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Operational Program “Competitiveness and Entrepreneurship” of the National Strategic Reference
Framework (NSRF) – Research Funding Program COOPERATION 2009.
The geographic climate information system
GEOCLIMA
Feidas H., Zanis P., Melas D., Vaitis M., Anadranistakis E.,
Simeonidis P. and Pantelopoulos S.
The partners
Project GEOCLIMA
The aim of the project
GEOCLIMA is an interactive open access Geographic
Information System (GIS) web application allowing the
user to manage, analyze and visualize the information
which is directly or indirectly related to present climate
and its future projections in Greece based on in-situ and
satellite measurements as well as RCM simulations.
Data
base
Project GEOCLIMA
Main components of the project
Development of a Geographic
Information System
(WP5)
Spatialization of climatic
data (WP4)
Regional future climate
projections (WP2)
Data preprocessing (WP1)
Development of an integrated geographical database (WP3)
Project GEOCLIMA
WP1
Data preprocessing
Collection and pre-processing of
historic data (climate, environments,
socio-economic). The data will be
formatted accordingly to be imported
into the geographical information
system and be further managed,
processed and analyzed and projected
WP2
Regional future climate projections
Estimation of future climate scenarios
with the use of regional climate models
(RCMs) that will be integrated in the
geographical climate information system.
WP3
Development of an integrated geographical database
Development of an integrated geographical database which will
centrally store and manage the first and second order project data
(climatic, environmental, socio-economic) along with all the
necessary data for their map projection and dissemination.
WP4
Spatialisation of climatic data
Spatial interpolation of climatic
parameters based on ground based
station with the development of a
methodology for correlating climate
with spatial data to support an
accurate mapping of climate.
WP5
Development of a Geographic
Information System
Development of a Geographical
Information System allowing the
management, analysis and mapping of all
the available information
Project GEOCLIMA
Regional future climate projections (WP2)
Existing regional climate
model simulations
Data of climate change for year/season
- PRUDENCE (A2, B2) (50x50 km)
[2071-2100]-[1961-1990]
- ENSEMBLE (A1B) (25x25 km)
[2021-2050]-[1961-1990] και
[2071-2100]-[1961-1990]
High resolution
RCM
simulation
(10 km x 10 km)
Data of climate change for year/season
A1B (10Χ10 km)
[2021-2050]-[1961-1990] and
[2071-2100]-[1961-1990]
WP2
Project GEOCLIMA
Climate Indices change from the high resolution
simulation (10 km x 10 km) 2021-2050 – 1961-1990
Dry spell days
Warm days Tmin>20 oC
Hot days Tmax>35 oC
Growing season
Night frosts (days)Tmin<0 oC
WP4: Spatialisation of climatic data
The relationship of climatic variables with geographic features over Greece was investigated.
Seasonal and annual climate normals of temperature, rainfall, humidity, sunshine duration, days
of rainfall, days of snow, etc. covering the period from 1975 to 2004, from 85 meteorological
stations of the Hellenic National Meteorological Service network were included in the analysis.
Several geographical and environmental parameters such as altitude, location, slope, aspect,
distance to coast, sea/land ratio and vegetation index obtained from a coastline dataset, a digital
elevation model and a land cover database were examined for their dependencies with climatic
elements. Backward stepwise linear regression was used to obtain a surface that gives the best fit
to the measured climatic data.
Project GEOCLIMA
WP3: Development of an integrated
geographical database
For centrally storing and managing the first and second order
project data (climatic, environmental, socio-economic).
Data
base
GIS
Project GEOCLIMA
WP5: Development of a Geographic
Information System
It is the web-based application tool allowing the management,
analysis and mapping of the climate information that was
produced within the framework of all other WPs.
Project GEOCLIMA
The System of GEOCLIMA
www.geoclima.eu
The GEOCLIMA application tool
The GEOCLIMA application tool
The GEOCLIMA application tool
The GEOCLIMA application tool
The GEOCLIMA could be a valid tool for:
1. Organisations and authorities of the wider public
sector that are responsible for decision making and
strategy formulation in protecting the environment
and addressing climate change and its impacts.
2. Non-governmental organisations with activity on
Environmental Protection.
3. Bodies of all levels of education, as an important
interactive educational tool on climate and climate
change.
The GEOCLIMA could be a valid tool for:
4. Private sector, whose activities depend on climate
conditions and future changes, e.g. large construction
companies, installation companies wind farms, large
tourism enterprises, environmental companies, etc.
5. Research Institutions for their research needs.
6. Non-specialists who have conditional immediate access
to information on the state of present climate and its
estimates of future changes
Thank you for your attention
Data
base
Project GEOCLIMA
Main components
 1) Collection and homogenization of climate and environmental related information for
Greece (WP1)
 2) Estimation of future climate change, based on existing regional climate model
simulations and on the high resolution climatic simulation (10 km x 10 km) carried out
for Greece
 3) Compilation of an integrated uniform geographic database which will collect and
organize past and the present climate related information for Greece, the observed
climate change and the future projections.
 4) Mapping of first and second order climate data and creation of digital thematic maps,
that will present clearly with high spatial (~20 Km) and temporal resolution (monthly,
seasonal, yearly) the past and present climate and the future projections
 5) Development of an integrated Geographic Information System that will allow the
management, analysis and mapping of the climate information that will be produced
within the framework of this project (WP5)
Project GEOCLIMA