Welcome to the website of the FORESEE database!

The FORESEE database (Open Database FOR ClimatE Change-Related Impact Studies in CEntral Europe) is a sophisticated, open access meteorological database that covers the 1951-2100 time period and contains observed and projected daily data for Central Europe in a regular grid (see image below):
- maximum/minimum temperature (°C),
- precipitation fields (mm).
The dataset is supplemented by additionnal variables as well, calculated by the MT-CLIM model:
- the daylight average temperature (from sunrise to sunset, °C),
- the daylight average vapor pressure deficit (Pa),
- the daylight average shortwave radiation flux density (W/m2).

The FORESEE v4.0 provides interpolated daily meteorological fields at 0.1° x 0.1° spatial resolution:
- for the period 1951-2020 based on observations, and
- for the period 2021-2100 28 bias- and discontinuity-corrected projections, based on the regional climate model (RCM) results created and disseminated within the EURO-CORDEX experiment using 14 models and 2 scenarios (RCP4.5 and RCP8.5).

The FORESEE v4.3 provides extended observational data until 2024 as well.

The FORESEE-HUN v1.0 provides interpolated daily meteorological data (at 0.1° x 0.1° spatial resolution) only for Hungary:
- for the period 1971-2021 based on the HUCLIM gridded dataset of the Hungarian Meteorological Service (HMS), and
- for the period 2022-2100 28 bias- and discontinuity-corrected projections, based on the same 14 models and 2 scenarios (RCP4.5 and RCP8.5), as the FORESEE v4.0.

The FORESEE-HUN v1.2 provides extended observational data for 2023 as well.

The previous version, the FOREESEE v3.2 provides meteorological fields at 1/6° x 1/6° spatial resolution:
- for the period 1951-2020 based on observations.
The projection part (10 bias-corrected regional climate model (RCM) results (based on the climate projections created and disseminated within the frame of the ENSEMBLES FP6 project using the A1B emission scenario) were superseded, they are no longer available.

For more details about the database please click HERE.

Important note: Observation data of certain stations missing from the ECA&D dataset (therefore also from the E-OBS data) are causing obvious anomaly in the FORESEE dataset as well. Such station is e.g. Budapest starting from 2021. As a result, there is a significant negative anomaly in the derived yearly values in the area of Budapest from 2021, as it is visible on the yearly anomaly maps as well.

Climatological maps of the observed past periods are available based on v3.1, v3.2, v4.0, and HUN v1.0. Maps of the expected changes are available based on v4.0 and HUN-v1.0. Country specific thermopluviograms based on v4.0 and HUN-v1.0 are also available.

You could navigate through the website using the menu at the left. Please read the LATEST NEWS section if you are a user of the database.

We hope that FORESEE captured your attention. If you plan to use FORESEE in your research, please contact the authors to download FORESEE. In any case, please read the DATA USE POLICY first.

Citation: In the case of using the dataset, please, refer to the following: Kern, A., Dobor, L., Hollós, R., Marjanovic, H., Torma, Cs.Zs., Kis, A., Fodor, N., Barcza, Z., 2024. Seamlessly combined historical and projected daily meteorological datasets for impact studies in Central Europe: the FORESEE v4.0 and the FORESEE-HUN v1.0. Climate Services 33, 100443. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cliser.2023.100443