Future projections under Climate Vulnerability & Change (CV & C) of Extreme Sea Levels (ESLs) and waves (of various return periods), as well as meteorological parameters of interest (e.g. temperature and precipitation) for the two islands will be gathered/collated from relevant e-databases. More specifically, ESLs and wave projections for the 21st century under the IPCC RCP4.5 and RCP8.5 scenarios will be obtained from the dataset presented by the EC Joint Research Centre-JRC.
Historical data of meteorological parameters (e.g. temperature, precipitation) are collated from the Hellenic National Meteorological Service (HNMS) and the meteorological stations deployed within the framework of the project in order to identify the characteristic climate of the 2 islands. At the same time, future forecasts of the same parameters (until 2100 based on RCP4.5 and RCP8.5 scenarios) will be extracted from relevant and open-source climate databases (e.g. European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF), climate re-analysis data (ERA-Interim) and the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI).
