MO daily gridded rainfall and temperature for the UK (1960-2011) [UKCP09]
(UKCP09 gridded observation data sets )
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Gridded datasets of daily rainfall amount (millimetres) and daily maximum, minimum and mean air temperature (degree Celsius), covering the UK at 5 km x 5 km resolution, for the period 1960 to 2011.
Format
comma-separate values (csv)
Spatial information
Study area
Spatial representation type
Raster
Spatial reference system
OSGB 1936 / British National Grid
Temporal information
Temporal extent
1960-01-01 to 2011-01-01
Provenance & quality
The Met Office archive of daily observations has been used as the main input to the analysis. Geographical effects such as latitude and longitude, altitude, coastal influence, and the effect of urban land use were incorporated through normalisation with respect to monthly 1961-1990 climate normals and, in the case of temperature, a regression model. Station values were then interpolated onto the regular grid using inverse distance weighted interpolation.
Both the input station data, and the gridded output have been quality checked. Checking of the output focussed on an analysis of regression residuals for temperature, and on visual inspection of the grids for rainfall. The methods used to generate the daily grids are described I more detail in [1], [2] and [3].
[1] Perry MC, Hollis DM. 2005a. The development of a new set of long-term average climate averages for the UK. International Journal of Climatology 25: 1023-1039.
[2] Perry MC, Hollis DM. 2005b. The generation of monthly gridded datasets for a range of climatic variables over the UK. International Journal of Climatology 25: 1041-1054.
[3] Perry MC, Hollis DM and Elms M. 2009. The generation of daily gridded datasets of temperature and rainfall for the UK. National Information Centre. Climate Memorandum No 24. Available at: http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/binaries/content/assets/mohippo/pdf/uk-climate/papers/cm24_generation_of_daily_gridded_datasets.pdf [Access 02/02/2017]
Both the input station data, and the gridded output have been quality checked. Checking of the output focussed on an analysis of regression residuals for temperature, and on visual inspection of the grids for rainfall. The methods used to generate the daily grids are described I more detail in [1], [2] and [3].
[1] Perry MC, Hollis DM. 2005a. The development of a new set of long-term average climate averages for the UK. International Journal of Climatology 25: 1023-1039.
[2] Perry MC, Hollis DM. 2005b. The generation of monthly gridded datasets for a range of climatic variables over the UK. International Journal of Climatology 25: 1041-1054.
[3] Perry MC, Hollis DM and Elms M. 2009. The generation of daily gridded datasets of temperature and rainfall for the UK. National Information Centre. Climate Memorandum No 24. Available at: http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/binaries/content/assets/mohippo/pdf/uk-climate/papers/cm24_generation_of_daily_gridded_datasets.pdf [Access 02/02/2017]
Licensing and constraints
The daily temperature data sets, the rainfall data sets derived from daily rainfall grids may be downloaded free of charge for research and for restricted commercial and business use. However, they may not be sold, transferred or sub-licensed to any third party without obtaining an appropriate licence from the Met Office
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