Upper Air Wind Speed and Direction
Upper Air Atmosphere Water Vapour
Sunshine duration
Lighting
Clouds
Surface Air temperature (mean and extremes)
Surface Wind Speed and Direction
Surface water vapour (humidity)
Surface Radiation budget / Solar radiation
Precipitation (mean and extremes)
Present and past weather
Visibility
Carbon dioxide
Methane
Other green house gases
Ozone
Aerosols
Precursors for Aerosole and Ozone
Snow depth
Snow-water equivalent
Evaporation from land
River discharge (annual, seasonal)
Groundwater indicators
Lake ecosystem indicators
Other available indicator on water ecosystems (river, lakes, etc.)
Land Cover structure
Albedo
Land Surface Temperature
Above-ground biomass
Invasive species
Fraction of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (FAPAR)
Other biodiversity indicators
Anthropogenic GHG emission
Anthropogenic Water Use
Sum of active temperatures
Hydrothermal coefficient
Development phases of the crops (phenology)
Crops state
Crops state during the cold season
Damage of sowings due to unfavourable meteorological phenomena, agricultural pests and diseases
Damage to agricultural crops in winter and during the growing season
General visual estimation of the crops vegetation state
Quantitative estimation of the crops vegetation state
Visual assessment of the state of crops
Crop Pests
Soil Temperatures
Soil Moisture
Depth of ground freeze
Depth of ground thaw
Thickness and density of the snow layer on the farmlands in the winter season
Soil Carbon
About Moldova Climate Data Tool
Moldova Climate Data Tool is a physical, chemical or biological variable or a group of linked variables that critically contributes to the characterization of Earth’ s climate. GCOS currently specifies 54 ECVs.
ECV datasets provide the empirical evidence needed to understand and predict the evolution of climate, to guide mitigation and adaptation measures, to assess risks and enable attribution of climate events to underlying causes, and to underpin climate services. They are required to support the work of the UNFCCC and the IPCC.