See also: KNMI Climate Explorer ICA&D C3S2_311_Lot3
 
 

Project info

 
 

Project info

Full project documentation as well as papers in peer reviewed journals and other publications are presented below. In each document, one or more staff members of the ECA&D project team is involved. Together, these documents provide an overview of the project history, the present status and our future plans. Furthermore, links to related activities and organizations and links to additional sources of daily data and analysis tools are presented below.

ECA&D documents
Journal papers
Other publications
Tools
Data

 

 

ECA&D documents

Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document (ATBD)

Document describing the methods used for producing blended series and indices, and showing the quality control and homogeneity checks.
ATBD

 

ECA&D Data policy document

Document with the ECA&D data policy.
Data policy

 

ECA&D flyer

Flyer with information about ECA&D.
Flyer

 

Journal papers

2020 - Evaluation of trends in extreme temperatures simulated by HighResMIP models across Europe

AA Squintu, G van der Schrier, EJM van den Besselaar, E van der Linden, E Scoccimarro, C. Roberts and AMG Klein tank, 2020, Intern. J. Climatol. (submitted), doi:10.1002/joc.5874

 

2020 - Comparison of homogenization methods for daily temperature series against an observation-based benchmark

AA Squintu, G van der Schrier, P Štepánek, P Zahradnícek and AMG Klein Tank, 2020, Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 1-17, doi:10.1007/s00704-019-03018-0

 

2019 - A Reappraisal of the Thermal Growing Season Length across Europe

RC Cornes, G van der Schrier and AA Squintu, 2019, Intern. J. Climatology 39:1787-1795, doi:10.1002/joc.5913

 

2019 - Building long and homogenous temperature series in ECA&D: blending of neighbour series

A. A. Squintu, G. van der Schrier, EJM van den Besselaar and RC Cornes, 2019, J. Appl. Meteorol. Climatol. 59:175-189, doi:10.1175/JAMC-D-19-0033.1

 

2018 - Widespread and accelerated decrease of observed mean and extreme snow depth over Europe

A. Fontrodona Bach, G. van der Schrier, L.A. Melsen, A.M.G. Klein Tank and A.J. Teiling, 2018, Geophys. Res. Lett. 45(22), 12-312, doi:10.1002/2018GL079799R
Dataset

 

2018 - Homogenization of daily ECA&D temperature series

A. A. Squintu, G. van der Schrier, Y. Brugnara and A.M.G. Klein Tank, 2019, Intern. J. Climatology 39(3):1243-1261, doi:10.1002/joc.5874
Paper

 

2018 - An Ensemble Version of the E-OBS Temperature and Precipitation Datasets

R. C. Cornes, G. van der Schrier, E. J. M. van den Besselaar, and P. D. Jones, 2018, An Ensemble Version of the E-OBS Temperature and Precipitation Datasets, J. Geophys. Res. (atmospheres), doi:10.1029/2017JD028200.

 

2015 - Sunshine paper

E.J.M. van den Besselaar, A. Sanchez-Lorenzo, M. Wild, A.M.G. Klein Tank and A.T.J. de Laat, 2015, doi:10.1002/2015JD023640

 

2015 - ICA&D paper

E.J.M. van den Besselaar, A.M.G. Klein Tank, G. van der Schrier, et al., 2015. International Climate Assessment & Dataset: Climate Services Across Borders. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 1, 2015, 16-21, doi:10.1175/BAMS-D-13-00249.1
Paper

 

2014 - Urbanization effects on temperature

A. Chrysanthou, G. van der Schrier, EJM. van den Besselaar, AMG. Klein Tank, T. Brandsma, 2014. The effects of urbanization on the rise of the European temperature since 1960. Geophys. Res. Lett., 4, 2014, 41, 7716-7722, doi:10.1002/2014GL061154
Paper

 

2013 - Precipitation extremes paper

R. Leander, T. A. Buishand , A.M.G. Klein Tank, 2013. An alternative index for the contribution of precipitation on very wet days to the total precipitation. J. Climate, 27, 1365-1378. doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-13-00144.1
Paper

 

2013 - European temperature paper

G. van der Schrier, E.J.M. van den Besselaar, A.M.G. Klein Tank, G. Verver, 2013. Monitoring European averaged temperature based on the E-OBS gridded dataset. J. Geophys. Res. (Atmospheres), doi:10.1002/jgrd.50444
Paper

 

2012 - Precipitation extremes paper

E.J.M. van den Besselaar, A.M.G. Klein Tank, T.A. Buishand, 2012. Trends in European precipitation extremes over 1951-2010. Int. J. Climatol., doi:10.1002/joc.3619
Paper

 

2012 - Wind gusts thresholds for Meteoalarm paper

Stepek, A., I.L. Wijnant, G. van der Schrier, E.J.M. van den Besselaar, A.M.G. Klein Tank, 2012. Severe wind gust thresholds for Meteoalarm derived from uniform return periods in ECA&D. Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 12, 1969-1981, doi:10.5194/nhess-12-1969-2012
Paper

 

2012 - Wine index paper

G. van der Schrier, G. Horstink, E.J.M. van den Besselaar, A.M.G. Klein Tank, 2012. ECA&D: A high-resolution dataset for monitoring climate change and effects on viticulture in Europe. In: proceedings of the IXth Intern. Terroir Congres (ed. Benjamin Bois), Université de Bourgogne
Paper

 

2012 - Effect of GTS data on climate series

van den Besselaar, E.J.M, A.M.G. Klein Tank, G. van der Schrier, P.D. Jones, 2012, Synoptic messages to extend climate data records, J. Geophys. Res., 117, D07101, doi:10.1029/2011JD016687
Paper

 

2011 - E-OBS sea level pressure

van den Besselaar, E.J.M., M.R. Haylock, G. van der Schrier, A.M.G. Klein Tank, 2011, A European Daily High-resolution Observational Gridded Data set of Sea Level Pressure, J. Geophys. Res., 116, D11110, doi:10.1029/2010JD015468
Paper

 

2009 - Circulation and temperature extremes paper

van den Besselaar, E.J.M., A.M.G. Klein Tank, G. van der Schrier, 2010. Influence of circulation types on temperature extremes in Europe. Theor. Appl. Climatol., 99, 431-439, doi:10.1007/s00704-009-0153-6
Paper

 

2009 - E-OBS evaluation paper

Hofstra, N., M. Haylock, M. New, P.D. Jones, 2009. Testing E-OBS European high-resolution gridded dataset of daily precipitation and surface temperature. J. Geophys. Res., 114, D21101, doi:10.1029/2009JD011799.
Paper

 

2009 - E-OBS scaling paper

Hofstra, N., M. New, C. McSweeney, 2010. The influence of interpolation and station network density on the distributions and trends of climate variables in gridded daily data. Clym.Dyn., 35, 841, doi:10.1007/s00382-009-0698-1.
Paper

 

2009 - Journal paper on extensions to the ECA Dataset

Klok, E.J. and A.M.G. Klein Tank, 2009. Updated and extended European dataset of daily climate observations. Int. J. Climatol., 29, 1182, doi:10.1002/joc.1779.
Paper

 

2008 - Journal paper on the E-OBS gridded dataset

Haylock, M.R., N. Hofstra, A.M.G. Klein Tank, E.J. Klok, P.D. Jones, and M. New (2008), A European daily high-resolution gridded data set of surface temperature and precipitation for 1950-2006. J. Geophys. Res., 113, D20119, doi:10.1029/2008JD010201.
Paper

 

2008 - Journal paper on homogenization of ECA data

Begert, M., E. Zenkusen, C. Haeberli, C. Appenzeller and L. Klok, An automated homogenization procedure; performance assessment and application to a large European climate dataset. Meteor. Z., 2008, 17, 5, 663-672.
Paper

 

2006 - Journal paper on trends in indices in Asia

Klein Tank, A.M.G., T.C. Peterson, D.A. Quadir, S. Dorji, X. Zou, H. Tang, K. Santhosh, U.R. Joshi, A.K. Jaswal, R.K. Kolli, A. Sikder, N.R. Deshpande, J.V. Revadekar, K. Yeleuova, S. Vandasheva, M. Faleyeva, P. Gomboluudev, K.P. Budhathoki, A. Hussain, M. Afzaal, L. Chandrapala, H. Anvar, D. Amanmurad, V.S. Asanova, P.D. Jones, M.G. New, T. Spektorman, 2006. Changes in daily temperature and precipitation extremes in central and south Asia. J. Geophys. Res., 111 (D16105), doi:10.1029/2005JD006316.
Paper

 

2006 - Journal paper on trends in ECA and other European stations

Moberg, A., P.D. Jones, D. Lister, A. Walther, M. Brunet, J. Jacobeit, L.V. Alexander, P.M. Della-Marta, J. Luterbacher, P. Yiou, D. Chen, A.M.G. Klein Tank, et al., 2006. Indices for daily temperature and precipitation extremes in Europe analysed for the period 1901-2000. J. Geophys. Res., 111 (D22106), doi:10.1029/2006JD007103.
Paper

 

2006 - Journal paper on worldwide trends in indices of extremes

Alexander, L.V., X. Zhang, T.C. Peterson, J. Caesar, B. Gleason, A.M.G. Klein Tank, M. Haylock, D. Collins, B. Trewin, F. Rahimzadeh, A. Tagipour, P. Ambenje, K. Rupa Kumar, J. Revadekar and G. Griffiths, 2006. Global observed changes in daily climate extremes of temperature and precipitation. J. Geophys. Res., 111 (D05109), doi:10.1029/2005JD006290.
Paper

 

2004 - Journal paper on anthropogenic influence on European warming

Klein Tank, A.M.G., G.P. Konnen and F.M. Selten, 2005. Signals of anthropogenic influence on European warming as seen in the trend patterns of daily temperature variance. Int. J. Climatol., 25, 1-16.
Paper

 

2003 - Journal paper on trends in ECA series

Klein Tank, A.M.G. and G.P. Konnen, 2003. Trends in indices of daily temperature and precipitation extremes in Europe,1946-99. J. Climate., 16, 3665-3680.
Paper

 

2003 - Journal paper on homogeneity of ECA series

Wijngaard, J.B., A.M.G. Klein Tank and G.P. Konnen, 2003. Homogeneity of 20th century European daily temperature and precipitation series. Int. J. Climatol., 23, 679-692.
Paper

 

2002 - Journal paper on ECA daily dataset

Klein Tank, A.M.G. and Coauthors, 2002. Daily dataset of 20th-century surface air temperature and precipitation series for the European Climate Assessment. Int. J. Climatol., 22, 1441-1453.
Paper

 

2002 - Journal paper on worldwide indices

Frich, P., L.V. Alexander, P. Della-Marta, B. Gleason, M. Haylock, A.M.G. Klein Tank, T. Peterson, 2002. Observed coherent changes in climatic extremes during the second half of the twentieth century. Climate Research, 19, 193-212.
Paper

 

Other publications

2009 - ENSEMBLES final report

van der Linden, P., and J.F.B. Mitchell (eds.) 2009: ENSEMBLES: Climate Change and its Impacts: Summary of research and results from the ENSEMBLES project. Met Office Hadley Centre, FitzRoy Road, Exeter EX1 3PB, UK. 160pp
Report (51 MB)

 

2009 - WMO guide on extremes

Klein Tank, A.M.G., F.W. Zwiers and X. Zhang, 2009. Guidelines on Analysis of extremes in a changing climate in support of informed decisions for adaptation. WMO-TD No. 1500, 56 pp.
Report

 

2006 - ENSEMBLES project report

Klok, Lisette, Albert Klein Tank, Michael Begert and Evelyn Zenklusen, 2006. Assessment of the available station density for the gridding and daily data quality/homogeneity. ENSEMBLES project report D5.8.
Report

 

2004 - PhD thesis

Klein Tank, Albert, 2004. Changing Temperature and Precipitation Extremes in Europe's Climate of the 20th Century.
Report

 

2003 - Extremes indices comparison table

An overview of several indices, the formulas and the coverage per project.
Report

 

2002 - Newsletter contribution

Klein Tank, Albert, 2002. Changing temperature and precipitation extremes in Europe's climate. Change, 63, 14-16.
Paper

 

Tools

RClimdex by the Meteorological Service of Canada.

The RClimDex software package provides a friendly graphical user interface to compute all 27 core indices defined by the CCL/CLIVAR/JCOMM expert team on Climate Change Detection and Indices (see below).

 

KNMI Climate Explorer by Geert Jan van Oldenborgh, the Netherlands

The KNMI Climate Explorer presents the possibility to correlate downloadable daily ECA data and extremes indices with a variety of other climate data, like NAO and NINO3 indices, global temperature data, RivDis river runoff data, Hulme/Jones monthly gridded data and selected NCEP/NCAR and ERA reanalysis fields.

 

CAT at the University of Exeter, UK

The Climate Analysis Team (CAT) website at the University of Exeter has collected material that helps improve the analysis of extreme weather and climate events.