# Evaluation of Five Reanalysis Products over France: Implications for Agro-Climatic Studies
## 5 Conclusions  
Climate RPs serve as valuable tools for climate research. Their ability to reproduce observed AgcIs has been investigated here. Five RPs were compared based on a set of six AgcIs specific to vine, maize, and apple. The study focuses on 22 synoptic meteorological stations in France over the 1996-2012 period. This study offers a comprehensive assessment of the reliability of climate RPs in reproducing some AgcIs. The results reveal significant variations among the different RPs when reproducing such indicators, with their performance exhibiting distinct patterns linked to the underlying climatic variables. RPs have proven their robustness in accurately replicating temperature-based indicators, despite some disparities in challenging terrains, especially for coarse-resolution products. However, the complexities surrounding the accurate representation of precipitation based AgcIs remain. These findings underscore the ongoing challenges in achieving precise representations of this crucial aspect in agro-climatic assessments. The study provides valuable insights into the strengths and limitations of climate reanalysis products (RPs), encouraging a more careful and context-sensitive application in agricultural research and planning. Conceptualization, M.E.-R, M.T., S.C., E.B., L.S. and N.A. ; Data curation, M.E.-R.; Formal analysis, M.E.-R.; Funding acquisition, M.T., S.C., E.B., L.S. and N.A. ; Investigation, M.E.-R., M.T., S.C. and E.B. ; Methodology, M.E.-R., M.T. and S.C.; Project administration, M.T., S.C., E.B., L.S. and N.A. ; Resources, M.E.-R., M.T., S.C. and E.B. ; Software, M.E.-R.; Supervision, M.T., S.C., E.B., L.S. and N.A. ; Validation, M.E.-R., M.T., S.C., E.B., L.S. and N.A. ; Visualization, M.E.-R.; Writing--original draft, M.E.-R.; Writing--review and editing, M.E.-R., M.T., S.C., E.B., L.S. and N.A. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript. This work is part of [PERSON]'s PhD thesis, funded by the company Weather-Measures and the National Association for Research and Technology ANRT under the CIFRE program (grant number CIFRE N\({}^{\circ}\) 2021/1202). ERA5 and ERA5-Land datasets are publicly available and can be downloaded from the Copernicus Climate data store [[https://cds.climate.opernicus.eu/cdsapp#](https://cds.climate.opernicus.eu/cdsapp#)]([https://cds.climate.opernicus.eu/cdsapp#](https://cds.climate.opernicus.eu/cdsapp#))!/dataset (last accessed on 20 September 2022). ERA5 data are available online at [[https://doi.org/10.24381/cds.adbb2d47](https://doi.org/10.24381/cds.adbb2d47)]([https://doi.org/10.24381/cds.adbb2d47](https://doi.org/10.24381/cds.adbb2d47)) (Last accessed on 16 September 2022). ERA5-Land data are available online at [[https://doi.org/10.24381/cds.e2161](https://doi.org/10.24381/cds.e2161) baac]([https://doi.org/10.24381/cds.e2161](https://doi.org/10.24381/cds.e2161) baac) (last accessed on 20 September 2022). SCOPE Climate and FYRE Climate are available and can be downloaded as nectf files on the Zenodo platform [[https://zenodo.org/](https://zenodo.org/)]([https://zenodo.org/](https://zenodo.org/)) (last accessed on 9 September 2022). For SCOPE Climate, data are available at [[https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1299760](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1299760)]([https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1299760](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1299760)) for precipitation (last accessed on 6 September 2022) and at [[https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1299712](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1299712)]([https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1299712](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1299712)) for temperature (Last accessed on 6 September 2022).