Uncertainty: Lessons Learned for Climate Services

Otto, Juliane; Brown, Calum; Buontempo, Carlo; Doblas‐Reyes, Francisco J.; Jacob, Daniela; Juckes, Martin; Keup-Thiel, Elke; Kurnik, Blaž; Schulz, Jörg B.; Taylor, Andrea; Verhoelst, Tijl; Walton, Peter

doi:10.1175/bams-d-16-0173.1

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“…Such aspects can be better understood when engaging with users. Additionally, this can help build trust between information providers and users, support a transparent and regular communication and learning, and avoid pitfalls such as the unrealistic expectations (Otto et al, 2016), which may, in turn, influence the acceptance and perceived usefulness of a platform. Platform developers and managers discussed the importance of communicating and engaging with users during all stages of a platform's lifetime.…”

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“…The information presented on adaptation platforms should consider the different backgrounds, levels of experience and capabilities of the intended users. For example, it is important that the information published on a platform uses a language that is understandable by a range of users (Otto et al, 2016). Furthermore, interactive features are often seen as an element that can improve information exchange among users and hence their engagement with a platform.…”

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Communicating climate change adaptation information using web-based platforms

Karali

Mattern

2017

Adv. Sci. Res.

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Abstract. To facilitate progress in climate change adaptation policy and practice, it is important not only to ensure the production of accurate, comprehensive and relevant information, but also the easy, timely and affordable access to it. This can contribute to better-informed decisions and improve the design and implementation of adaptation policies and other relevant initiatives. Web-based platforms can play an important role in communicating and distributing data, information and knowledge that become constantly available, reaching out to a large group of potential users. Indeed in the last decade there has been an extensive increase in the number of platforms developed for this purpose in many fields including climate change adaptation. This short paper concentrates on the web-based adaptation platforms developed in Europe. It provides an overview of the recently emerged landscape, examines the basic characteristics of a set of platforms that operate at national, transnational and European level, and discusses some of the key challenges related to their development, maintenance and overall management. Findings presented in this short paper are discussed in greater detailed in the Technical Report of the European Environment Agency "Overview of climate change adaptation platforms in Europe".

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Section: Understanding and Engaging With Usersmentioning

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Section: Presenting Relevant Data Information and Knowledge On Platfmentioning

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Communicating climate change adaptation information using web-based platforms

Karali

Mattern

2017

Adv. Sci. Res.

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“…The free and open access to essential climate data and information, including the fully traceable accuracy information of these ECV CDRs, as well as user feedback mechanisms, is critically important for effective climate services. It is only when the fully traceable accuracy information of ECV CDRs meet the end-user defined achievable accuracy requirements, that we can deem the climate services as useful [26]. To provide a structured and holistic view on what CDRs are currently available/planned, and what the accuracy requirements should be to satisfy climate quality, the joint CEOS /CGMS Working Group on Climate (WGClimate) has established an ECV inventory [40].…”

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“…There are many more programs and initiatives with the context of quality assurance of ECV CDRs from space, when looking at the international and European landscape of climate services [4,26]. Nevertheless, there is not yet a consistent, international coordination mechanism for in-situ observations and reanalysis for climate services [11,29,35,54,83,89,103,104].…”

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“…Nevertheless, the evaluation of the usability of climate data and information products is not yet comprehensively addressed, which hinders the overall market uptake of climate services [24,25]. The market of climate services, although gaining its popularity, remains in its infancy and the associated economic benefits/values to users are either unknown or uncertain [18], which is mainly due to the lack of exploration into the uncertainty propagation in the so-called value chain of climate services [26]. While the necessity of evaluating climate services is well recognized, to ensure its success (e.g., useful/usable for decision making at all levels) and continuous evolutions, the effective metrics, methodologies, and associated evaluation framework are still to be further developed and matured [26,27].…”

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Towards a Traceable Climate Service: Assessment of Quality and Usability of Essential Climate Variables

Zeng

Barmpadimos³

et al. 2019

Remote Sensing

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Climate services are becoming the backbone to translate climate knowledge, data & information into climate-informed decision-making at all levels, from public administrations to business operators. It is essential to assess the technical and scientific quality of the provided climate data and information products, including their value to users, to establish the relation of trust between providers of climate data and information and various downstream users. The climate data and information products (i.e., from satellite, in-situ and reanalysis) shall be fully traceable, adequately documented and uncertainty quantified and can provide sufficient guidance for users to address their specific needs and feedbacks. This paper discusses details on how to apply the quality assurance framework to deliver timely assessments of the quality and usability of Essential Climate Variable (ECV) products. It identifies an overarching structure for the quality assessment of single product ECVs (i.e., consists of only one single variable), multi-product ECVs (i.e., more than one single parameter), thematic products (i.e., water, energy and carbon cycles), as well as the usability assessment. To support a traceable climate service, other than rigorously evaluating the technical and scientific quality of ECV products, which represent the upstream of climate services, how the uncertainty propagates into the resulting benefit (utility) for the users of the climate service needs to be detailed.

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Validation practices for satellite‐based Earth observation data across communities

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Bell

Brocca

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Reviews of Geophysics

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Assessing the inherent uncertainties in satellite data products is a challenging task. Different technical approaches have been developed in the Earth Observation (EO) communities to address the validation problem which results in a large variety of methods as well as terminology. This paper reviews state‐of‐the‐art methods of satellite validation and documents their similarities and differences. First, the overall validation objectives and terminologies are specified, followed by a generic mathematical formulation of the validation problem. Metrics currently used as well as more advanced EO validation approaches are introduced thereafter. An outlook on the applicability and requirements of current EO validation approaches and targets is given.

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Uncertainty: Lessons Learned for Climate Services

Cited by 31 publications

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Communicating climate change adaptation information using web-based platforms

Communicating climate change adaptation information using web-based platforms

Towards a Traceable Climate Service: Assessment of Quality and Usability of Essential Climate Variables

Validation practices for satellite‐based Earth observation data across communities

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