MED-GOLD Indicators for the Wine pilot over Douro Valley based on High Resolution Climate projections

Indicators of interest for the Wine sector over the Douro Valley using high resolution climate projections.

1. GDD (Growing Degree Days) - summation of daily differences between daily temperature averages and 10 for the period April-October
2. GST (Growing Season Temperature) - average of daily average temperatures for the period April-October
3. SprR (Spring Rain) - Precipitation accumulated between 21st April-to 21st June,
4. HarvR (Harvest Rain)-Precipitation accumulated between 21 August and 21 October
5. SU35 -number of days with temperature higher than 35°C for the period April-October,
6. WSDI (Warm Spell Duration Index) -days with at least 6 consecutive days when the daily temperature maximum exceeds its 90th percentile for the period April-October.

The results are based on an sub-ensemble of five RCMs from the EURO-CORDEX modelling experiment which have been statistically downscaled to 1km x1km horizontal resolution using the PTHRES gridded dataset as the reference dataset. More details can be found in Raül Marcos-Matamoros, (2018). Report on the methodology followed to implement the wine pilot services. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4543337

Datasets computed by National Observatory of Athens, in collaboration with SOGRAPE VINHOS S.A. in the framework of the European MED-GOLD project, funded from the European Union's Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation programme under Grant agreement No.776467