C3S2 311_Bis – Rescue, Collection and Processing of In-Situ Observations
The C3S2 311_Bis – Rescue, Collection and Processing of In-Situ Observations project is funded by ECMWF under the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S).
Its main goal is to recover, digitise, curate, and standardise historical meteorological and climate observations from public, academic, and private sources. These data will then be made accessible through the Copernicus Climate Data Store (CDS) to support research, reanalyses, and the development of climate services across Europe and globally.
The project strengthens the long-term availability and quality of in-situ datasets, ensuring their interoperability and alignment with World Meteorological Organization.
It also promotes collaboration among European meteorological services, universities, and research institutions to safeguard valuable historical records and make them usable for modern applications.
Within this framework, ItaliaMeteo contributes by collaborating with AISAM to enhance national data rescue activities, building on the experience of the “Dieci e Lode” project dedicated to the recovery and digitisation of climate archives from former Italian territories and colonies.
The project is closely linked to the Italy Project for C3S NCP, coordinated by ISPRA, which focuses on improving the operational use of Copernicus C3S products within national hydro-climatic services. While the NCP project supports the use of Copernicus data for adaptation and risk management, C3S2 311_Bis ensures that the underlying historical data are preserved, digitised, and made interoperable to feed those applications.
Coordinated by the National University of Ireland Maynooth, the project is supported by 14 partners: Koninklijk Nederlands Meteorologisch Instituut (KNMI); the University of Salerno (UNISA), Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD); the Tallinn university of Technology (TalTech), the University of Vienna (UNIVIE), The Norwegian Meteorological Institute (MET Norway), the UK Met Office (MO); the National Oceanography Centre (NOC); the Irish Centre for High End Computing (ICHEC); Predictia; GeoSphere Austria; ItaliaMeteo Agency; Meteo Romania (METEORO); and the National Observatory of Athens (NOA). In addition, DMS will be supporting the contract as an in-kind partner.
Find more: https://climate.copernicus.eu/c3s2311bis-rescue-collection-and-processing-situ-observations