CS-NOW: Gridded future projections of natural and artificially influenced river flows (1980 to 2080)

The Grid-to-Grid (G2G) river flow model projections comprise an ensemble of natural and artificially influenced (AI) estimates of daily mean river flows (m3s-1). These flow projections are for a historical and future period spanning 1st December 1980 to 30th November 2080 and reflect scenarios of change in both climate and artificial (anthropogenic) influences (abstractions and discharges). The historical and future projections are available in two formats: (i) 1 km × 1 km gridded daily mean river flows (m3s-1) for two spatial regions: Natural river flows across Great Britain, and Artificially influenced river flows across England (ii) Time series of daily flows for 626 catchments across England The climate projections consist of an ensemble of bias-corrected UKCP18 Regional Climate Model (RCM) output. A further 4 hydrological connectivity datasets provide flow directions, upstream areas and coastal/gauged locations. Further details are provided in a linked Data Document. Three future scenarios of artificial influences are considered: (a) Sustainability (SUS), (b) Business as usual (BAU) and (c) Economic Growth (EG). The dataset is an output from the CS-NOW project (Climate services for a Net Zero resilient world - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)), commissioned by the UK Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ). Publication of these data is also supported by the Natural Environment Research Council award number NE/X019063/1 as part of the Hydro-JULES programme delivering National Capability.