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CLIPC: Constructing Europe's Climate Information Portal

CLIPC provides access to Europe's climate data and information.

Heat stress scenario viewer

Below, you find a set up of the climateclimate
Climate in a narrow sense is usually defined as the average weather, or more rigorously, as 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. The relevant quantities are most often surface variables such as temperature, precipitation and wind. Climate in a wider sense is the state, including a statistical description, of the climate system.
indicators that are important when analysing heat stress scenariosscenarios
Scenarios can be thought of as stories of possible futures. They allow the description of factors that are difficult to quantify. In the context of climate change scenarios are used for the future development of factors such as governance, social structures, future population growth, technical development and agriculture. These descriptions are essential to model the future climate.
in Europe.

Click on the indicator to the right-hand side of the map to activate it, and then select the timeframe and the scenario to view the differences.

All datasets are available in the CLIPC Climate indicator toolkit as well, and all indicators are processed using the view and combine services provided. If you want to create your own, more detailed, analysis please visit the toolkit.

 
     

Time Period in time for which the values of the indicator are presented.

  • History
  • Current
  • 2015-2035
  • 2045-2065

Scenario Scenarios can be thought of as stories of possible futures. They allow the description of factors that are difficult to quantify. In the context of climate change scenarios are used for the future development of factors such as governance, social structures, future population growth, technical development and agriculture. These descriptions are essential to model the future climate.">

  • rcp26
  • rcp85

Choose indicatorClimate indices are developed in a simplified way to communicate more complex climate change impact relations.

Societal Impacts (Tier 3)
Tier 3 climate impact indicators are indicators that are based on meteorological data combined with a sensitivity, plus a socio economic effect, e.g. the economical loss of a sensitive area due to flooding as a result of increased precipitation.

    Environmental Impacts (Tier 2)
    Tier 2 climate impact indicators are indicators that are based on meteorological data combined with a sensitivity like for climate change like “population density”.

    • Historical summer days minus heat resistance (normalized min/max)
    Climate Statistics/Indices (Tier 1)
    Tier 1 climate indicators are indicators that are based fully on meteorological data, e.g. the amount of tropical days per year.

    • Summer days (> 25 degrees)