Brown, M.J.; Robinson, E.L.; Kay, A.L.; Chapman, R.; Bell, V.A.; Blackford, K.R.; Blyth, E.M.

Potential evapotranspiration derived from HadUK-Grid 1km gridded climate observations 1969-2023 (Hydro-PE HadUK-Grid)

https://doi.org/10.5285/9b35c867-d706-4fe0-aba9-d42a52c313f2
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An error has been found in this version of the dataset - There are missing rows in the 2023 data. The 1969-2022 dataset is available at https://doi.org/10.5285/beb62085-ba81-480c-9ed0-2d31c27ff196
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Gridded potential evapotranspiration calculated from HadUK-Grid gridded observed meteorological data at 1 km resolution over the United Kingdom for the years 1969-2023. This dataset contains two potential evapotranspiration variables: daily total potential evapotranspiration (PET; kg m-2 d-1) and daily total potential evapotranspiration with interception correction (PETI; kg m-2 d-1). The units kg m-2 d-1 are equivalent to mm d-1. The data are provided in gridded netCDF files. There is one file for each variable, for each calendar month.
Publication date: 2025-10-28
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Format

NetCDF

Spatial information

Study area
Spatial representation type
Raster
Spatial reference system
OSGB 1936 / British National Grid
Spatial resolution
1000 metres

Temporal information

Temporal extent
1969-01-01    to    2023-12-31

Provenance & quality

This dataset was derived from the HadUK-Grid meteorological dataset v1.0.3.0 on a 1km grid over the UK for 1969-2020 inclusive, v1.1.0.0 for 2021, v1.2.0 for 2022, and v1.3.0.0 for 2023. (https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/4dc8450d889a491ebb20e724debe2dfb). HadUK-Grid is a gridded dataset derived from observed meteorological station data. The daily total potential evapotranspiration (PET; kg m-2 d-1) was calculated using the Penman-Monteith equation parameterised for a well-watered grass surface. The daily total potential evapotranspiration with interception correction (PETI; kg m-2 d-1), was calculated as PET then a correction added for interception by a grass canopy on days with non-zero precipitation.

The HadUK-Grid meteorological variables used were: daily maximum and minimum air temperature at 1.5 m (°C), daily precipitation (mm d-1), monthly mean water vapour pressure (hPa), monthly mean sea level pressure (hPa), monthly total sunshine hours (hours) and monthly mean wind speed at 10 m (m s-1). Other variables used were the surface elevation (m) and Ångström coefficients a, b and c. A description of the methodology is available in the supporting documentation.

Licensing and constraints

THIS DATASET HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN
An error has been found in this version of the dataset - There are missing rows in the 2023 data. The 1969-2022 dataset is available at https://doi.org/10.5285/beb62085-ba81-480c-9ed0-2d31c27ff196
If you need access to the archived version, please contact the EIDC

This dataset is available under the terms of the Open Government Licence

Cite this dataset as:
Brown, M.J.; Robinson, E.L.; Kay, A.L.; Chapman, R.; Bell, V.A.; Blackford, K.R.; Blyth, E.M. (2025). Potential evapotranspiration derived from HadUK-Grid 1km gridded climate observations 1969-2023 (Hydro-PE HadUK-Grid). NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/9b35c867-d706-4fe0-aba9-d42a52c313f2

Correspondence/contact details

Katie Blackford
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
 enquiries@ceh.ac.uk

Authors

Brown, M.J.
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Robinson, E.L.
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Kay, A.L.
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Chapman, R.
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Bell, V.A.
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Blackford, K.R.
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Blyth, E.M.
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology

Other contacts

Publisher
NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
 info@eidc.ac.uk
Rights holder
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology

Additional metadata

Topic categories
climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere
INSPIRE theme
Atmospheric Conditions
Keywords
evaporation , evapotranspiration , Hydrology , modelling , potential evaporation , potential evapotranspiration
Funding
Natural Environment Research Council Award: NE/S017380/1
Natural Environment Research Council Award: NE/X019063/1)