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Model system for the Climate Scenarios for the Netherlands
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- Other algorithms
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- In use
General information
Theme
- Space and Infrastructure
- Education and Science
- Nature and Environment
Begin date
Contact information
Link to publication website
Responsible use
Goal and impact
The system aims to increase understanding about climate and climate change in the Netherlands and the BES islands. And the system is intended to inform society about climate change and warn of the consequences.
Considerations
The algorithm system simplifies the process of processing (physical) climate data. It ensures that the climate scientist has reliable information when preparing climate scenarios and informing about climate change and its consequences.
Human intervention
The climate scientists determine the input conditions and parameters with which the calculations are performed by the system and then prepare the national climate scenarios.
Risk management
The algorithm system is included in the algorithm register for transparency. There are few risks in this algorithm system. It supports the climate scientist in his work.
Legal basis
The system is used in the performance of KNMI's statutory tasks related to climate.
Links to legal bases
Operations
Data
The KNMI uses data from time series of the KNMI, from other countries, and from European organisations and the WMO.
Links to data sources
- EC-EARTH: https://ec-earth.org/
- KNMI: https://knmi.nl
Technical design
The technical system is an Earth System Model (ESM). This is a physical model of the Earth's climate system. KNMI uses EC-Earth for this purpose. This is developed and managed by the international EC-EARTH consortium, of which KNMI is a member. It is run on various High Performance Computers (HPCs). The resulting climate forecasts serve as the basis for our climate scenarios for the Netherlands and the BES islands, such as the KNMI '23 climate scenarios (https://www.knmi.nl/kennis-en-datacentrum/achtergrond/knmi-23-klimaatscenario-s).
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- Status
- In use