Survey Form

Section B - About climate information demand

5. Please, specify what kind of climate information could be interesting for you or your organization.*

- Please, check all that apply

a. Easy-to-understand climate and climate change information.
b. Climate related impacts information (effects on natural and human system).
c. Climate related products for adaptation to climate change.
d. Climate related products for mitigation to climate change.
e. Historical climate databases.
f. Future climate change scenarios databases.
g. Other (please specify):

g. Other - Please Specify

h. Do not know
i. Comments (if any):

i. Comments(if any)

6. Do you or your organization make use of climate information?*

a. Yes, in our day-to-day business.
b. Yes, occasionally.
c. No, never used it but I/we would like to.
d. No, I am/we are not interested in climate information since coastal climate and climate change related impacts are not important topics for me/us.

7. What are the main reasons that drive you to use climate information?

- Please, check all options that apply.

a. Design of engineering/building works (coastal or offshore infrastructures).
b. Maintenance activities (e.g., offshore wind farms, ports, beach erosion, etc.).
c. Operational day-to-day activities
d. Tourism and recreational/sport activities
e. Research activities (please specify sector/s):

e. Research activities (please specify sector/s)

xiv. Other (please specify)

f. Education/training.
g. Capital investments.
h. Support decisions/policy.
i. Developing adaptation measures and strategies to climate change and related impacts.
j. Building awareness towards climate change and adaptation measures
k. Other (please specify):

k. Other (please specify)

l. Do not Know
m. Comments(if any)

m. Comments (if any)

8. What is the time horizon you are interested in?

- Please, according to your expertise check and rate the usefulness from 1 “not useful at all” to 5 “very useful”.
- Please, check all options that apply.

e. None of them
f. Do Not Know
g. Comments (if any)

g. Comments(if any)

9. What spatial resolution of climate information do you usually acquire or are interested in?*

- Please, check all options that apply.

a. Global scale.
b. National.
c. Regional (sub-national).
d. Local (e.g. city level)
e. Infrastructure level.
f. Other (please specify):

f. Other(please specify)

g. Do not know.
h. Comments(if any)

h. Comments(if any)

10. what climate variables do you usually need?

- Please, check and rate the usefulness of these variables for your organisation, from 1 “not useful at all” to 5 “very useful”.
- Please, check all options that apply.
- Please, check just the first level – a, b, c, d, e– if you are not sure about the second level (i, ii, iii, etc.).

a. Coastal / Ocean waves

a. Coastal / Ocean waves

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i. Significant wave height sea-state parameter.
ii. Mean period sea-state parameter.
iii. Peak period sea-state parameter.
iv. Mean wave direction sea-state parameter.
v. Peak wave direction sea-state parameter.
vi. Wind-sea wave parameters/Swell wave parameters.
vii. Full wave spectrum data.

b. Sea level

b. Sea level

c. Wind

c. Wind

d. Marine currents

d. Marine currents

e. Temperature

e. Temperature

f. Other (please specify):

f. Other (Please specify)

g. None of them.
h. Do not know.
i. Comments(if any)

i. Comments(if any)

11. What climate statistical data do you usually need?

- Please, check and rate the usefulness of these variables for your organisation, from 1 “not useful at all” to 5 “very useful”.
- Please, check all options that apply.
- Please, check just the first level – a, b, c, d, e– if you are not sure about the second level (i, ii, iii, etc.).

a. Averaged values (monthly, seasonal, annual)

a. Averaged values (monthly, seasonal, annual)

b. Time series

b. Time series

c. Extreme Values

c. Extreme Values

d. Dispersion estimates (e.g., total rate, standard deviation)

d. Dispersion estimates (e.g., total rate, standard deviation).

e. Information of the variable distribution (e.g., probability distribution, percentiles).

e. Information of the variable distribution (e.g., probability distribution, percentiles).

f. Directional information (e.g., roses, tables, polar charts)

f. Directional information (e.g., roses, tables, polar charts).

g. Joint distribution of two variables (e.g., waves vs. local wind).

g. Joint distribution of two variables (e.g., waves vs. local wind).

h. Do not use statistics
i. Other (please specify):

i. Other (please specify)

j. Do not know.
k. Comments(if any)

k. Comments(if any)

12. How do you usually access to the climate data or climate information?

- Please, check all options that apply.

a. E-mail (climate data attached files).
b. External drive device (climate data files).
c. Online climate information providers:

c. Online climate information providers:

i. http.
ii. FTP.
iii. OpenDap.
iv. OGC Services (WCS, WFS, etc.).
vi. Do not know.

d. Through non-technical/scientific channels:

d. Through non-technical/scientific channels:

i. Radio/tv.
ii. Newspapers.
iii. Thematic websites.
iv. Project dissemination.

e. Conferences/experts discussions.
f. Workshops.
g. Scientific publications.
h. We produce our own climate information.

i. Other (please specify):

i. Other(please specify)

k. Comments (if any):

k. Comments (if any)

13. From which data centres or platforms do you usually acquire climate information or related services?

- Please, check all options that apply.

a. National Meteorological and Hydrological Services (NMHS).
b. European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF).
c. Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S).
d. US National Centres (e.g. NCEP-NCAR, NOAA, USGS, NASA, etc.).
e. Research institution.
f. Private company.
g. Own data.
h. Other (please specify):

h. Other(please specify)

i. Do not know.
j. Comments (if any):

j. Comments(if any)

14. What are the reasons for using the previously indicated data centres or platforms to acquire climate information or related services?

- Please, check all options that apply.

a. Accessible data and easy to get.
b. Availability of customized products.
c. Policy restrictions.
d. Free of charge.
e. Own data.
f. Other (please specify):

f. Other(please specify)

g. Do not know.
h. Comments (if any):

h. Comments(if any)

15. What is your common/preferred format to receive climate information?

a. Regular text format.
b. Excell format.
c. GIS formats (e.g. shape files, geodatabases).
d. NetCDF, GRIB, HDF format.
e. Reports/maps/graphics.
f. Customized formats for specific applications (please, if possible, specify):

f. Customized formats for specific applications (please, if possible, specify):

g. Other (please specify):

g. Other(please specify)

h. Do not know.
i. Comments (if any):

i. Comments(if any)

16. The climate information you usually acquire is:

a. Free of charge.
b. At low cost.
c. At high cost.
d. Do not know.
e. Comments (if any):

e. Comments(if any)

17. In general terms, do the available climate data/information, data centres, price, formats and access channels meet your specific requirements?

a. Yes.
b. No (please specify what is missing):
c. Do not Know
d. Comments (if any)

b. No(Please specify what its missing)

d. Comments(if any)

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a. Past or/and present climate information
b. Weather short-term forecast (i.e. from 24h to 15 days).
c. Mid-term forecast/predictions (e.g. monthly, seasonal).
d. Future climate-change scenarios.

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i. Local datum / reference levels.
ii. Mean sea level.
iii. Astronomical tide.
iv. Storm surge.

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i. 10 min. time resolution.
ii. 1 hour time resolution.
iii. Daily time resolution.
iv. Other (please specify target time resolution):

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i. Maximum values.
ii. Peaks over a threshold
iii. Duration of extreme events
iv. Return values (e.g. value associated to 100 year return period)

SURVEY ON "CLIMATE SERVICES - USER NEEDS"

Step 1 of 3

Section A - About your organisation

Section B - About climate information demand

Section C – Barriers and enablers in the use of climate information

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i. Surface wind speed.
ii. Surface wind direction.
iii. Wind info at a height different from standard (10 meters).

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i. Surface currents.
ii. Depth-averaged currents.
iii. Bottom currents.

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i. Sea surface temperature.
ii. Air temperature.