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CLIPC: Constructing Europe's Climate Information Portal

CLIPC provides access to Europe's climate data and information.

User Requirements Workshop: Summary and other documents now available

07 May 2015
User Requirements Workshop: Summary and other documents now available

This user workshop took place on the 3rd of February, 2015 in the Park Inn by Radisson Amsterdam Airport, The Netherlands.


The workshop was organised for potential users of the CLIPC portal, including climateclimate
Climate in a narrow sense is usually defined as the average weather, or more rigorously, as the statistical description in terms of the mean and variability of relevant quantities over a period of time ranging from months to thousands or millions of years. The classical period for averaging these variables is 30 years, as defined by the World Meteorological Organization. The relevant quantities are most often surface variables such as temperature, precipitation and wind. Climate in a wider sense is the state, including a statistical description, of the climate system.
scientists, impacts researchers and intermediary organisations who will help to maximize the relevance of the CLIPC Portal for users across Europe. 

The summary documents for participants and others interested parties can be found on the workshop page.