FP7-SPACE:

Albert Klein Tank, KNMI

EURO4MEuropean Reanalysis andObservations for Monitoring

Agenda• EURO4M project in brief

• Deliverables

• Structure

• External links

• Communication

EURO4M project in brief (1 of 4)• Everybody is expecting that climate data is simply available given

their experience having weather forecasts for every location on every day, but…

• …there are no climate monitoring programmes dedicated to user-oriented indicators for Europe

• …many national ECV datasets exist, but responsibilities are scattered with lack of European integration

EURO4M project in brief (2 of 4)• EURO4M will combine seamlessly the complementary features of

in situ observations, satellite data and regional reanalysis

• Scope:

variables: GCOS-ECVs for the atmosphere

area: Europe in its entirety (including the Mediterranean)

resolution: down to 25km (direct observations) and 3km (regional reanalysis and downscaling)

period: past 20-150 years (as long as possible for each data source)

particular focus on climate extremes

EURO4M project in brief (3 of 4)

EURO4M project in brief (4 of 4)• Goal is to contribute to an operational GMES service on climate

change, which provides:

best possible and up-to-date (gridded) climate change time series for Europe

innovative and integrated multi-purpose data products for research and application sector users

outreach at European, national and local levels

near-real time reporting for emerging extreme events

Deliverables• Papers, reports, etc.

• Datasets

• Climate IndicatorBulletins (CIBs)

Project structureAlbert Klein Tank, KNMI

Dale Barker, MO

Phil Jones, UEA

Roxana Bojariu, NMA-RO

Project structure

External links

• Climate Liaison Team is part of the project

EURO4M communication• Website adress: http://www.euro4m.eu

• Logo:

• News release today at 10 a.m. (in Dutch): http://www.knmi.nl

Questions?