Copernicus Essential climate variables for assessment of climate variability from 1979 to present

This tool is a wrapper to retrieve Copernicus Essential Climate Variables. It corresponds to the European Contribution to the Monitoring of Essential Climate Variables from Space. An Essential Climate Variable is a physical, chemical or biological variable or a group of linked variables that critically contributes to the characterization of Earth’ s climate.

The Essential Climate Variables for assessment of climate variability from 1979 to present dataset contains a selection of climatologies and monthly anomalies of Essential Climate Variables (ECVs) suitable for monitoring and assessment of climate variability and change. Selection criteria are based on accuracy and temporal consistency on monthly to decadal time scales. The ECV data products in this set have been estimated from multiple sources and, depending on the source, may have been adjusted to account for biases and other known deficiencies. Data sources and adjustment methods used are described in the Product User Guide, as are various particulars such as the baseline periods used to calculate monthly climatologies and the corresponding anomalies.

• ECV: https://gcos.wmo.int/en/essential-climate-variables

• Copernicus Climate Data Store documentation on Essential Climate Variables: https://cds.climate.copernicus.eu/cdsapp#!/dataset/ecv-for-climate-change?tab=overview

  See climatedata.wmo.int/ for more information on Essential Climate Variables.

It allows to retrieve estimates of Essential Climate Variables (ECVs) derived from Earth observations.