Terms of Use – PIK Atmospheric River Trajectories (PIKART) Catalog
The PIKART catalog was developed at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) and is maintained in a collaboration with the University Leipzig. It is made publicly available to support research, educational, and risk management purposes. Before using the data, we ask users to read the following Terms of Use carefully.
1. Purpose and Scope
The PIKART catalog provides information about the occurrence and characteristics of Atmospheric Rivers (ARs) based on the ERA5 reanalysis. It was developed in-house and may contain errors or inefficiencies. The catalog is intended primarily for non-commercial scientific, educational, and risk management use.
We encourage users to explore the data, cite the relevant publications, and contribute suggestions or report issues via our GitHub repository. Please consult the documentation and associated publication before using the dataset.
2. License
The PIKART Atmospheric River Catalog is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0) .
- You are free to share, use, and adapt the data for non-commercial purposes.
- You must give appropriate credit (see below).
- Commercial use requires prior permission – please contact us.
3. Attribution
If you use this dataset in a publication or presentation, please cite the original publication that introduces the PIKART catalog:
S. M. Vallejo-Bernal, T. Braun, N. Marwan, J. Kurths: PIKART: A Comprehensive Global Catalog of Atmospheric Rivers, Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, in press, DOI: 10.1029/2024JD041869.
4. Disclaimer
- The dataset is provided “as is”, without any guarantees regarding accuracy, completeness, or fitness for a particular purpose.
- PIK and the contributors to the catalog do not accept liability for any loss or damage resulting from the use of the data.
- We reserve the right to update, modify, or remove parts of the dataset or its access at any time.
5. Data Access and Availability
The data is hosted via the THREDDS data server and can be accessed remotely or downloaded for offline use. Availability may vary due to system maintenance or unforeseen issues.
6. Community Contributions
We welcome community feedback and encourage collaborative development. Please use the “Raise Issue” feature on GitHub to report bugs, suggest improvements, or contribute ideas.
7. Modifications to Terms
We may revise these Terms of Use over time. Any changes will be posted on the catalog’s landing page and will apply from the date of publication.
Contact
Technical questions:
Sara M. Vallejo-Bernal & Tobias Braun
Web page and download server questions:
Acknowledgements
The PIKART catalog was developed at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) with contributions from various researchers and developers.
We gratefully acknowledge support from the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) through the climXtreme project [01LP1902J], the Saxon State Ministry for Science, Culture and Tourism (SMWK) as part of the Breathing Nature initiative at Leipzig University [3‐7304/35/6‐2021/48880], and the European Space Agency (ESA) Living Planet Fellowship through the ARNETLAB project [4000144018/24/I-DT-lr].
Special thanks to all contributors who have provided feedback, reported issues, and helped improve the dataset.