CLIWOC final report

This is the final report of EU funded CLIWOC project (EVK2-CT-2000-00090). The project started on 1 December 2000 and continued until 30 November 2003. Project partners are: Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain (partner 1 and coordinator), University of Sunderland, UK (partner 2), Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI), the Netherlands (partner 3), IANIGLA, CONICET, Argentina (partner 4) and University of East Anglia, UK (partner 5). A warm and highly cooperative working environment has developed among the partners. This has led to a very active and fruitful interchange of experiences that has resulted in the efficient and successful completion of the project.
The aim of this report is to provide a global view of the main project activities and achievements. Chapter 2 reviews the four principal activities as described in the working packages: data abstraction (wp 1-4), control of the data quality (wp 5), database construction (wp 6) and the first scientific results (wp 7). In chapter 3 the project objectives are evaluated, while the milestones and deliverables are reviewed in chapter 4. Fortunately, the results have been so encouraging and successful that CLIWOC related undertakings have not ended with the formal conclusion of the project. The partners are committed to continuing the activities of the CLIWOC project and building on its successes; these activities are described in chapter 5. The management report is included as chapter 6, while chapters 7 and 8 include the complete list of participants and the acknowledgements.