These UKCP09 data were generated using outputs from a Met-Office Hadley Centre (MOHC) regional climate model simulation to drive the Atlantic Margin application shelf sea model of the Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory Coastal Ocean Modelling System (POLCOMS) (now the National Oceanography Centre Liverpool; NOCL).

The POLCOMS shelf sea model is well established having been used operationally by the UK Met Office since 2002 and used in many scientific projects by NOCL (formerly POL) and the UK research community. It has been validated with observations from marine weather stations.

See the marine and coastal projections report for full details.