Dataset
UKCP18 Regional Projections for UK Countries for 1980-2080
Abstract
Regional climate model projections produced as part of the UK Climate Projection 2018 (UKCP18) project. The data produced by the Met Office Hadley Centre provides information on changes in climate for the UK until 2080, downscaled to a high resolution (12km), helping to inform adaptation to a changing climate.
The projections cover Europe and a 100 year period, 1981-2080, for a high emissions scenario, RCP8.5. Each projection provides an example of climate variability in a changing climate, which is consistent across climate variables at different times and spatial locations.
This dataset contains regional averages for 8 "country" regions including Channel Islands, England, England and Wales, Isle of Man, Northern Ireland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Wales.
Details
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Use of these data is covered by the following licence(s): http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/ When using these data you must cite them correctly using the citation given on the CEDA Data Catalogue record. |
| Data lineage: |
Data provided by the UK Met Office |
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Data are NetCDF formatted
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Process overview
| Title | UKCP18 Climate Realisations for UK Country Regions from Europe Regional Climate Model Realisations |
| Abstract | The climate model projections are all variants of the limited-area atmosphere-only version of the Met Office Hadley Centre Global Environmental model (HadGEM3). They provide downscaled projections for the UK or Europe, driven by an ensemble of 60km Hadley Centre global coupled models HadGEM3-GC3.05. This dataset consists of 12 projections from the 12km HadREM3-GA705 model. The model spans Europe and is driven by the 60km HadGEM3-GC3.05 global coupled model (GCM) perturbed-physics ensemble, with perturbations applied to the 12km RCM consistent with the driving GCM. All models are configurations of the Unified Model. There are discontinuities in the data on 1st Dec 2020 and 1st Dec 2060, due to the simulations being conducted as three separate time slices. |
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| Output Description | None |
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- units: %
- standard_name: cloud_area_fraction
- var_id: clt
- long_name: Cloud area fraction
- units: 1
- var_id: geo_region
- long_name: Country
- units: m s-1
- standard_name: eastward_wind
- var_id: uas
- long_name: Eastward wind component
- standard_name: air_temperature
- units: degC
- var_id: tasmax
- long_name: Maximum air temperature
- standard_name: air_temperature
- var_id: tas
- units: degC
- long_name: Mean air temperature
- standard_name: air_temperature
- units: degC
- var_id: tasmin
- long_name: Minimum air temperature
- units: W m-2
- standard_name: surface_net_downward_longwave_flux
- var_id: rls
- long_name: Net Surface long wave flux
- units: W m-2
- standard_name: surface_net_downward_shortwave_flux
- var_id: rss
- long_name: Net Surface short wave flux
- units: m s-1
- standard_name: northward_wind
- var_id: vas
- long_name: Northward wind component
- var_id: pr
- units: mm/day
- standard_name: lwe_precipitation_rate
- long_name: Precipitation rate
- units: hPa
- var_id: psl
- standard_name: air_pressure_at_sea_level
- long_name: Pressure at mean sea level
- standard_name: relative_humidity
- units: %
- long_name: Relative humidity
- var_id: hurs
- standard_name: snowfall_flux
- var_id: prsn
- units: mm/day
- long_name: Snowfall Flux
- units: 1
- standard_name: specific_humidity
- var_id: huss
- long_name: Specific humidity
- standard_name: surface_snow_amount
- var_id: snw
- units: mm
- long_name: Surface Snow Amount
- units: m s-1
- standard_name: wind_speed
- var_id: sfcWind
- long_name: Wind speed at 10m
- units: hPa
- standard_name: air_pressure_at_sea_level
- var_id: air_pressure_at_sea_level
- units: 1
- long_name: ensemble_member
- var_id: ensemble_member
- units: 1
- long_name: ensemble_member_id
- var_id: ensemble_member_id
- units: 1
- long_name: month_number
- var_id: month_number
- units: 1
- standard_name: region
- var_id: region
- units: 1
- long_name: season
- var_id: season
- units: 1
- long_name: season_year
- var_id: season_year
- var_id: time_bnds
- units: 1
- long_name: year
- var_id: year
- units: 1
- long_name: yyyymm
- var_id: yyyymm
- units: 1
- long_name: yyyymmdd
- var_id: yyyymmdd
Co-ordinate Variables
- standard_name: time
- var_id: time
Temporal Range
1980-01-01T00:00:00
2080-12-30T23:59:59
Geographic Extent
60.8600° |
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-8.1800° |
1.7600° |
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49.1600° |