Copernicus Climate Change Service, Climate reanalysis
Climate reanalyses combine past observations with models to generate consistent time series of multiple climate variables. Reanalyses are among the most-used datasets in the geophysical sciences. They provide a comprehensive description of the observed climate as it has evolved during recent decades, on 3D grids at sub-daily intervals.
European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF)
Processes and phenomena of the atmosphere.
A measure of temperature at different levels of the Earth's atmosphere.
Refers to the surface area and features on the surface of the Earth.
Climate Indicators are a set of parameters that describe the changing climate without reducing climate change to only temperature. They comprise key information for the most relevant domains of climate change: temperature and energy, atmospheric composition, ocean and water as well as the cryosphere.
Models that predict the characteristics of the landscape such as DEMs/DTMs.Also included are models that predict land surface reflectance including thescattering, absorption, or reflection of electromagnetic radiation at the landsurface.
The temperature of the atmosphere which represents the average kinetic energy of the molecular motion in a small region and is defined in terms of a standard or calibrated thermometer in thermal equilibrium with the air.
A property that determines the direction of heat flow when an object is brought into thermal contact with other objects: heat flows from regions of higher to those of lower temperatures.
The act or process of predicting and highlighting meteorological conditions that are expected for a specific time period and for a specific area or portion of air space, by using objective models based on certain atmospheric parameters, along with the skill and experience of a meteorologist.
Climate is the average weather, or more rigorously, the statistical description in terms of the mean and variability of relevant quantities over a period of time ranging from months to thousands or millions of years. The classical period for averaging these variables is 30 years, as defined by the World Meteorological Organization. IPCC 2013
[GEMET] An investigative technique using a mathematical or physical representation of a system or theory that accounts for all or some its known properties. Models are often used to test the effect of changes of system components on the overall performance of the system.
[Ahmet Sariko] Land surface temperature is a significant parameter for energy and water cycle in the atmospheresystem.