Institute of Climate and Energy Systems (ICE)

Stratosphere (ICE-4)

Second ESA Water Vapor Climate Change Initiative User workshop in Jülich

The second ESA Water Vapour Climate Change Initiative User Workshop was held in Jülich from the 14th to 16th October in Jülich. Around 60 onsite and online participants exchanged their latest research results in insightful presentations and contributed to interesting discussions.

The Water Vapour Climate Change Initiative (WV_cci), is a project of the European Space Agency (ESA) carried out by an international consortium of European and Canadian research institutions with the overall goal to generate high-quality climate data records (CDRs) of atmospheric water vapour for use in climate applications. The project develops, validates, and releases quality-controlled, long-term CDRs of total column water vapour (TCWV) and vertically resolved water vapour profiles across the troposphere and stratosphere.

More details on the project are available at:
https://climate.esa.int/en/projects/water-vapour/

The aim of this second User Workshop was to bring together the broader water vapour community, including those interested in the generation of water vapour CDRs and data users (such as climate modellers and NWP researchers) in order to discuss the most recent scientific applications and challenges in processing and using water vapour CDRs in support of climate science.