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Data archaeology in the Mediterranean region
Although early instrumental meteorological measurements took place in Mediterranean locations, enabling the region to develop a wealthy heritage of long surface climate records, this rich legacy is largely underexploited. Currently available and accessible high-quality surface climate data are mostly restricted to the second half of the 20th century onwards, though older data exist. The lack of long climate records is preventing the region from developing robust climate assessments.
EURO4M improves current limited data availability over this region by integrated data archaeology activities. High-quality and long-term Essential Climate Variables datasets are developed based on recovered surface climate records of, for instance, temperature, precipitation and air pressure.
Data are collected and digitized for several key stations from the poorest documented parts of the Mediterranean Basin, namely the north African and Middle Eastern countries. The recovered climate data fill gaps in the atmospheric observation system.
The MEditerranean climate DAta REscue (MEDARE) initiative develops, consolidates and progresses climate data and metadata rescue activities across the Greater Mediterranean Region.
Global coordination of historical surface observations is being undertaken by the international Atmospheric Circulation Reconstructions over the Earth (ACRE) initiative.
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