Intercomparing the quality of recent reanalyses for offshore wind farm planning in Germany's exclusive economic zone of the North Sea [PDF]
Advances in Science and Research, 2023 In order to facilitate offshore wind farm tenders, Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD, Germany's national meteorological service) provides reanalysis data and quality assessments to Bundesamt für Seeschifffahrt und Hydrographie (BSH, Federal Maritime and ...
T. Spangehl +7 more
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Use of Tropospheric Delay in GNSS-Based Climate Monitoring—A Review
Remote SensingThe troposphere is a key component of the Earth’s climate system, modulating weather patterns and global temperatures through intricate interactions between water vapor, atmospheric pressure, and temperature.
Aleksandra Maciejewska
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Regional atmospheric reanalysis activities at Deutscher Wetterdienst: review of evaluation results and application examples with a focus on renewable energy [PDF]
Advances in Science and Research, 2020 Based on the numerical weather prediction model COSMO of Germany's national meteorological service (Deutscher Wetterdienst, DWD), regional reanalysis datasets have been developed with grid spacing of up to 2 km.
F. Kaspar +10 more
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Headline Indicators for Global Climate Monitoring [PDF]
Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 2021 AbstractThe World Meteorological Organization has developed a set of headline indicators for global climate monitoring. These seven indicators are a subset of the existing set of essential climate variables (ECVs) established by the Global Climate Observing System and are intended to provide the most essential parameters representing the state of the ...
Trewin, Blair +7 more
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Contributions to the Improvement of Climate Data Availability and Quality for Sub-Saharan Africa
Frontiers in Climate, 2022 Reliable weather observations are the basis to assess climate change and variability. Compared to other regions of the world, long time series of weather observations are sparse in many countries of Sub-Saharan Africa.
Frank Kaspar +3 more
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Satellite-based climate information within the WMO RA VI Regional Climate Centre on Climate Monitoring [PDF]
Advances in Science and Research, 2014 The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) established Regional Climate Centres (RCCs) around the world to create science-based climate information on a regional scale within the Global Framework for Climate Services (GFCS).
A. Obregón +6 more
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Monitoring of Northern Climate Exposure [PDF]
Cold Regions Engineering 2019, 2019 Currently, facility managers are faced with many advanced decisions regarding when and how to inspect, maintain, repair or renew existing facilities in a costeffective manner. The evolution of the deteriorations of road structures in reinforced concrete depends on the exposure of the elements to water in liquid form or vapour and to other aggressive ...
Conciatori, David +2 more
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Climate reference stations in Germany: Status, parallel measurements and homogeneity of temperature time series [PDF]
Advances in Science and Research, 2016 Germany's national meteorological service (Deutscher Wetterdienst, DWD) operates a network of so-called "climate reference stations". These stations fulfill several tasks: At these locations observations have already been performed since several decades.
F. Kaspar, L. Hannak, K.-J. Schreiber
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MTG LIGHTNING IMAGER – PROLEGOMENA [PDF]
Przegląd Geofizyczny, 2023 The article presents an innovative satellite remote sensing instrument – Lightning Imager on board the geostationary satellite Meteosat Third Generation – Imager 1 recently placed in orbit.
Rafał Iwański
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Wind speed variability between 10 and 116 m height from the regional reanalysis COSMO-REA6 compared to wind mast measurements over Northern Germany and the Netherlands [PDF]
Advances in Science and Research, 2016 Hourly and monthly mean wind speed and wind speed variability from the regional reanalysis COSMO-REA6 is analysed in the range of 10 to 116 m height above ground.
M. Borsche +2 more
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