UKCIP data, Irish weather station data, ERA-40 data as well as satellite data from the HOAPS database have been used for the validation. The UKCIP data are available as monthly averages for 2 m temperature and monthly sums for precipitation. The 14 Irish synoptic stations have measured hourly values of 2 m temperature, precipitation, total cloud cover and net shortwave radiation amongst other parameters over the last decades. The ERA-40 data are reanalysis data from the ECMWF. One fixed version of the operational analysis and forecast model has been run for 40 years. The advantage, compared to using analysis data, is that artificial trends due to changes in the analysis model are avoided. Various observation data sources (synoptic station data, rawinsonde data and satellite data) are included in the assimilation process. The HOAPS data are an extensive satellite data base including a variety including a variety of meteorological parameters important for the water and energy budget. This database has been derived by the Meteorological Institute of the University of Hamburg and the Max-Planck-Institute for Meteorology in Hamburg.

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SAFER-Data Display URL	https://eparesearch.epa.ie/safer/iso19115/display?isoID=15
Resource Keywords	C4I Met Eireann Climate Change GRIB
EPA/ERTDI/STRIVE Project Code	Not Applicable
EPA/ERTDI/STRIVE Project Theme	Climate Change
Resource Availability:	Public-Open
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Number of Attached Files (Publicly and Openly Available for Download):	0
Project Start Date	Tuesday 2nd March 2004 (02-03-2004)
Earliest Recorded Date within any attached datasets or digital objects	Thursday 2nd January 2003 (02-01-2003)
Most Recent Recorded Date within any attached datasets or digital objects	Sunday 1st January 2006 (01-01-2006)
Published on SAFER	Monday 23rd April 2007 (23-04-2007)
Date of Last Edit	Friday 27th April 2007 at 12:04:32 (27-04-2007)
Datasets or Files Updated On	Monday 23rd April 2007 at 10:27:00 (23-04-2007)

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The grid resolution of GCMs used for climate modelling is typically about 2.5, representing an ability to resolve features of size not smaller than 500km (twice the grid interval). This is adequate for a general representation of the global climate, but quite inadequate for the simulation of the detail and pattern of change in a region the size of Ireland. A proven method of generating more precise, accurate and detailed information on a national scale is by use of a regional climate model (RCM). Such a model has a typical resolution of 0.5 Degrees allowing representation of features down to scales of approximately 100 km. By the technique of double nesting, even greater resolution over Ireland is feasible.

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