KNMI Climate Explorer

and the

International Climate Assessment & dataset (ICA&D)

Gé Verver

Geert Jan van Oldenborgh

KNMI, The Netherlands

UNFCCC/SBSTA Research Dialogue, Bonn, 4 June 2015

KNMI Climate Explorer – assessment tools & data

climexp.knmi.nl

UNFCCC/SBSTA Research Dialogue, Bonn, 4 June 2015

Public access • Statistical analysis and visualization tools • Historical data and projections

climexp.knmi.nl

Example 2: Yearly average temperature Example 1: correlation precipitation in Paramaribo (Suriname) vs SST

Public access • Statistical analysis and visualization tools • Historical data and projections

KNMI Climate Explorer – assessment tools & data

UNFCCC/SBSTA Research Dialogue, Bonn, 4 June 2015

Demonstration of the KNMI Climate Explorer http://climexp.knmi.nl/

Public access • Statistical analysis and visualization tools • Historical data and projections

KNMI Climate Explorer – assessment tools & data

climexp.knmi.nl

Example 4: Change yearly precipitation Example 3: 1979-2014 trend in Yearly average temperature (CMIP5)

UNFCCC/SBSTA Research Dialogue, Bonn, 4 June 2015

66 Participants

62 Countries

10259 Stations

40630 Daily station series

75 Derived indices per station

ECA&D is the backbone of the WMO RA-VI RCC on Climate Data

International Climate Assessment & dataset (ICA&D)

UNFCCC/SBSTA Research Dialogue, Bonn, 4 June 2015

www.ecad.eu

ECA&D SACA&D

International Climate Assessment & datasets (ICA&D)

LACA&D

European Climate Assessment & Dataset Southeast Asian Climate Assessment & Dataset

Latin American Climate Assessment & Dataset West African Climate Assessment & Dataset

UNFCCC/SBSTA Research Dialogue, Bonn, 4 June 2015

WACA&D

Thank you…

Example: improved precipitation data for water management in Jakarta

2/2/2007 ‘old’ ‘new’

Jakarta flooding in February 2007 mm

2/2/2007