Zentralanstalt für Meteorologie und Geodynamik Johann Hiebl, Barbara Chimani, Klaus Haslinger, Daniel Binder, Harald Bamberger, Ingeborg Auer Getting climate science across
Overview 1. Climate service centres development 2. Information aspect structure articles 3. Data aspect visualise spatial data download data 4. User access / Outlook
data information Central Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics 1 Development 25.11.2010 launch project 1 project 2 2010 2011 2012 2013 create articles improve expand update improve expand update visualise data download data information portal competence centre
2 Structure www.zamg.ac.at/klimawandel position climate research climate system climate past climate future climate impact climate maps data download
2 Articles 2010 83 2011 19 2012 17 119 articles consistency in content consistency in form corrections updates references Peer-review by colleagues within the climate research department 0 Position JH BH 2-4-1 Positive feedbacks RB JH 0-1 What we want IA RB 2-4-2 Negative feedbacks RB JH 0-2 Who we are IA RB 3 Climate past JH RB 0-3 Editorial staff JH BH 3-1 Paleoclimate RB JH 0-4 Comments by others 3-1-1 4.6 billion years JH JR 0-5 Sitemap 3-1-2 65 million years BC JR 1 Climate research JH JH 3-1-3 5 million years RB JR 1-1 Weather and climate MH JH 3-1-4 1 million years RB JR 1-2 Reconstructing climate JH JH 3-1-5 125,000 years RB JR 1-2-1 Sea floor cores JN JH 3-1-6 20,000 years JN JR 1-2-2 Lake sediments CS KK 3-1-7 12,000 years RB JR 1-2-3 Ice cores RB JH 3-1-8 2,000 years RB JR 1-2-4 Stalactites SR RBo 3-2 Neoclimate JH JH 1-2-5 Tree rings JH JH 3-2-1 Air temperature JH RB 1-2-6 Historic archives SR JH 3-2-2 Precipitation JH RB 1-2-7 Floods MM JH 3-2-3 Sunshine JH RB 1-3 Measuring climate JH JH 3-2-4 Extreme values JH RB 1-3-1 History JH JH 3-2-5 Heat JH MH 1-3-2 Austrian networks IA JH 3-2-6 Heavy precipitation JH MH 1-3-3 Measuring errors IA JH 3-2-7 Storms JH MH 1-3-4 Homogenisation IA JH 4 Climate future MH KH 1-3-5 Data preparation JH JH 4-1 Global MT KH 1-4 Modelling climate MH JH 4-1-1 Air temperature MH KH 1-4-1 Emission scenarios KH JH 4-1-2 Precipitation MH KH 1-4-2 Global climate models MZ JH 4-1-3 Climate zones FR KH 1-4-3 Regional climate models KH JH 4-2 Europe MT KH 1-4-4 Strengths KH JH 4-2-1 Air temperature MH KH 1-4-5 Weaknesses KH JH 4-2-2 Precipitation MH KH 1-4-6 Criticism KH JH 4-2-3 Extreme values MH KH 1-4-7 Challenges KH JH 4-2-4 Storms MH KH 1-5 Glaciology BH JH 4-3 Alpine region MT KH 1-5-1 Glacier length BH JH 4-3-1 Air temperature MH KH 1-5-2 Glacier mass balance BH JH 4-3-2 Precipitation MH KH 1-5-3 Ice sheet mass balance DB JH 4-3-3 Heat MT KH 1-5-4 Geophysics DB JH 4-3-4 Heavy precipitation MT KH 1-5-5 Modelling glaciers BH JH 4-3-5 Storms MT KH 2 Climate system DB JH 5 Climate impact KH JH 2-1 Geospheres JH JH 5-1 Ice sheets DB JH 2-1-1 Lithosphere KH JH 5-1-1 Antarctica DB JH 2-1-2 Atmosphere JH JH 5-1-2 Regions of Antarctica DB JH 2-1-3 Hydrosphere JN JH 5-1-3 Greenland WS JH 2-1-4 Cryosphere JN DB 5-2 Mountain glaciers MO JH 2-1-5 Biosphere JN RB 5-2-1 Response MO JH 2-1-6 Pedosphere KH JH 5-2-2 Glaciers in Austria MO JH 2-2 Forcings RB JH 5-2-3 Past MO JH 2-2-1 Long-term solar activity RB JH 5-2-4 Present MO JH 2-2-2 Plate tectonics RB JH 5-2-5 Future MO JH 2-2-3 Astronomical cycles RB JH 5-3 Sea level RB JH 2-2-4 Natural greenhouse gases RB JH 5-3-1 Past RB JH 2-2-5 Short-term solar activity RB JH 5-3-2 Present RB JH 2-2-6 Volcanoes RB JH 5-3-3 Future RB JH 2-2-7 Anthropogenic greenhouse gase RB JH 5-4 Sea ice WS JH 2-2-8 Anthropogenic aerosols RB JH 5-5 Permafrost CK JH 2-2-9 Forcings overview RB JH 5-6 Snow cover WS JH 2-3 Energy transfer JH DB 5-7 Rivers KH JH 2-3-1 Earth's energy budget JN RB 5-8 Floods MM JH 2-3-2 Seasons KH DB 5-9 Flora and fauna HS JH 2-3-3 Atmospheric circulation KH MH 5-10 Water management KH JH 2-3-4 Oceanic circulation KH DB 5-11 Tourism IA JH 2-4 Feedbacks RB JH
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2 Articles News current developments in climate research New version of global temperature curve climate research background Spectacular glacial lake outburst in Greenland hints at reports in newspapers, radio, TV and events TV preview: 125 th anniversary of Sonnblick observatory HISTALP climate reports HISTALP winter report 2011/12 editorial news New article on trends in the occurrence of flooding
3 Visualise spatial data Data selection re-analysis data: temperature, solid precipitation Chimani et al. (2011) re-analysis data: precipitation Efthymiadis et al. (2006) re-analysis data: sunshine duration Jurkovic et al. (2010) climate reference gridding Hiebl et al. (2011), Jurkovic et al. (2010) future climate change Lautenschlager et al. (2009) (model CLM, scenario A1B)
3 Visualise spatial data Data preparation calculate decadal values calculate anomalies spatial section, reference standardisation Technical realisation web map tool temperature precipitation sunshine duration solid precipitation annual annual annual annual January winter half-year January July summer half-year July past GAR-Schnee Efthymiadis SON-ALP GAR-Schnee 1781/1801/1931 2000 spatial re-analysis spatial re-analysis spatial re-analysis spatial re-analysis "present" ÖKLIM2 ÖKLIM2 SON-ALP ÖKLIM2 1971 2000 reference gridding reference gridding spatial re-analysis reference gridding future CLM CLM CLM CLM 2001 2090 model data model data model data model data
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3 Data download homogenised daily observational data temperature and precipitation (HOM-START) climate normals 1981 2010 temperature, precipitation, sunshine, humidity, snow, wind (KNP 1981 2010) future climate change from regional climate model six climate change detection indices (reclip:century) future climate change from urban climate model maps over changes of summer days, hot nights etc. in Vienna (FOCUS-I) glaciological measurements ice thickness of Austrian glaciers (MOMBASA)
4 User access / Outlook Access homepage ~141,000 hits per month ~4,600 hits per day Access subsites position 15 % climate research 16 % climate system 17 % climate past 15 % climate future 16 % climate impact 20 % 2013 no further extension maintain and update existing contents publish as a book
Conclusion Information aspect interpretation need: public, media, education well-founded, understandable independent scientific foundation is the basis for all reasonable decision making Data aspect accessible, processible, high quality relevant metadata, interpretability usable for regional applications engineering, agriculture, energy management, tourism, ecology etc. getting climate science across www.zamg.ac.at/klimawandel