MeteoVIAS: Web Application for winter road weather forecasting

Presentación realizada en la 3rd European Nowcasting Conference, celebrada en la sede central de AEMET en Madrid del 24 al 26 de abril de 2019

Nuevo sistema de predicción de cosechas de cereales de Castilla y León

Castilla y León es una región caracterizada por su gran extensión geográfica en la que la agricultura, la ganadería y el medio ambiente tienen un gran peso en la economía regional. La necesidad del sector agrario de tener una estimación de la producción de cereales de una manera objetiva y reproducible, ha llevado a elaborar un boletín de predicción de cosecha de cereales de invierno en esta comunidad. Durante la campaña 2014-2015 este boletín se realizó de manera experimental y ha sido en la campaña 2015-2016 cuando se ha comenzado a elaborarlo, emitirlo y difundirlo de forma operativa. El boletín, fruto de la colaboración entre AEMET y el ITACyL (Instituto Tecnológico Agrario de Castilla y León), se publica quincenalmente a lo largo de la campaña agrícola en la dirección web: http://cosechas.itacyl.es

Upgrade of a climate service tailored to water reservoirs management

We present the upgrade of a web tool designed to help in the decision making process for water reservoirs management in Spain. The tool, called S-ClimWaRe (Seasonal Climate predictions in support of Water Reservoirs management), covers the extended winter season (from November to March), when the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) pattern strongly influences the hydrological interannual variability in South-Western Europe. This climate service is fully user driven, and aims at meeting their requirements incorporating recent scientific progress.The research leading to these results has received funding from the MEDSCOPE project co-funded by the European Commission as part of ERA4CS, an ERA-NET initiated by JPI Climate, grant agreement 690462

Upgrade of a climate service tailored to water reservoirs management

Presentación realizada en: EMS Annual Meeting (2021) celebrado de forma virtual del 3 al 10 de septiembre de 2021.In this paper we present the upgrade of a web tool designed to help in the decision making process for water reservoirs management in Spain. The tool, called S-ClimWaRe (Seasonal Climate predictions in support of Water Reservoirs management) is organized in two main displaying panels. The first one -diagnostic panel- allows the user to explore, for any water reservoir or grid point over continental Spain, the existing hydrological variability and risk linked to climate variability. The second one -forecasting panel- provides probabilistic seasonal predictions for some variables of interest. Following users’ need the tool initially covers the extended winter season (from November to March), when the North Atlantic Oscillation pattern strongly influences the hydrological interannual variability in South-Western Europe. This climate service is fully user driven with a strong commitment of users and stakeholders that has allowed continuous improvement of this tool, meeting users requirements and incorporating latest scientific progress

Seasonal climate predictions in support of water reservoirs management in Spain

Póster presentado en: 1st Climateurope festival celebrado en Valencia, del 5 al 7 de abril de 2017.This work has been partially funded by the FP7 EUPORIAS projec

Herramienta web de ayuda a la gestión de los embalses en España

Ponencia presentada en: VI Simposio Nacional de Predicción, celebrado en los servicios centrales de AEMET, en Madrid, del 17 al 19 de septiembre de 2018.La herramienta web diseñada para apoyar la gestión de los embalses en España, es fruto del equipo multidisciplinar formado en S-ClimWaRe, el servicio climático cuyo objetivo es avanzar en la gestión del agua en España. En el presente artículo se explicarán sus dos facetas, diagnóstico y pronóstico. La primera permite al usuario explorar, sobre un grid o en cualquier embalse, el riesgo y la variabilidad hidrológica ligados a la variabilidad climática. Esto se lleva a cabo por medio de un conjunto de diagnósticos obtenidos de las series temporales de observaciones hidrológicas y meteorológicas y un conjunto de «drivers» o impulsores climáticos. La otra faceta de esta herramienta se refiere al ámbito de la predicción, suministrando pronósticos estacionales que incluyen la pericia del sistema

Web-based decision support toolbox for Spanish reservoirs

Número monográfico dedicado al "18th EMS Annual Meeting: European Conference for Applied Meteorology and Climatology 2018".Under the S-ClimWaRe (Seasonal Climate prediction in support of Water Reservoirs management) initiative, a climate service to support decision-making process by water managers in Spanish reservoirs has been developed. It consists in a web-based toolbox jointly designed with stakeholders. The website is organized in two main areas. The first one allows the user to explore, for any water reservoir or grid point over continental Spain, the existing hydrological variability and risk linked to climate variability. This is performed through a set of indicators obtained from time series of hydrological and meteorological observations and North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) index, identified as main climate driver in this geographical region. The second main area provides seasonal forecasts of NAO and both reservoir inflow and precipitation, complemented by information on probabilistic forecasts skill. Currently the NAO index is the only driver implemented for display, and forecasts come from a statistical forecasting system developed only for the extended winter NDJFM period. Through the MEDSCOPE (MEDiterranean Services Chain based On climate PrEdictions) project new sources of predictability and relationships with different climate drivers will be explored. Forecast skill improvement is expected after the combination and weighting of ensemble members of the Copernicus seasonal forecasting systems. These forecasts will feed more sophisticated hydrological models. The toolbox has been flexible designed with respect to sources of seasonal forecasts and extension to additional drivers, variables and seasons. In this way, user requirements and scientific progress will be easily incorporated to new versions of this climate service.The research leading to these results has received funding from EUPORIAS and MEDSCOPE projects. EUPORIAS was funded by the European Commission through the 7th Framework Programme for Research, grant agreement 308291. MEDSCOPE is co-funded by the European Commission as part of ERA4CS, an ERA-NET initiated by JPI Climate, grant agreement 690462

Atlas agroclimático - Castilla y León

Este atlas constituye a la vez una recopilación de datos, una publicación técnica y una herramienta de consulta de libre acceso para los ciudadanos y es fruto de la colaboración entre el Instituto Tecnológico Agrario de Castilla y León, y la Agencia Estatal de Meteorología. El trabajo está orientado a satisfacer a todos los colectivos que tienen interés por interpretar los efectos del clima, el medio físico y la actividad agraria en Castilla y León. Los usos potenciales alcanzan desde consultas sencillas de agricultores o ciudadanos hasta la descarga de datos en bruto para estudios técnicos, proyectos o trabajos de investigación

Herramienta web de ayuda a la gestión de los embalses en España [Presentación]

Presentación realizada en el VI Simposio Nacional de Predicción "Memorial Antonio Mestre", celebrado en la sede central de AEMET en Madrid del 17 al 19 de septiembre de 2018

Seasonal forecasts of winter reservoirs inflow

Vídeo elaborado con motivo de la celebración del 15º Mediterranean Climate Outlook Forum (MedCOF) desarrollado de forma online entre el 15 de octubre y el 24 de noviembre de 2020