Trends and Projections
Monthly means of meteorological (temperature, humidity, rainfall, cloud coverage, wind speed) and wave parameters (significant wave height, mean period, wave direction)were extracted for the last available 20-year period (2003 – 2023). The aforementioned parameters are available through the Copernicus service of the European Union. The ERA-5 re-analysis product was extracted, which is widely used for reconstruction of the world’s climate for the last 80 years downscaled for the islands of study (ERA-5 e-database). In order to investigate the future climatic parameters, the reference years of 2050 and 2100 were used under 2 climate emission scenarios (RCP 4.5 και RCP 8.5). Climate parameters were extracted from the CORDEX e-database ((Coordinated Regional Climate Downscaling Experiment), which is the outcome of a variety of modeling ensembles across the globe (CORDEX e-database).
The spatial resolution of the Copernicus ERA-5 e-databaseτ is of 0.5° x 0.5°, while the resolution of the CORDEX products are of 0.11° x 0.11°, for this reason, the closest and most representative points for each island were extractes, as shown below.
