WG5: Observations Inventory

Last updated: 30 Aug 2018

the following observations (point and grid data) are used for the verification purposes of WG5

1. List of observation data sources

table acquired by Verena Bessenbacher (from Meteoswiss) for the purposes of a WG3b COSMO project:

model resolution: 6.6km, hourly
  Satellite LST EOBS GLEAM WECANN CERES ERUN
type thermal infrared from EUMETSAT gridded meteorological stations model fed with satellite and ground observations solar-induced fluorescence, machine learning satellite observation EOBS gridded plus RUNOFF observations
time
resolution
hourly 1991-2015 daily 1950-2015 daily 1980-2016 monthly 2007-2015 daily 2000-2017 monthly 1950-2015
spatial
resolution
5x5 km Europe & Africa 0.1°x0.1° Europe 0.25°x0.25° global 1°x1° global 1°x1° global 0.5°x0.5° Europe
2m temperature
[K]
  daily 2m-temperature (min, max, mean) [K]        
ground temperature
[K]
radiative ground temperature [K]          
SH
[W m-2]
      daily sensible heat [Wm-2 ] monthly average    
LH
[W m-2]
    evapotranspiration [mm/day] daily latent heat [Wm-2], monthly average    
LW
[W m-2]
        longwave radiation [Wm-2]  
SW
[W m-2]
        shortwave radiation [Wm-2]  
Precipitation
[mm/day]
  precipitation [mm/day]        
Runoff
[mm/day]
          runoff [mm/day]

2. SRNWP observations

Observations of seven chosen European stations; project on behalf of the C-SRNWP Programme: see SRNWP-observations.