European Extreme Storm Surge level - RCP45

Michail Vousdoukas

Description

The dataset contains the extreme storm surge levels (ESSL) at a European scale. The ESSL are estimated from an ensemble of 8 climatic models and the corresponding RCP45 scenarios, for the period from 1/12/2009 to 30/11/2099 and for 8 return periods (5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 200, 500, 1000) according to the Peak Over Threshold approach.

For further information regarding this dataset, the users are referred to the following article Vousdoukas, M.I., Voukouvalas, E., Annunziato, A., Giardino, A., Feyen, L., 2016. Projections of extreme storm surge levels along Europe. Clim. Dyn. in press. DOI: 10.1007/s00382-016-3019-5

Contact

Email: jrc-liscoast-project (at) ec.europa.eu

Contributors

Michail Vousdoukas

0000-0003-2655-6181

How to cite

Vousdoukas, Michail (2015): European Extreme Storm Surge level - RCP45. European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) [Dataset] PID: http://data.europa.eu/89h/deff5a62-074c-4175-bce4-f8f13e0437a3

Keywords

Storm Surge Level

Data access

RPC45 PNG file

Use conditions: European Commission reuse notice
Access conditions: No limitations

Download

This zip file contains the maps of the RCP45 EESSL for the 8 return periods in .png format, along with a MATLAB script to create them.

RPC45 NETCDF file

Use conditions: European Commission reuse notice
Access conditions: No limitations

URL

NETCDF format.

Publications

Publication

Projections of extreme storm surge levels along Europe

Vousdoukas M; Voukouvalas E; Annunziato A; Giardino A; Feyen L. Projections of extreme storm surge levels along Europe. CLIMATE DYNAMICS 47 (9); 2016. p. 3171–3190. JRC96886

DOI

10.1007/s00382-016-3019-5

Spatial coverage

GML

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GML

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WKT

POLYGON ((-29.0571 71.3589, 41.5208 71.3589, 41.5208 26.9813, -29.0571 26.9813, -29.0571 71.3589))

Temporal coverage

From date	To date
2009-12-01	2099-11-30

Lineage information

This is the official version of the European Extreme Storm Surge Level (EESSL) dataset. While the dataset may not be subject to and cannot be validated, it has been developed following the current research methodologies. The authors would like to stress that the question that they wanted to address with this work was "Will extreme SSL in Europe increase in view of climate?", rather than "How much will be the extreme SSL values in Europe in view of climate change?".

Additional information

Published by: European Commission, Joint Research Centre
Created date: 2020-04-09
Modified date: 2020-04-09
Issued date: 2015-08-06
Language(s): English
Data theme(s): Environment
Update frequency: unknown
Identifier: http://data.europa.eu/89h/deff5a62-074c-4175-bce4-f8f13e0437a3
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