain definition_V1.1/GMBA mountain definition_V1.1.tif' -ot Int16 -te -180 -60 180 90 GMBA_mountain_definition_V1.1.tif
For the Thermal belts the map values refer to Tvzcode Labels and the belts are defined in terms of length of growing season (GS) and season mean temperature (SMT).
| map value | level | description | matching EFGs |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nival | GS < 10 days; SMT < 3.5 °C | T6.1 |
| 2 | Upper alpine | 10 < GS < 54; SMT < 3.5 °C | T6.5,T6.4,T6.3 |
| 3 | Lower alpine | GS < 94; SMT < 6.4 °C | T6.5,T6.4,T6.3 |
| 4 | Upper montane | GS >=94 days; 6.4 < SMT < 10.0 °C | T6.5,T6.4,T2.1 |
| 5 | Lower montane | GS >=94 days; 10.0 < SMT < 15.0 °C | T6.5,T6.4 |
| 6 | Warm, freezing | warm, possible freezing; GS >=94 days; SMT > 15 °C | |
| 7 | Warm, no freezing | perpetual warm conditions; GS >=94 days; SMT > 15 °C |