The EU-FP7 ERA-CLIM2 project contribution to advancing science and production of Earth-system climate reanalyses

Author(s)
Roberto Buizza, Stefan Brönnimann, Leopold Haimberger, Patrick Laloyaux, Matthew Martin, Manuel Fuentes, Magdalena Alonso-Balmaseda, Andreas Becker, Michael Blaschek, Per Dahlgren, Eric de Boisseson, Dick Dee, Marie Doutriaux-Boucher, Xiangbo Feng, Viju O. John, Keith Haines, Sylvie Jourdain, Yuki Kosaka, Daniel Lea, Florian Lemarié, Michael Mayer, Palmira Messina, Coralie Perruche, Philippe Peylin, Jounie Pullainen, Nick Rayner, Elke Rustemeier, Dinand Scheper, Roger Saunder, Jörg Schulz, Alexander Sterin, Sebastian Stichelberger, Andrea Storto, Charles-Emmanuel Testut, Maria-Antóonia Valente, Arthur Vidard, Nicolas Vuichard, Anthony Weaver, James While, Markus Ziese
Abstract

The main goals and activities of the European Reanalysis of Global Climate Observations 2 (ERA-CLIM2) project are discussed along with some key results, including the first ensemble of coupled reanalysis of the twentieth century. The research initiated in these two projects underpins a concerted effort in Europe to build the information infrastructure needed to support climate monitoring, climate research, and climate services, based on the best available science and observations. ERA-CLIM2 is one of several collaborative research projects designated by the European Commission as precursors to the EU's Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S).

Organisation(s)
Department of Meteorology and Geophysics
External organisation(s)
Universität Bern, European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF), Met Office, Euro-Mediterranean Centre for Climate Change (CMCC), Meteorological Service of Germany, European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT), University of Reading, Météo-France, INRIA - Institut national de recherche en informatique et en automatique, Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environment, Mercator Ocean Societé Civile, Finnish Meteorological Institute, RIHMI Russian Research Institute for Hydrometeorological Information, Universidade de Lisboa, Centre Européen de Recherche et de Formation Avancée en Calcul Scientifique
Journal
Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
Volume
99
Pages
1003-1014
No. of pages
12
ISSN
0003-0007
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-17-0199.1
Publication date
05-2018
Peer reviewed
Yes
Austrian Fields of Science 2012
105205 Climate change, 105206 Meteorology
Keywords
ASJC Scopus subject areas
Atmospheric Science
Sustainable Development Goals
SDG 13 - Climate Action
Portal url
https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/publications/50e228dd-dacc-4f39-b01c-03b50f745aab