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SHOWCASE EUROGRID Is there a need for a European core service component for high-resolution gridded climate data and products? Thomas Klein & Christer Persson The EUROGRID-vision • EUROGRID – A European resource for gridded climate data and products, • Delivering tailored information and added value to a variety of users from • Environment, meteorology+climatology, hydrology, oceanography, energy-sector, agriculture, forestry, insurance-sector, … Showcase EUROGRID: A EUMETNET/ECSN optional programme Basic objectives: • demonstrate how shared gridded historical meteorological and environmental data from European NMSs can be used for products and services for the European society • Investigate the needs for and prepare for an efficient use of results from future high-resolution European re-analyses (EURRA) – but the build-up of a mature system and the accomplishment of a consistent European reanalysis is not included! • prepare for the realization of the full-scale EUROGRIDconcept as support to user requirements and in line with relevant European and Global initiatives EUROGRID vs Showcase EUROGRID Solid, sustainable funding Mini-budget, 2-year project, in-kind contributions by the 16 participants Consistent high-resolution dataset for whole Europe Scattered national initiatives, diverse in methodology, indata, variables, resolution in time and space Infrastructure facilitating easy discovery, access and dynamic processing of information Demo-system, illustrating basic ideas and potential of a mature system Integration and interoperability with other service components Use of open standards and protocols Tailored information, addressing specific user requirements Investigation of user requirements => User questionnaire Showcase EUROGRID Services and Products • Essential climate variables: temperature and precipitation • 2 European datasets (ERAMESAN, ENSEMBLES) • 8 high-resolution datasets for specific countries • Selected years (2002+2003) • Examples for ”Derived” Products • Atmospheric Chemistry/Air quality/Deposition example • Geospatial and temporal aggregation products Showcase EUROGRID Services: Part 1: MapView (2D-raster files) • Data visualization • Open protocols [OGC/ISO WMS] • Visualization of distributed data (hosted at the members’ sites) using a common portal [frontend OpenLayers] • Pre-processed products hosted at central site • Data dissemination • Open protocols [OGC WCS] • Client-based product generation [e.g., user’s GIS] Showcase EUROGRID Services Part 2: DataView (Time series from SQL-database) • Data visualization • Extraction of data at grid points from MySQL5database by mouse-click • Plot of time-series • XHTML-table • Data dissemination • XHTML-table • Other formats (to be implemented if desired) Showcase EUROGRID web portal • http://www.e-grid.eu/public/ • http://www.e-grid.eu/products/ (still restricted) GMES & reanalyses • The GMES Atmosphere Service (GAS) currently addresses • air quality, atmospheric composition, the radiative forcing of climate, UV and renewable energies • What about information on the physical state of the climate (ECV’s), allowing for • the assessment of multi-decadal trends • the assessment of frequency and intensity of extreme weather-related events • timely, proportionate and cost-effective adaptation measures Why would Europe need high-resolution gridded climate data and products? Coping with the unavoidable consequences of climate change • Climate change a global phenomenon with local impacts, affecting agriculture, ecosystems, business, industries, water resources, public health, i.e., people’s daily lives and neighbourhoods • Spatial heterogeneity of vulnerability to impacts of weather- and climate-related events such as storms, floods, flash floods, soil erosion, coastal erosion, landslides, droughts, … • ”…adaptation measures will be required at regional and local levels to reduce the adverse impacts of projected climate change and variability…” (IPCC, 2007) Conclusions Showcase EUROGRID results: • Clearer picture of the EUROGRID-idea • Demo system, • using open standards and technologies, • providing examples of high-resolution gridded data and products • There are many promising existing assets • Need for high-resolution European data