To provide a high-resolution, longitudinal global data set of annual extreme humid-heat.

To provide global estimates of the surface urban heat island intensity from monthly, seasonal, to annual scales for over 10,000 urban clusters developed using a simplified urban-extent algorithm.

To provide data on changes in freshwater availability in order to better understand impacts on regional food supplies, human and ecosystem health, energy generation, and social unrest.

To provide raster representations of global summer daytime maximum and nighttime minimum surface temperature for studies related to human health and climate change.