Climatic Research Unit

Case-study station data sets

This page provides information about availability of observed station data for some of the ENSEMBLES case-study regions.

 

Emilia Romagna :

Region covered by data set	Emilia-Romagna (Italy)
Number of stations or details of grid	158 precipitation stations 32 temperature stations
Variables	Daily cumulated precipitation / Surface minimum and maximum daily temperature
Time period	1951-2004
Data quality checking	Climatological, spatial and temporal checks. Detailed description given in the report: Quaderno Tecnico ARPA-SIM 15/2003
Homogeneity work	The Standard Normal Homogeneity test developed by Alexandersson has been applied to the associated monthly time series.
Data restrictions	For use by ENSEMBLES partners only. Data sets are available as prn files. The data sets are decribed in doc files.
Web site access	precipitation: doc; prn temperature: doc; prn
Publications describing data sets	R. Tomozeiu, V. Pavan, C. Cacciamani, and M. Amici, 2006: Observed temperature changes in Emilia-Romagna: mean values and extremes. Climate Research, 31, 217–225.
Contact person	V. Pavan

 

Northern Italy:

Region covered by data set	Northern Italy
Number of stations or details of grid	Gridded analysis on lat-long grid at 0.39°x0.28° resolution
Variables	Daily cumulated Precipitation / Surface minimum and maximum daily temperature
Time period	1971-2005
Data quality checking	Not documented
Homogeneity work	Not documented
Data restrictions	For use by ARPA-SIM only
Web site access	No
Publications describing data sets	Girolamo, A. and A. Libertà, 1990. A national climatic database: the Italian experience. Internal Technical Report, AGRISIEL SpA.
Contact person	V. Pavan

 

Greece:

Region covered by data set	Greece
Number of stations or details of grid	21 stations
Variables	Daily precipitation and minimum/maximum temperature
Time period	1961-1990, some stations more recent
Data quality checking	Yes - but no details provided
Homogeneity work	Not known
Data restrictions	For use by ENSEMBLES partners only
Web site access	No
Publications describing data sets
Contact person	Effie Kostopoulou

 

Romania:

Region covered by data set	Romania
Number of stations or details of grid	100-160 stations
Variables	Daily precipitation and minimum/maximum temperature
Time period	1961-2005
Data quality checking	Checked for outliers
Homogeneity work	Should be complete by end of 2007
Data restrictions	For use by NMA, but may be possible for ENSEMBLES partners to have access to a few synoptic stations
Web site access	No
Publications describing data sets
Contact person	Elena Toma - head of climatological database, Denisa Donciulescu, Alina Orzan

 

Danube:

Region covered by data set	Danube lower basin
Number of stations or details of grid	5 stations
Variables	Discharge level
Time period	1846-2006; 1958-2006
Data quality checking	Yes, but no details given
Homogeneity work	Yes, but no details given
Data restrictions	For use by NIHWM only
Web site access	No
Publications describing data sets
Contact person	Antoaneta Stanciu

 

Spain:

Region covered by data set	Spain
Number of stations or details of grid	203 and 1450 stations
Variables	Daily temperature and precipitation
Time period	1957-2003
Data quality checking	Yes, but no details given
Homogeneity work	Yes, but no details given
Data restrictions	For use by INM only, but monthly values could eventually be made available to ENSEMBLES partners
Web site access	No
Publications describing data sets
Contact person	Bartolome Orfila, Jose Manuel Gutierrez

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