Markus Metz-3 wrote > On Sat, Mar 19, 2016 at 9:01 PM, Helmut Kudrnovsky <
> hellik@ > > wrote: >> Hi Veronica, >> >>>There is a presentation from Soeren at 2012 GEOSTAT course [0] in which he >> uses one of ECAD datasets as >example. Maybe useful? >> >> thanks for the hint! >> >>>Which particular dataset there you want to use? >> >> http://eca.knmi.nl/download/ensembles/download.php#datafiles >> >> daily mean temperature TG, >> daily minimum temperature TN >> daily maximum temperature TX >> daily precipitation sum RR > > ECA&D contain some serious errors: > > 1. look at the spatial distribution and location of the stations used > > http://eca.knmi.nl/download/ensembles/data/ensembles_tg_stations_v12.0.txt > http://eca.knmi.nl/download/ensembles/data/ensembles_tn_stations_v12.0.txt > http://eca.knmi.nl/download/ensembles/data/ensembles_tx_stations_v12.0.txt > http://eca.knmi.nl/download/ensembles/data/ensembles_rr_stations_v12.0.txt > > 2. calculate annual averages and check if they match your > expectations. They did not match my expectations (and those of my > group) so we decided to ditch ECA&D. >> >>>what are you interested in doing, if I may ask? >> >> I have vegetation samples across Europe, from the North to the South, >> from >> the West to Caucasus. as this vegetation types are sensitive to >> temperature >> and precipitation, such parameters may be included in ecology pattern >> analysis. > > If possible, use a datasource different from ECA&D thanks for the insigth to this dataset. do you have any recommondations for alternatives regarding Europe? ----- best regards Helmut -- View this message in context: http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.com/E-OBS-climate-data-and-TGIS-in-GRASS-tp5257384p5257891.html Sent from the Grass - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ grass-user mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-user
