Precipitation of wettest month — SSP3-7.0 2071-2100 (CHELSA)
This layer projects how much rainfall the wettest month of a typical year will see late this century, under a high-emissions future.
Category: Physical risks · Mitigating services · Climate Chronic Risks · 2071-2100 Coverage: Global Format: Raster grid (~2 km) Used in risk analysis: No (contextual layer; not used in materiality scoring)
What it shows
This layer projects how much rainfall the wettest month of a typical year will see late this century, under a high-emissions future. It is a forward-looking bioclimatic indicator describing the intensity of the peak wet season, which shapes flooding potential, soil saturation, erosion and the long-term water cycle for ecosystems and agriculture.
How it is built
The layer comes from CHELSA-CMIP6 v2.1 (Karger et al.) under the SSP3-7.0 scenario for the 2071-2100 period, based on a single climate model (MPI-ESM1-2-HR). The variable is the projected precipitation total of the wettest calendar month at end of century. It is delivered on a fine global grid of roughly 2 km. As a single-model future projection, it should be read as a plausible long-term outlook rather than a precise forecast.
How to read it
Higher values indicate a heavier projected peak wet season; lower values indicate a drier maximum. The layer is most informative when compared against the 1981-2010 baseline variant to reveal the direction and size of projected change in wet-season intensity.
Source
CHELSA-CMIP6 v2.1 (Karger et al.), SSP3-7.0 2071-2100 projection (MPI-ESM1-2-HR); open licence.
Comparison with the WWF Risk Filter Suite
The WWF Risk Filter Suite publishes present-day indicators and no standalone bioclimatic precipitation projections. This is a forward-looking climate-scenario variant with no distinct WWF equivalent, and is a Darwin extension.
Legend
Symbolised field: Precipitation of wettest month
Generated from darwin/layers/layer-chelsa-precip_wettestmonth-ssp370.toml and risk_indicator_pairs.toml (develop).