Development of the weather and climate service “CRITERION” for the touristic sector in e-SHAPE

We present the methodological development steps as well as first results of the e-Shape service CRITERION. The service is based on Copernicus ERA5 data for climatological information, the Copernicus C3S 50-member ensemble for the seasonal forecasting and on WRF local scale weather forecasts at 4×4 km over Greece. Detailed information is provided at 20 UNESCO cultural heritage sites in Greece in the form of simple symbols and charts. The service has been developed by the Research Center for Atmospheric Physics and Climatology at the Academy of Athens and is operational since April 2021 at https://unesco-weather.gr/.