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Snowy days

• Number of days with total precipitation = snow precipitation

Specific humidity

• Specific humidity is the ratio of water vapor to dry air in a particular mass, and is sometimes referred to as humidity ratio.

SRES

Special Report on Emissions Scenarios

Both the IPCC AR3 ("Third Assessment Report", 2001) as well as the AR4 ("Fourth Assessment Report", 2007) are based on nearly 40 scenarios which are divided into four families (A1, B1, A2, B2).

Storm intensity

• Maximum absolute valute of the wind vector in 10 m height

Stormy days

• Number of days with a maximum wind speed over 62 km/h (Vmax > 62 km/h)

Summer days

• Number of days with a maximum temperature of at least 25 °C (Tmax >= 25 °C)

Sunshine duration

• Cumulative time during which an area receives direct irradiance from the Sun of at least 120 watts per square meter