HELIX: Angström calculated fire risk index for 2061 - 2070 at 1.5 and 2.0 degrees

The High-End cLimate Impacts and eXtremes (HELIX) project have calculated fire danger for the period 2061 to 2070 under two different climate change scenarios based on the Representative Concentration Scenario (RCP) scenarios used within the World Climate Research Programme's (WCRP) Climate Modelling Intercomparison Project phase 5 (CMIP5) using two Fire Indices, the McArthur Forest Fire Danger Index (FFDI), and the Angström Index. This work has been done to assess the change in fire danger at 1.5 degrees compared to 2 degrees Celsius.

This dataset presents those from the Angström calculated fire risk index, utilising Met Office Earth System Model HadGEM2-ES model output at a spatial resolution of 1.875° x 1.25°. The original model data were produced and owned by the Met Office. These results have been saved into gridded netCDF files showing global fire risk. The files represent two experimental runs, one is driven by concentrations following the Representative Concentration Scenario (RCP) 2.6, and the second represents a theoretical Solar Radiation Management scenario using a sulphur dioxide aerosol injection to reduce global mean temperature to 1.5 degrees Celsius. There are 4 ensemble members for each experiment: apdib, apdic, apdid and apdie are the ensemble members for the RCP2.6+SRM run; ajnjm, kaadc, kaaec and kaafc are the ensemble members for the standard RCP2.6 run. A period of 10 years 2061-2070 is chosen for this analysis, and this is compared to a present day period of 2006-2015 (files are labelled according to the data period represented).

Date (Publication): 2018-02-15T10:12:20

Date (Creation): 2018-02-15T10:12:20

Citation identifier: https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/75a7e567fe2342a493663a7a085d015e

Citation identifier: Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) / 75a7e567fe2342a493663a7a085d015e

Citation identifier: doi / http://dx.doi.org/10.5285/75a7e567fe2342a493663a7a085d015e

Point of contact

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
Unavailable	Burton, Chantelle	Unavailable	Author
Unavailable	Betts, Richard	Unavailable	Author
Unavailable	Jones, Chris D	Unavailable	Author
Unavailable	Williams, Karina	Unavailable	Author
Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA)		support@ceda.ac.uk	Custodian
Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA)		support@ceda.ac.uk	Distributor
Unavailable	Betts, Richard	Unavailable	Principal investigator
Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA)		support@ceda.ac.uk	pointofContact
Unavailable	Burton, Chantelle	Unavailable	pointofContact
Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA)		support@ceda.ac.uk	Publisher

Maintenance and update frequency: Not planned

Update scope: Dataset

Keywords

HELIX
Angström
Climate
risk

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

atmospheric conditions

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Use constraints: Other restrictions

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Spatial representation type: Grid

Language: English

Topic category

Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere

Begin date: 2005-01-01T00:00:00

End date: 2070-12-31T23:59:59

Unique resource identifier: WGS 84

Distribution format

Name	Version
Data are CF-netCDF formatted.

Distributor contact

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA)		support@ceda.ac.uk	Distributor

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/75a7e567fe2342a493663a7a085d015e	CEDA Data Catalogue Page

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	http://data.ceda.ac.uk/badc/deposited2018/helix/angstroem_index	DOWNLOAD

Hierarchy level: Dataset

Conformance result

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: Model runs were carried out by the Met Office before fire indexes were calculated by the High-End cLimate Impacts and eXtremes (HELIX) project members and delivery to the Centre of Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) for archviving.