EEA geospatial data catalogue
Climatic suitability index modelling for tiger mosquito (Aedes albopictus) 2008-2009, Jan. 2020
This raster dataset provides the modelling of the climate suitability index values (0-100%) for tiger mosquito (Aedes albopictus) for 100 European cities for the years 2008-2009, with a resolution of 100 m.
Aedes Albopictus has become a common occurrence in Southern Europe and transmits diseases such as Zika, dengue and chikungunya. The climatic suitability for tiger mosquito depends on factors such as sufficient amounts of rainfall, high summer temperatures and mild winters. Climate change is anticipated to further facilitate the spread of tiger mosquitoes across Europe by changing temperature and precipitation patterns, thereby increasing the suitable habitat.
In the framework of the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) SIS European Health, VITO has provided to the Climate Data Store 100m resolution hourly temperature data for 100 European cities, based on simulations with the urban climate model UrbClim (De Ridder et al., 2015). From this dataset, this climate suitability dataset has been generated based on annual precipitation and the average temperature in January and during the summer period (months June, July and August) for the years 2008-2009, following the methodology by European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC, 2009).
The 100 European cities for the urban simulations were selected based on user requirements within the health community.
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Identification info
- Date (Creation)
- 2019-09-11T00:00:00
- Date (Publication)
- 2020-01-08T00:00:00
- Edition
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01.00
- Citation identifier
- eea_r_3035_100_m_tiger-mosquito-modelling_p_2008-2009_v01_r00
- Spatial representation type
- Grid
Spatial resolution
- Spatial resolution
- 100 m
- Topic category
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- Environment
- Health
- Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere
Extent
Temporal extent
- Time period
- 2008-01-01 2009-12-31
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Extent
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- Maintenance and update frequency
- Not planned
- GEMET
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vector of human diseases
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climate
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climate change adaptation
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climate change impact
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city
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health
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urban environment, urban stress
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- Continents, countries, sea regions of the world.
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Slovenia
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Italy
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Austria
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Belgium
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Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Bulgaria
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Croatia
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Finland
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Iceland
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Lithuania
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Norway
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Serbia
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Sweden
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Germany
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United Kingdom
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Montenegro
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Luxembourg
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North Macedonia
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Portugal
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Albania
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Czechia
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Netherlands
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Poland
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Switzerland
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Hungary
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France
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Slovakia
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Greece
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Ireland
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Denmark
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Estonia
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Spain
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Latvia
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Romania
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- EEA topics
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Environmental health impacts
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Climate adaptation
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Climate mitigation
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Resource constraints
- Access constraints
- Other restrictions
- Other constraints
- no limitations to public access
Resource constraints
- Use constraints
- Other restrictions
- Other constraints
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License CC-BY 4.0 ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Copyright holder: European Environment Agency (EEA), Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S).
- Language
- English
Distribution Information
Data quality info
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
Report
Result
- Title
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Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services
- Date (Publication)
- 2010-12-08
- Explanation
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See the referenced specification
Resource lineage
- Statement
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In the framework of the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) SIS European Health, VITO has provided to the Climate Data Store 100m resolution hourly temperature data for 100 European cities, based on simulations with the urban climate model UrbClim (De Ridder et al., 2015). From this dataset, this climate suitability dataset has been generated based on annual precipitation and the average temperature in January and during the summer period (months June, July and August) for the years 2008-2009, following the methodology by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC 2009).
This approach considers empirical suitability functions, which link a number of climate variables to the suitability of a habitat. The suitability for tiger mosquito is zero when the annual rainfall is lower than 450 mm, and maximum suitability is reached when the annual rainfall is higher than 800 mm. For summer temperatures, the suitability is zero when temperatures were lower than 15°C and higher than 30°C, and maximum suitability is between 20°C and 25°C. For January temperatures, the suitability is zero when temperatures were lower than -1°C and maximum when temperatures were higher than 3°C.The different suitability functions are then entered into a weighted linear combination approach and the results were rescaled to a range between 0 and 100.
References:
ECDC (2009): Development of Aedes albopictus Risk Maps, Technical Report 0905. See https://ecdc.europa.eu/sites/portal/files/media/en/publications/Publications/0905_TER_Development_of_Aedes_Albopictus_Risk_Maps.pdf
Copernicus Climate Change Service (2019): Web application: Climatic suitability of the Aedes albopictus mosquito in European cities from 2008 to 2017 derived from reanalysis ( http://datastore.copernicus-climate.eu/c3s/published-forms/c3sprod/app-health-urban-aedes-albopictus-suitability-climatology/Web_Application_URBAN.3_v1_latest.pdf).
De Ridder, K, Lauwaet D. and Maiheu, B. (2015): UrbClim – A fast urban boundary layer climate model, Urban Climate, Vol. 12, pp. 21–48. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.uclim.2015.01.001.
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
Reference System Information
Reference System Information
- Code
- EPSG:3035
Metadata
- Metadata identifier
- 93070b8d-bb1a-4f4a-9b71-531676496125
- Language
- English
- Character encoding
- UTF8
- Contact
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Organisation Individual Electronic mail address Website Role European Environment Agency
Point of contact
Type of resource
- Resource type
- Dataset
- Metadata linkage
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https://sdi.eea.europa.eu/catalogue/srv/api/records/93070b8d-bb1a-4f4a-9b71-531676496125
- Date info (Creation)
- 2020-09-23T09:41:27Z
- Date info (Revision)
- 2025-10-09T11:03:52.441582Z
Metadata standard
- Title
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ISO 19115/19139
- Edition
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1.0
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