AQUACLEW

AQUACLEW investigates how to increase user uptake of climate services in a broad community using online, general information, and tailored decision-support in multiple case studies and how to improve co-development to better incorporate user feedback along the entire climate service production chain, from research to production, service use and decision making, how should data, quality-assurance metrics and guidance be tailored along the whole data-production chain to closer meet user requirements, including resolution and precision.

• AQUACLEW developed three frameworks.One for scientific selection of climate and hydrological models for impact assessment when using climate services, one framework for procedures on calibration/validation of hydrological models and one framework for calibration and validation of bias adjustment methods. All frameworks are designed for climate change impact analyses.

• Preliminary results of AQUACLEW focus group meetings show that understanding and use of climate services can vary between people with similar backgrounds.The initial feedback loop results on all steps in the production chain seem to reflect a similar pattern, but further data needs to be collected.

• The seven case studies around Europe use existing and new methods developed in the project for climate impact assessments.. These assessments support water management decisions in relation to biodiversity, flash flooding, agriculture, coastal flooding, hydropower and water allocation.