CO-MICC - The open knowledge and data portal on freshwater-related hazards of climate change for decision makers and businesses

CO-MICC is a data portal for freshwater-related climate change risk assessment at multiple spatial scales. It is named after the research project during which it was developed, i.e. the CO-MICC (CO-development of Methods to utilize uncertain multi-model-based Information on freshwater-related hazards of Climate Change) project (2017-2021). The aim of CO-MICC is to support decision making in the public and private spheres dealing with future availability of freshwater resources. This climate service is operated and maintained by the International Centre for Water Resources and Global Change (ICWRGC), and more broadly by the German Federal Institute of Hydrology. The portal comprises data of over 80 indicators of freshwater-related hazards of climate change, which can be visualized in the form of global maps or interactive graphs. The indicators are dynamically calculated based on modelled annual and monthly gridded (0.5°) data sets of climate and hydrological variables. These data sets were computed by a multi-model ensemble comprising four Representative Concentration Pathways (RCPs), four General Circulation Models (GCMs), three Global Hydrological Models (GHMs) and two variants per hydrological model, which amounts to 96 ensemble members in total. They were provided by three European research modelling teams that are part of the ISIMIP consortium. The indicator data correspond to absolute or relative changes averaged over future 30-year periods, as compared to the reference period 1981-2010.

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Identification

File identifier
d002001f-3c77-436a-8770-923684714dd1 XML
Hierarchy level
application
Online resource
Resource identifier
code

https://registry.gdi-de.org/id/de.bund.bfg.csw/d002001f-3c77-436a-8770-923684714dd 1

Metadata language
English
Encoding
Projection
 

Classification of data and services

Topic category
  • Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere
  • Inland waters
  • Geoscientific information
  • Farming
  • Environment
 

Classification of data and services

Coupled resource

Coupled resource
 
 

Classification of data and services

Coupled resource

Coupled resource
 
 

Keywords

Other keywords

Theme

  • Climate change

  • Freshwater-related hazard

  • projection

  • Multi-model ensemble

  • Uncertainty

  • Reliability

  • Global-scale
Stratum

  • Representative Concentration Pathway

  • RCP2.6

  • RCP4.5

  • RCP6.0

  • RCP8.5
Stratum

  • General Circulation Model

  • IPSL-CM5A-LR

  • GFDL-ESM2M

  • MIROC5

  • HadGEM2-ES

  • Global Hydrological Model

  • CWatM

  • WaterGAP2

  • LPJmL
Discipline

  • ICWRGC

  • CO-MICC

  • blue water production

  • streamflow

  • potential evapotranspiration

  • actual evapotranspiration

  • groundwater recharge

  • snow storage

  • temperature

  • precipitation

  • water scarcity

  • water stress

  • water availability

  • umwelt.info
 
 

Geographic coverage

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Temporal reference

Temporal extent
Temporal extent
Date (Creation)
2021-11-30
 

Quality and validity

Lineage

0.5° x 0.5° resolution, results in 55 x 55 km resolution of the grid boxes at the equator
Distance
55  km
 

Conformity

Conformity
Conformity
 

Conformity

Conformity
Conformity
 

Restrictions on access and use

Access constraints

Es gelten keine Bedingungen
Access constraints

Es gelten keine Bedingungen
 

Responsible organization (s)

Contact for the resource
Organisation name

Internation Centre for Water Resources and Global Change (ICWRGC)
Email

icwrgc@bafg.de

 

Responsible organization (s)

Contact for the resource
Organisation name

Internation Centre for Water Resources and Global Change (ICWRGC)
Email

icwrgc@bafg.de

 

Metadata information

Contact for the metadata
Organisation name

International Centre for Water Resources and Global Change (ICWRGC)
Email

icwrgc@bafg.de

Date stamp
2026-03-12
Metadata language
English
 
 

SDS

Conformance class 1: invocable

Access Point URL
Endpoint URL
Technical specification
 

Conformance class 2: interoperable

Access constraints

Limitation
 

Use constraints

Limitation
 

Responsible custodian

Contact for the resource
 
 
 

Overviews

overview
CO-MICC example for absolute changes of blue water production

Spatial extent

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Keywords

Climate change Freshwater-related hazard Global-scale Multi-model ensemble Reliability Uncertainty projection

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Access to the portal

Associated resources

Not available