External datasets catalogue

European air quality maps European air quality maps of ozone and PM10 for 2009 and their uncertainty analysis ETC/ACM Technical Paper 2011/11 — 20 Aug 2012

This paper provides the annual update of the European air quality concentrations of selected pollutants (PM10 and ozone), their exceedance probability and population exposure estimates for the year 2009. The analysis is based on interpolation of annual statistics of the 2009 observational data reported by EEA Member countries in 2010 and stored in AirBase . The paper presents the mapping results and includes an uncertainty analysis of the interpolated maps, building upon the latest methodological developments.

ESA 95 Supply Use and Input-Output tables — 17 Aug 2012

Eurostat tables

Global Footprint Network - National Footprint Accounts 2009 Edition — 17 Aug 2012

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Probabilities of Adverse Weather Affecting Transport in Europe: Climatology and Scenarios up to the 2050s — 14 Aug 2012

Adverse and extreme weather events, such as heavy rain, heavy snowfall, strong winds, extreme heat  and cold, drought and reduced visibility, can have a negative impact on the transport sector, causing injuries and damages as well as other economic losses. Fre-quency and intensity of weather and climate extremes are likely to continue to change in the future due to the projected climate change; consequences of changes will be both negative and positive for transportation. The EWENT project (Extreme Weather impacts on European Networks of Transport) funded by the European Commission under the 7th Framework Programme (Transport, Horizontal Activities) has the objective of assessing extreme weather impacts on the Europe-an transport system. This report frames the findings of Work Package 2 (WP 2) of the EWENT project. The study provides the first comprehensive climatology of the adverse and extreme weather events affecting the European transport system by estimating the frequency (or probability) of phenomena for the present climate (1971-2000) and an overview of projected changes in some of these adverse and extreme phenomena in the future climate until 2070. The following phenomena are analyzed: wind, snow, blizzards, heavy precipitation, cold spells and heat waves. In addition, visibility conditions determined by fog and dust events, small-scale phenomena affecting transport systems, such as thunderstorms, lightning, large hail and tornadoes, and events that damaged the transport system infrastructure were considered. Frequency and probability analysis of past and present extremes were performed using observational and reanalysis data. Future changes in the probability of severe events were assessed based on six high-resolution regional climate model (RCM) simulations produced in the ENSEMBLES project. There are large differences in probabilities and intensity of extremes affecting transport systems across Europe. Northern Europe and the Alpine region are impacted most by winter extremes, such as snowfall, cold spells and winter storms, while the probability of extreme heatwaves is highest in Southern Europe. Extreme winds and blizzards are most common over the Atlantic and along its shores. Although heavy rainfall may impact the whole continent on a yearly basis, the very extreme rainfall events (over 100 mm/24 h) are relative sparse. Visibility conditions indicate a pan-European improvement over the decades studied; severe fog conditions becoming almost non-existent at some of the main European airports. The multi-model mean climate projections indicate robust changes in temperature extremes, but are less coherent with regard to ex-tremes in precipitation and wind. Both cold extremes and snow events are likely to become rarer, especially in the north where the extreme cold might shorten by 30-40 days/year by the 2050s. On the other hand, heavy snowfalls (>10 cm/day) are not expected to decrease, instead models project a 1-5 days/year increase over Scandinavia. Extreme heat is likely to intensify over the entire conti-nent, being more accentuated in the south (by 30-40 days/year). The analysis of the Baltic Sea ice cover indicates a decrease in the average maximum fast ice thickness of 30-40 cm by 2060. To facilitate the assessment of impacts and consequences of extreme phe-nomena at the continental level a regionalization of the European extreme phenomena is provided.

Applying probabilistic projections of climate change with impact models: a case study for sub-arctic palsa mires in Fennoscandia — 19 Jul 2012

Fronzek, S., T.R. Carter, J. Räisänen, L. Ruokolainen and M. Luoto (2010), Climatic Change 99(3), 515-534, doi:10.1007/s10584-009-9679-y

Final Report. GlobSnow Deliverable 3.5. GlobSnow. — 18 Jul 2012

Luojus, Kari, Jouni Pulliainen, Matias Takala, Juha Lemmetyinen, M Kangwa, R Sohlberg, T Nagler, et al. 2011. Final Report. GlobSnow Deliverable 3.5. GlobSnow.

Crops and Wild Relatives of the Euro‑Mediterranean Region — 13 Jul 2012

Kell, S.P.; Knüpffer, H.; Jury, S.L.; Ford-Lloyd, B.V.; and Maxted, N., 2008. 'Crops and Wild Relatives of the Euro‑Mediterranean Region: Making and using a conservation catalogue', in Crop Wild Relatives Conservation and Use, Maxted, N. et al. (eds).

Endemic species in Annex II and Annex IV to the Habitats Directive — 13 Jul 2012

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Atlas of Soil Biodiversity — 12 Jul 2012

The SOIL Action (22004) of the Joint Research Centre’s Land Management and Natural Hazards Unit (H07) has just completed a comprehensive collaborative project focusing exclusively on life in the soil. One of the resulting outputs is the first ever European Atlas of Soil Biodiversity.

An Indicator of the Impact of Climatic Change on European Bird Populations — 12 Jul 2012

Rapid climatic change poses a threat to global biodiversity. There is extensive evidence that recent climatic change has affected animal and plant populations, but no indicators exist that summarise impacts over many species and large areas. We use data on long-term population trends of European birds to develop such an indicator. We find a significant relationship between interspecific variation in population trend and the change in potential range extent between the late 20 th and late 21 st centuries, forecasted by climatic envelope models. Our indicator measures divergence in population trend between bird species predicted by climatic envelope models to be favourably affected by climatic change and those adversely affected. The indicator shows a rapid increase in the past twenty years, coinciding with a period of rapid warming.

State of Europe´s Forests 2007 — 28 Jun 2012

The MCPFE Report on Sustainable Forest Management in Europe, jointly prepared by the MCPFE Liaison Unit Warsaw, UNECE and FAO Ministerial Conference on the Protection of Forests in Europe, Warsaw.

Habitats Directive Article 17 Report (2000–06) — 28 Jun 2012

All Member States are requested by the Habitats Directive (1992) to monitor habitat types and species considered to be of Community interest. Article 17 of the Directive requires that every 6 years Member States prepare reports to be sent to the European Commission on the implementation of the Directive. The Article 17 report for the period 2001-2006 for the first time includes assessments on the conservation status of the habitat types and species of Community interest

Major accident reporting system (MARS) — 27 Jun 2012

Major accident reporting system (MARS) managed by the Major Accident Hazards Bureau (MAHB) (1980 - 2002). The Major Accident Hazards Bureau (MAHB) provides research-based scientific support to the European Community on the formulation, implementation and monitoring of EU policies for the control of major accident hazards, chiefly the Seveso II-Directive, 96/82/EC, concerning the processing and storage of hazardous substances.  

Nutrient Discharge from Rivers to Seas for Year 2000 — 26 Jun 2012

EUR - Scientific and Technical Research Reports

Baseline data — 26 Jun 2012

Baseline data: Em‑dat, Munich Re and Dartmouth Flood Observatory Space-based Measurement and Modeling of Surface Water

IES JRC — 26 Jun 2012

Institute for Environment and Sustainability (IES) is one of the seven scientific institutes of the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC).

IPTS JRC — 26 Jun 2012

Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS) is one of the seven scientific institutes of the European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC).

Measures of landscape structure and connectivity — 26 Jun 2012

European-wide forest fragmentation (1990–2006),  Estreguil C. and Caudullo G., 2010. Office for Official Publications of the European Communities.

Agri-Environment Action managed by the Rural, Water and Ecosystem Resources — 26 Jun 2012

Integration of Environment Concerns into Agriculture. .. .. Full organisation name: the Agri-Environment Action managed by the Rural, Water and Ecosystem Resources Unit of the JRC Institute for Environment and Sustainability

IPCC data distribution — 25 Jun 2012

The Data Distribution Centre provides climate, socio-economic and environmental data, both from the past and also in scenarios projected into the future. Technical guidelines on the selection and use of different types of data and scenarios in research and assessment are also provided.