European Reanalysis and Observations for Monitoring MACC Conference, Utrecht, May 2011 GEOLAND2 MyOcean MACC SAFER G-Mosaic ??? Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (EC/ESA)

European Reanalysis and Observations for Monitoring MACC Conference, Utrecht, May 2011 EURO4M: European Reanalysis and Observations for Monitoring Project of EU-FP7-SPACE, 9 partners, April 2010 – March 2014

European Reanalysis and Observations for Monitoring MACC Conference, Utrecht, May 2011 Goal:meeting the need for climate monitoring information

European Reanalysis and Observations for Monitoring MACC Conference, Utrecht, May 2011 Goal:meeting the need for climate monitoring information Need:long-term data and assessments describing climate variability and change in Europe EURO4M

European Reanalysis and Observations for Monitoring MACC Conference, Utrecht, May 2011 Goal:meeting the need for climate monitoring information Need:long-term data and assessments describing climate variability and change in Europe …supporting science-based mitigation and adaptation …placing high-impact extremes (such as floods and heat waves) in a historical context

European Reanalysis and Observations for Monitoring MACC Conference, Utrecht, May 2011 Example: Flood peak discharge for the river Rhine

European Reanalysis and Observations for Monitoring MACC Conference, Utrecht, May 2011 Example: Flood peak discharge for the river Rhine Source: CHR

European Reanalysis and Observations for Monitoring MACC Conference, Utrecht, May 2011 Source: CHR Example: Flood peak discharge for the river Rhine

European Reanalysis and Observations for Monitoring MACC Conference, Utrecht, May 2011 EURO4M develops two types of information services: + Reference historical databases Climate Indicator Bulletins

European Reanalysis and Observations for Monitoring MACC Conference, Utrecht, May 2011 Reference historical databases contain Climate Data Records from: 1)satellites 2)in-situ observations 3)regional reanalysis of past weather

European Reanalysis and Observations for Monitoring MACC Conference, Utrecht, May 2011 Reference historical databases contain Climate Data Records from: 1)satellites spatially extensive but short 2)in-situ observations long-term records but sparse 3)regional reanalysis of past weather complete but expensive (+ some bias)

European Reanalysis and Observations for Monitoring MACC Conference, Utrecht, May 2011 ECMWF-ERA Interim (80 km) HIRLAM (20 km) MESAN (5 km) 2m Temperature 2m Temperature 2m Temperature Source: ECMWF and SMHI

European Reanalysis and Observations for Monitoring MACC Conference, Utrecht, May 2011 Climate Indicator Bulletins: based on basic Climate Data Records focus on indicators for application sectors include uncertainty estimates

European Reanalysis and Observations for Monitoring MACC Conference, Utrecht, May 2011 From: EEA/JRC/WHO impact indicator report, 2008

European Reanalysis and Observations for Monitoring MACC Conference, Utrecht, May 2011 Russian heat wave, July 2010

European Reanalysis and Observations for Monitoring MACC Conference, Utrecht, May 2011 Russian heat wave, July 2010 ECMWF UAH Courtesy John Christy (top), Adrian Simmons (bottom)

European Reanalysis and Observations for Monitoring MACC Conference, Utrecht, May 2011 Russian heat wave, July 2010

European Reanalysis and Observations for Monitoring MACC Conference, Utrecht, May days with T-max > 25°C against 9.5 days in a normal July Data available from Russian heat wave, July 2010

European Reanalysis and Observations for Monitoring MACC Conference, Utrecht, May nights with T-min > 20°C against 0.5 night in a normal July Data available from Russian heat wave, July 2010

European Reanalysis and Observations for Monitoring MACC Conference, Utrecht, May nights with Tn>20°C; normal is 0.5 night Data available from No significant long term trend at station Moscow Data available from Russian heat wave, July 2010

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