Coordination of Data Management in ClimXtreme
To support the scientific activities in ClimXtreme, module D takes over the coordination of software and data management. The priority of the data-related work in CoDaX is to support the ClimXtreme partners in the evaluation and application of new data products by providing and integrating them into a central evaluation system. One highly relevant data source are ground-based meteorological observations for analyzing the extremes of the last decades, especially when looking at centennial time scales. Second, for the assessment of regional extremes in Europe and Germany regional reanalyses have come up as opportunity for a detailed analysis of extreme events. Besides, several gridded data sets as well as global products are considered and will be made available to all ClimXtreme members. In addition to provision and integration, the development of methods for the evaluation and assessment of the data sets with regard to extreme events will be part of CoDax as well. CoDaX will support ClimXtreme by identifying relevant definitions of extreme events and testing the suitability of the station data and reanalysis data for the analysis of extremes based on these definitions.
Institution: Deutscher Wetterdienst
Contact: Frank Kaspar, Deborah Niermann