Köppen-Geiger climate classification prediction maps for the UK at 1 km resolution, 1901–2080

The data deposited here underlie an assessment of the exposure of UK habitats to climate change, and a linked assessment of how well current UK plant monitoring schemes cover these exposure gradients (see Wilson & Pescott, 2023 in press). The current dataset consists of spatially explicit (1 km gridded) classifications of predicted Köppen-Geiger climate types (Peel et al., 2007), based on both past (observed) and future (modelled) climate data. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/4aed4496-f9e2-494d-a0f9-adc297f033a4

Date (Publication): 2023-06-23

Citation identifier: https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/4aed4496-f9e2-494d-a0f9-adc297f033a4

Citation identifier: doi: / 10.5285/4aed4496-f9e2-494d-a0f9-adc297f033a4

Other citation details: Wilson, O.J., Pescott, O.L. (2023). Köppen-Geiger climate classification prediction maps for the UK at 1 km resolution, 1901–2080. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/4aed4496-f9e2-494d-a0f9-adc297f033a4

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Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology	Wilson, O.J.	enquiries@ceh.ac.uk	Author
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology	Pescott, O.L.	enquiries@ceh.ac.uk	Author
NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre		info@eidc.ac.uk	Custodian
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology	Pescott, O.L.	enquiries@ceh.ac.uk	Point of contact
NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre		info@eidc.ac.uk	Publisher
Natural Environment Research Council		EMAIL NOT PROVIDED	Owner

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Habitats and Biotopes

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Other constraints: The following acknowledgement is required for use of this dataset: The National Plant Monitoring Scheme (NPMS) is organised and funded by the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland, Plantlife and the Joint Nature Conservation Committee. The NPMS is indebted to all volunteers who contribute data to the scheme. © UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology © Joint Nature Conservation Committee © Plantlife © Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland

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Other constraints: If you reuse this data, you should cite: Wilson, O.J., Pescott, O.L. (2023). Köppen-Geiger climate classification prediction maps for the UK at 1 km resolution, 1901–2080. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/4aed4496-f9e2-494d-a0f9-adc297f033a4

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Distance: 1000 urn:ogc:def:uom:EPSG::9001

Language: English

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Biota

Begin date: 1901-01-01

End date: 2080-12-31

Unique resource identifier: OSGB 1936 / British National Grid

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NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre		info@eidc.ac.uk	Distributor

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Title: Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services

Date (Publication): 2010-12-08

Statement: For each historic period (i.e. up to 2019), HadUK-Grid data on monthly precipitation and maximum, minimum and mean temperatures were downloaded at 1 x 1 km resolution; averages for the 1961–1990 period were available, since this is a widely used climate “normal” period; for the other periods annual data were averaged together to create long-term mean datasets. (HadUK-Grid is a gridded data product interpolated from observational weather station records.) UKCP18 Local data for the coming decades (2021–2040) and later 21st century (2061–2080) were downloaded at 5 x 5 km resolution and resampled to 1 km resolution using bilinear interpolation to match the HadUK-Grid data. The UKCP18 local data refers to the local-scale climate projections offered by the UK Climate Projections 2018 (UKCP18) project. The UKCP18 Local (2.2 km) dataset used here consists of 12 simulations of a convection-permitting model; the 12-member ensemble mean was used in this study, since it was found to come consistently closer to observed climate patterns over that of any individual model run. These data were used to classify UK and the Isle of Man 1 km grid squares in different time periods according to standard Köppen-Geiger climate type definitions.

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Date stamp: 2025-03-21T09:21:24

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NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre		info@eidc.ac.uk	Point of contact

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