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European Centre for
Medium-Range Weather
Forecasts
● 24/7 operational service
● Research institution
● 22 member states | 12 Cooperating States
● 2 Copernicus Services
○ Climate Change Service (C3S)
○ Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS)
● 300+ staff
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CLIMATE
ERA5 reanalysis
● 1979 - almost Near-Real-Time
○ (soon from 1950 onwards)
● Temporal resolution: hourly
● Spatial resolution: ~ 30 km
(ERA5-Land: 9 km)
Seasonal forecasts
● monthly forecasts up to 6 months
ahead
● Spatial resolution: 10 km
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CAMS reanalysis
● 2003 - 2016 (will be
extended
● Spatial resolution: 80
km
CAMS Forecasts
● 3-hourly forecasts up
to 5 days in advance
● Spatial resolution: 80
km
Parameters: Ozone,
CO2, SO2, NO2, ...
AIR QUALITY
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Fire danger indices
● Fire-Weather Index
● Fine Fuel Moisture Code
● Duff Moisture Code
● Drought Code
● Build-Up Index
● Initial Spread Index
● Daily Severity Rating
Time period: 1 Jan 1980 - 31 Dec 2018
Temporal resolution: daily
Spatial resolution: 80 km
FIRE DANGER
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FLOOD
River discharge
● GloFAS 30-day forecast
○ 1 Jan 2018 - realtime
○ Temporal resolution: daily
○ Spatial resolution: 10 km
● GloFAS 30-day reanalysis
○ 1981-2017
○ Temporal resolution: daily
○ Spatial resolution: 10 km
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ECMWF Web Mapping
Service (WMS)
● 500 hPa Geopotential
● 850 hPa temperature
● Wind speed at 850 hPa
● Mean sea-level
pressure
● ...
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Copernicus
FULL, FREE and OPEN
data policy
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Climate
Data Store
From a pure download
system to a cloud-based
data on-demand system
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Personal space:
manual
download
CDS API:
programmatic
download
CDS Data Access
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7 ERA5 parameters in
Google Earth Engine
● 2m air temperature
● 2m dewpoint
temperature
● Total precipitation
● 10m u- and
v-component of wind
● Surface pressure
● Mean sea-level
pressure
Bridging the gap between
user communities
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CDS Toolbox
● Code-editor
(Python-based)
● Example workflows
● Direct outputs
● Building web
applications
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Some resources:
● Climate Data Store | https://cds.climate.copernicus.eu/#!/home
● ECMWF Public Datasets | https://apps.ecmwf.int/datasets/
● Global Flood Awareness System | http://www.globalfloods.eu/
● Fire danger forecasts | https://zenodo.org/communities/wildfire/
● ECMWF WMS Service endpoint |
http://apps.ecmwf.int/wms/?token=public&request=GetCapabilities&version=
1.3.1
● WEkEO Copernicus Cloud service | https://www.wekeo.eu/