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Coastal Flooding
The inundation of normally dry coastal land by seawater due to storm surge, high tides, wave action, or long-term sea level rise. Coastal flooding can damage settlements, transport systems, freshwater resources, and coastal ecosystems.
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Consecutive Dry Days (CDD)
Maximum number of consecutive dry days (pr<1mm). Units: days
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Cooling degree days (CD)
Energy consumption in hot environments depends on the excess of temperature above a given threshold, where cooling is required. CDD is an index which uses the mean, maximum and minimum daily temperature. Units: degree-days
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Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP)
a project of the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) providing climate projections to understand past, present and future climate changes.
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Days with TX above 35ºC (TX35)
Number of days with maximum temperature above 35 degree Celsius. Units: days
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Digital elevation model (DEM)
A Digital Elevation Model (DEM) is a representation of the bare ground (bare earth) topographic surface of the Earth excluding trees, buildings, and any other surface objects.
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Drought
A prolonged period of abnormally low precipitation, soil moisture, or water availability that can reduce crop yields, water supply, ecosystem health, and economic activity. Drought can be described as meteorological, agricultural, hydrological, or socioeconomic depending on which part of the system is affected.
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Drought hazard SMA 10-year return period - Existing climate
Drought Hazard map based on the SMA-1 indicator (Standardised Moisture Anomaly cumulated on a 1-month window). The map refers to the return period RT = 10 Years and it is computated on the basis of exceeding the SMA-1 value of one Sigma in each pixel of the analyised domain for a duration of at least 3 consecutive months.
The existing climate refers to the entire historical period of the last 40 years (1979 - 2016) the methodology employed for the computation is exhaustively explained in the Background paper.
There are reference periods for the existing climate and for the future scenarios the average duration is computed over such periods in a statistical sense (for future years from 2060 to 2100 are considered). The definition of the indicator is a series of consecutive days where the used indicator is below -1.
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The existing climate refers to the entire historical period of the last 40 years (1979 - 2016) the methodology employed for the computation is exhaustively explained in the Background paper.
There are reference periods for the existing climate and for the future scenarios the average duration is computed over such periods in a statistical sense (for future years from 2060 to 2100 are considered). The definition of the indicator is a series of consecutive days where the used indicator is below -1.
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Drought hazard SMA 10-year return period - SSP1 Lower bound
Drought Hazard map based on the SMA-1 indicator (Standardised Moisture Anomaly cumulated on a 1-month window). The map refers to the return period RT = 10 Years and it is computated on the basis of exceeding the SMA-1 value of one Sigma in each pixel of the analyised domain for a duration of at least 3 consecutive months using SSP1 Lower bound Climate change scenario.
The existing climate refers to the entire historical period of the last 40 years (1979 - 2016) the methodology employed for the computation is exhaustively explained in the Background paper.
There are reference periods for the existing climate and for the future scenarios the average duration is computed over such periods in a statistical sense (for future years from 2060 to 2100 are considered). The definition of the indicator is a series of consecutive days where the used indicator is below -1. Read More
The existing climate refers to the entire historical period of the last 40 years (1979 - 2016) the methodology employed for the computation is exhaustively explained in the Background paper.
There are reference periods for the existing climate and for the future scenarios the average duration is computed over such periods in a statistical sense (for future years from 2060 to 2100 are considered). The definition of the indicator is a series of consecutive days where the used indicator is below -1. Read More
Drought hazard SMA 10-year return period - SSP5 Upper bound
Drought Hazard map based on the SMA-1 indicator (Standardised Moisture Anomaly cumulated on a 1-month window). The map refers to the return period RT = 10 Years and it is computated on the basis of exceeding the SMA-1 value of one Sigma in each pixel of the analyised domain for a duration of at least 3 consecutive months using SSP5 Upper bound Climate change scenario.
The existing climate refers to the entire historical period of the last 40 years (1979 - 2016) the methodology employed for the computation is exhaustively explained in the Background paper.
There are reference periods for the existing climate and for the future scenarios the average duration is computed over such periods in a statistical sense (for future years from 2060 to 2100 are considered). The definition of the indicator is a series of consecutive days where the used indicator is below -1. Read More
The existing climate refers to the entire historical period of the last 40 years (1979 - 2016) the methodology employed for the computation is exhaustively explained in the Background paper.
There are reference periods for the existing climate and for the future scenarios the average duration is computed over such periods in a statistical sense (for future years from 2060 to 2100 are considered). The definition of the indicator is a series of consecutive days where the used indicator is below -1. Read More