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Which climate indices do you provide ?

Over 40 climate indices

Climate Indices are indicators calculated from weather variables. The indices we provide were defined by the joint CCl/CLIVAR/JCOMM Expert Team (ET) on Climate Change Detection and Indices (ETCCDI) and can be found here. They are widely used by scientist and adaptation practitioners to evaluate climate variability and change.

From precipitation (18 indices)

  • Precipitation days Index: Number of days with precipitation exceeding 5 mm/day
  • Heavy precipitation days Index: number of days with precipitation exceeding 10 mm/day
  • Very heavy precipitation days Index: number of days with precipitation exceeding 20 mm/day
  • Dry days Index: number of consecutive days with no precipitation (< 1 mm)
  • Consecutive Dry days Index: largest number of consecutive Dry days
  • Number of consecutive Dry days periods: number of 5-consecutive Dry days periods
  • Wet Days Index: number of days with precipitation (> 1 mm)
  • Consecutive wet days Index: largest number of consecutive Wet days
  • Number of consecutive wet days periods: number of 5-consecutive Wet days period
  • Moderate wet days: Percentage of Moderate Wet Days (precipitation> 75th percentile) during Wet days
  • Wet days: Percentage of Wet Days (precipitation > 90th percentile ) during Wet days
  • Very wet days: Percentage of Very Wet Days (precipitation > 95th percentile ) during Wet days
  • Precipitation fraction due to moderate wet days
  • Precipitation fraction due to wet days
  • Precipitation fraction due to very wet days
  • Highest one day precipitation amount
  • Highest 5 days precipitation amount
  • Mean precipitation amount at wet days

From mean temperature (7 indices)

  • Cold days Index: Percentage of days, centered on a five-day window, with temperature below the 10th percentile
  • Warm days Index: Percentage of days, centered on a five-day window, with temperature above the 90th percentile
  • Cold-spell days Index: Days in intervals of at least 6 days with temperature < 10th percentile) 
  • Cold-spell days periods: periods in intervals of at least 6 days with temperature < 10th percentile
  • Warm-spell days Index: days in intervals of at least 6 days with temperature < 10th percentile
  • Warm spell days periods: periods in intervals of at least 6 days with temperature > 90th percentile
  • Heating degree days : sum of degrees below 18°C.

From maximum temperature (8 indices)

  • Very cold days: Percentage of days, centered on a five-day window, with temperature below the 10th percentile
  • Very warm days: Percentage of days, centered on a five-day window, with temperature above the 90th percentile
  • Ice days Index: number of days with temperature below 0°C
  • Summer days Index: number of days with temperature above 25°C
  • Consecutive summer days Index: largest number of consecutive Summer days
  • Consecutive summer days periods: _number of 5-consecutive Summer days periods
  • Heat wave duration Index: largest number of consecutive days with temperature + 5°C the average
  • Heat wave duration periods: number of 6 consecutive days periods with temperature + 5°C the average

From minimum temperature (8 indices)

  • Cold nights days: Percentage of days, centered on a five-day window, with temperature below the 10th percentile
  • Warm nights days: Percentage of days, centered on a five-day window, with temperature above the 90th percentile
  • Tropical nights days Index: number of days with temperature above 20°C
  • Frost days Index (< 0°C): number of days with temperature below 0°C
  • Consecutive frost days Index: largest number of consecutive Frost days
  • Consecutive frost days periods: number of periods of five consecutive days with temperature below 0°C
  • Cold wave duration Index: largest number of consecutive days with temperature – 5°C the average
  • Cold wave duration periods: number of 6 consecutive days periods with temperature – 5°C the average
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