Dataset
UKCP18 Short Event Case Studies of Historical and Future Sea Surface Elevation around the UK
Abstract
The data are simulated instantaneous sea surface elevations above time-mean sea level due to tides alone (tideAnom) and due to tide and meteorological surge (tideSurgeAnom). The data were produced by the Met Office Hadley Centre, using data made available by the Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI) and the Climate Model Intercomparison Project, phase 5 (CMIP5). The data were produced to investigate the impact of simulated atmospheric storminess change on extreme sea levels. To produce the data, atmospheric winds and pressure from the SMHI Regional Atmospheric Model RCA4 was used to drive the CS3 continental shelf model. The data are the resulting simulated sea surface elevations. Five CMIP5 RCP8.5 simulations were downscaled in this way: EC-EARTH, HadGEM2-ES, MPI-ESM-LR, IPSL-CM5A-MR, CNRM-CM5. The data covers the period 2007 to 2099, and applies to the UK coast.
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Data provided by the UK Met Office |
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Data are NetCDF formatted
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Process overview
| Title | UKCP18 Short Event Case Studies of Historical and Future Sea Surface Elevation Around the UK |
| Abstract | The POLCS3 storm surge model was used to produce a simulation of three historical storm surge events, with the mean sea level artificially increased by zero, 0.5, 1, 2,or 3 metres. The data show the sea surface elevation (tide-only and tide-plus-surge) relative to the imposed mean sea level. |
| Input Description | None |
| Output Description | None |
| Software Reference | None |
- units: m
- long_name: MSLchange
- var_id: mslchange
- units: m
- long_name: Sea surface height above mean sea level due to modelled astronomical tide only
- var_id: tideAnom
Co-ordinate Variables
- units: degrees
- standard_name: latitude
- var_id: latitude
- units: degrees
- standard_name: longitude
- var_id: longitude
- standard_name: time
- var_id: time
Temporal Range
1969-12-31T23:00:00
2100-01-01T00:00:00
Geographic Extent
60.8300° |
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-10.5800° |
1.7500° |
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49.1700° |