External datasets catalogue

West Nile fever maps — 19 Dec 2016

The implementation of blood safety measures in the event of outbreaks of West Nile fever in humans is an important issue for the national competent authorities. According to the Commission Directive 2014/110/EU , efforts should be made to defer all blood donations from areas with ongoing transmission of West Nile virus (WNV) to humans to prevent its onward spread. A challenge to the implementation of the Directive is the timely collection of accurate information about areas with ongoing transmission. An important consequence of the deferral of blood donations from areas with West Nile fever is the impact on the blood supply for those areas. The objective of this project is to inform the competent authorities responsible for blood safety of areas with ongoing transmission of West Nile virus to humans in order to support their implementation of blood safety legislation. ECDC is providing, for the current transmission season, weekly updates on the reported cases of West Nile fever in humans in the EU Member States and neighbouring countries (i.e. those included in WHO European region and/or bordering the Mediterranean Sea). The updates are based on information obtained from the countries’ health authorities and refer to human autochthonous cases of West Nile fever only. - See more at: http://ecdc.europa.eu/en/healthtopics/west_nile_fever/West-Nile-fever-maps/Pages/about.aspx#sthash.ChrboFVp.dpuf

Future meteorological drought: projections of regional climate models for Europe — 15 Jun 2016

Climate change effects on Chikungunya transmission in Europe — 14 Jun 2016

The climatic suitability for Chikungunya outbreaks was determined by using bioclimatic factors that influence, both vector and, pathogen. Climatic suitability for the European distribution of the vector Aedes albopictus was based upon previous correlative environmental niche models. Climatic risk classes were derived by combining climatic suitability for the vector with known temperature requirements for pathogen transmission, obtained from outbreak regions. In addition, the longest potential intra-annual season for Chikungunya transmission was estimated for regions with expected vector occurrences. In order to analyse spatio-temporal trends for risk exposure and season of transmission in Europe, climate change impacts are projected for three time-frames (2011–2040, 2041–2070 and 2071–2100) and two climate scenarios (A1B and B1) from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). These climatic projections are based on regional climate model COSMO-CLM, which builds on the global model ECHAM5.

Regional typologies of farming systems contexts — 13 Jun 2016

Resource productivity — 10 Jun 2016

URBAN SPRAWL 2016 — 10 Jun 2016

Recent spring phenology shifts in western Central Europe based on multiscale observations — 06 Jun 2016

Although numerous studies have reported advanced Northern Hemisphere spring phenology since the 1980s, recent studies based on remote sensing have reported a reversal or deceleration of this trend. This study aimed (1) to fully understand recent spring phenology shifts using both in situ observations and satellite-based normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) datasets, and (2) to test whether the NDVI methods capture the trends observed in situ.

World Population Prospects, the 2015 revision — 01 Jun 2016

UN world population prospects: The 2015 revision  

Trends of common birds in Europe, 2015 update — 31 May 2016

Annual national accounts — 30 May 2016

National Accounts aggregates by industry (up to NACE A*64)

NUTS - Nomenclature of territorial units for statistics — 26 May 2016

Summary of AR5 regional projections and allowances — 25 May 2016

Share of renewable energy in gross final energy consumption — 24 Mar 2016

GlobSnow snow water equivalent series — 22 Mar 2016

The European Space Agency (ESA) Data User Element (DUE) funded GlobSnow project aims at creating a global database of snow parameters for climate research purposes. The main objective is to create a long term time series for two essential snow parameters. The project will provide information concerning the areal extent of snow (SE) on a global scale and snow water equivalent (SWE) for the Northern Hemisphere. Both products will include the end product derived from the satellite data along with accuracy information for each snow parameter. The temporal span of the SE product will be 15 years and the span for the SWE product will be 30 years.

Cumulative specific net mass balance of European glaciers — 22 Mar 2016

For more than a century, the World Glacier Monitoring Service (WGMS) and its predecessor organizations have been compiling and disseminating standardized data on glacier fluctuations. Thereto, the WGMS annually collects glacier data through its  scientific collaboration network  that is active in more than 30 countries.  In close collaboration with the U.S. National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) and the Global Land Ice Measurements from Space (GLIMS) initiative, the WGMS runs the Global Terrestrial Network for Glaciers (GTN-G) in support of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). 

Spreading Dead Zones and Consequences for Marine Ecosystems — 18 Mar 2016

Diaz and Rosenberg (2008): Spreading dead zones and consequences for marine ecosystems

Monitoring European average temperature — 17 Mar 2016

Monitoring European average temperature based on the E-OBS gridded data set

Night Lights 2012 - Flat map — 11 Mar 2016

Likelihood of High Nature Value Forest Area 2012 — 11 Mar 2016

State of Europe's Forest 2015 — 10 Mar 2016