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Trend in the number of frost-free days

Figure Created 22 Jun 2016 Published 19 Dec 2016 Last modified 28 Mar 2022

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Topics: Climate change adaptation Agriculture

The annual rate of change of frost-free days represents the trend coefficient for long-term changes in the annual number of days with a minimum daily temperature above 0 °C. For example, a value of 1 indicates that the number of frost-free days has increased on average by 1 day per year in last 30 years (period 1985-2014). The analysis is based on the JRC-MARS gridded meteorological data at 25 km resolution.

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Methodology:: From the JRC-MARS gridded agro-meteorological database, meteorological observations of daily minimum air temperature at station level with data available for last 30 years (1985-2014) have been selected. Linear trend coefficients were calculated for all stations selected. Then the trend coefficients were spatially interpolated onto the regular 25 km JRC-MARS grid using the thin plate spline method.
Units:: Days/year
Rights:: EEA standard re-use policy: unless otherwise indicated, re-use of content on the EEA website for commercial or non-commercial purposes is permitted free of charge, provided that the source is acknowledged (https://www.eea.europa.eu/legal/copyright). Copyright holder: Joint Research Centre (JRC).
Owners:: Joint Research Centre (JRC)
Processors:: European Environment Agency (EEA); Joint Research Centre (JRC)
Figure type:: Map

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The resulting geotiff has one band representing the value of the calculated trend in days per year.

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