ECTACI: European Climatology and Trend Atlas of Climate Indices (1979–2017)

A fundamental key to understanding climate change and its implications is the availability of databases with wide spatial coverage, over a long period of time, with constant updates and high spatial resolution. This study describes a newly gridded data set and its map viewer “European Climatology an...

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Published in:Journal of geophysical research. Atmospheres 2020-08, Vol.125 (16), p.n/a
Main Authors: Peña‐Angulo, D., Reig‐Gracia, F., Domínguez‐Castro, F., Revuelto, J., Aguilar, E., Schrier, G., Vicente‐Serrano, S. M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Climate change
climate indices
Climatic analysis
Climatic indexes
Climatology
Coefficient of variation
Datasets
Europe
Geophysics
Impact analysis
map viewer
seasonal
Socioeconomic factors
Spatial discrimination
Spatial resolution
trend
Trends
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Summary:A fundamental key to understanding climate change and its implications is the availability of databases with wide spatial coverage, over a long period of time, with constant updates and high spatial resolution. This study describes a newly gridded data set and its map viewer “European Climatology and Trend Atlas of Climate Indices” (ECTACI), which contains four statistical parameters (climatology, coefficient of variation, slope, and significant trend) from 125 standard climate indices for the whole Europe at 0.25° grid intervals from 1979 to 2017 at various temporal scales (monthly, seasonal, and annual). In addition, this study shows, for the first time, the general trends of a wide variety of updated standard climate indices at seasonal and annual scales for the whole of Europe, which could be a useful tool for climate analysis and its impact on different sectors and socioeconomic activities. The data set and ECTACI map viewer are available for free (http://ECTACI.csic.es/). Key Points Four statistical parameters are obtained (climatology, coefficient of variation, slope, and significant trend) from 125 climate indices for the whole Europe The analysis of the seasonal trend of climate indices showed that there are large differences between seasons The data set and ECTACI map viewer are available for free (http://ECTACI.csic.es/)
ISSN:2169-897X
2169-8996
DOI:10.1029/2020JD032798