Training

From analysis of the past to future projections Short online courseBecause you don't have to be a climate scientist to make climate data work for you! ...

An introduction to the different sources of climate data and how to find them.

Learn about the various data sources, and strategies to find climate data: processing, choosing projections, scenarios, ensembles and variables.

Learn about Essential Climate Variables, the different types of climate data resources, and their respective pros and cons.

Explore the different types of measurements, the types of observing systems and their measurement uncertainty.

This lesson teaches users the basics of climate reanalysis. The lesson explains how reanalyses are made, an overview of global reanalyses datasets, and their strengths and limitations.

Uncover how climate models work and how they can be evaluated. Differences between climate projections, predictions and scenarios are explained.

This lesson teaches about downscaling and bias correction methods. An exercise for bias correction is included.

This lesson teaches how to use climate models in the development of national climate scenarios. Examples are provided for The Netherlands, Switzerland and the U.K.

This lesson teaches about sources of uncertainty in climate projections, what robust signals are, and when we can be confident in a change.

About climate projections, differences between climate models, and how to choose from climate projection data.

An introduction into Climate Services, and a seven step approach to develop a case study, illustrated with a practical example.