The CORDEX.be initiative as a foundation for climate services in Belgium

The CORDEX.be project created the foundations for Belgian climate services by producing high-resolution Belgian climate information that (a) incorporates the expertise of the different Belgian climate modeling groups and that (b) is consistent with the outcomes of the international CORDEX (“COordinated Regional Climate Downscaling Experiment”) project. The key practical tasks for the project were the coordination of activities among different Belgian climate groups, fostering the links to specific international initiatives and the creation of a stakeholder dialogue. Scientifically, the CORDEX.... Mehr ...

Verfasser: Piet Termonia
Bert Van Schaeybroeck
Lesley De Cruz
Rozemien De Troch
Steven Caluwaerts
Olivier Giot
Rafiq Hamdi
Stéphane Vannitsem
François Duchêne
Patrick Willems
Hossein Tabari
Els Van Uytven
Parisa Hosseinzadehtalaei
Nicole Van Lipzig
Hendrik Wouters
Sam Vanden Broucke
Jean-Pascal van Ypersele
Philippe Marbaix
Cecille Villanueva-Birriel
Xavier Fettweis
Coraline Wyard
Chloé Scholzen
Sébastien Doutreloup
Koen De Ridder
Anne Gobin
Dirk Lauwaet
Trissevgeni Stavrakou
Maite Bauwens
Jean-François Müller
Patrick Luyten
Stéphanie Ponsar
Dries Van den Eynde
Eric Pottiaux
Dokumenttyp: Artikel
Erscheinungsdatum: 2018
Reihe/Periodikum: Climate Services, Vol 11, Iss , Pp 49-61 (2018)
Verlag/Hrsg.: Elsevier
Schlagwörter: Meteorology. Climatology / QC851-999 / Social sciences (General) / H1-99
Sprache: Englisch
Permalink: https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26612326
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Link(s) : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cliser.2018.05.001

The CORDEX.be project created the foundations for Belgian climate services by producing high-resolution Belgian climate information that (a) incorporates the expertise of the different Belgian climate modeling groups and that (b) is consistent with the outcomes of the international CORDEX (“COordinated Regional Climate Downscaling Experiment”) project. The key practical tasks for the project were the coordination of activities among different Belgian climate groups, fostering the links to specific international initiatives and the creation of a stakeholder dialogue. Scientifically, the CORDEX.be project contributed to the EURO-CORDEX project, created a small ensemble of High-Resolution (H-Res) future projections over Belgium at convection-permitting resolutions and coupled these to seven Local Impact Models. Several impact studies have been carried out. The project also addressed some aspects of climate change uncertainties. The interactions and feedback from the stakeholder dialogue led to different practical applications at the Belgian national level. Keywords: Regional downscaling, Climate impact modeling, Statistical downscaling, Dynamical downscaling, Local Impact Models, Climate change, EURO-CORDEX, Uncertainty estimation, Regional Climate Model, Climate Belgium, Water vapour observations