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TerraClimate · Abatzoglou et al. 2018
Abatzoglou et al. (2018), TerraClimate monthly normals for 1991 to 2020, CC0. LifeVen extracts values at destination coordinates and applies an elevation adjustment.
NASA POWER
NASA Langley Research Center POWER project, humidity and cloud climatologies for 2001 to 2020. Its temperature and rainfall data may be used where TerraClimate has no land cell. See NASA’s source documentation for data use guidance.
NOAA OISST v2.1
NOAA OISST v2.1, monthly sea-surface averages for 1991 to 2020. LifeVen selects the nearest ocean cell within 50 km. Values do not describe a specific beach or swimming safety. Data citation: Huang et al. (2021), OISST v2.1.
Copernicus DEM / Open-Meteo
Copernicus DEM 2021 GLO-90, accessed through the Open-Meteo Elevation API for elevation labels and temperature adjustments. Data licensing and API service terms apply separately.
produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved
The organisations in charge of the Copernicus programme by law or by delegation do not incur any liability for any use of the Copernicus WorldDEM-90.
Natural Earth / world-atlas
Natural Earth boundaries distributed through world-atlas 110m, public domain. Boundaries and names are displayed for reference and do not express a position on legal status.
World Bank ICP / WDI
World Bank ICP 2021 (restaurants and hotels) and WDI purchasing-power and exchange-rate data, CC BY 4.0. LifeVen rebases estimates and manually adjusts some destination tiers. These are not World Bank travel budgets.
US Department of State
US Department of State travel advisories. LifeVen stores a snapshot of the official index. Refer to current official guidance for US travelers and for risks that depend on region or personal circumstances.