EuroClim products
This semi-operational climate monitoring service has been developed by the CEC IST 5th
Framework Programme's project EuroClim (see http://euroclim.nr.no). The service provides
a one-stop-shopping web service for searching, retrieving, browsing, on-line analysis and
downloading of products. The products are produced regularly by an advanced network of
distributed production systems and stored in a corresponding network of databases. Data
are currently being back-processed as long as possible in order to obtain many years of
products. The web
service provides easy search and retrieval over the network without bothering the user
with where and how products are stored. The semi-operational service will be released in March 2005.
The system is a totally flexible network concept that can be easily modified to cover new
geographic regions and new cryospheric variables, and to include new products and more
monitoring node operating organisations. It will cover sea ice for the whole Arctic Ocean, the Greenland ice sheet,
glaciers in Svalbard and seasonal snow in Fennoscandia. A comprehensive set of sea ice,
glacier and snow variables are monitored with a corresponding production of various products
(from digital maps of the primary variables to climate-change indicator products).
The system does both long-term regular observations and climate projections for the
Arctic and Europe using the observations available to improve climate modelling.
The observations are primarily based on satellite data but also include in situ data
when such data are available.
Product legends
Snow cover and surface temperature
Arctic sea cover
Greenland glacier type
Svalbard glacier type
Go to the semi-operational EUROCLIM website
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Figure 1. Euroclim logo
Figure 2. Euroclim area coverage
Arctic Ocean (sea ice) (1978 - present), Fennoscandina (seasonal snow) (1979 - present),
Greenland (glaciers) (1979 - present), Svalbard (ice sheet) (1991 - present)
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Facts
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Input: satellite and in situ data
Parameters:
-Aggregated sea ice concentration (SIC) maps, Arctic ocean;
-Monthly area of ice extent, regional and Arctic ocean
-Days of ice cover per year, Arctic ocean
-Date of ice break-up, Arctic ocean
-Aggregated observed land ice surface type maps(GST), Greenland and Svalbard
-Glacier Melt Area (GMA), Greenland and Svalbard
-Aggregated observed snow parameter maps, Fennoscandia
-Snow Cover Area (SCA), Fennoscandia
-Snow Temperature for Surface (STS), Fennoscandia
-Snow Surface Wetness (SSW), Fennoscandia
Delivered: via Euroclim website
Spatial resolution: map grid is 1km (20m for Svalbar glacier); accuracy: NA
Cost: depends on user type and product
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Training
