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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).

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Date (Publication)
2018-02-15T10:12:20
Date (Creation)
2018-02-15T10:12:20
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https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/75a7e567fe2342a493663a7a085d015e
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Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) / 75a7e567fe2342a493663a7a085d015e
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doi / http://dx.doi.org/10.5285/75a7e567fe2342a493663a7a085d015e
Author
  Unavailable - Burton, Chantelle ( author )
Author
  Unavailable - Betts, Richard ( author )
Author
  Unavailable - Jones, Chris D ( author )
Author
  Unavailable - Williams, Karina ( author )
Custodian
  Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) - custodian
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell , Oxon , OX11 0QX , United Kingdom
01235446432
Distributor
  Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) - distributor
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell , Oxon , OX11 0QX , United Kingdom
01235446432
Principal investigator
  Unavailable - Betts, Richard ( principal_investigator )
pointofContact
  Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) - point_of_contact
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell , Oxon , OX11 0QX , United Kingdom
01235446432
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  Unavailable - Burton, Chantelle ( point_of_contact )
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  Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) - publisher
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell , Oxon , OX11 0QX , United Kingdom
01235446432
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Keywords
  • HELIX
  • Angström
  • Climate
  • risk
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
  • atmospheric conditions
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Under the following licence http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/, appropriate use of these data may fall under any use. This message is intended as guidance, always read the full licence. When using these data you must cite them correctly using the citation given on the CEDA Data Catalogue record.
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  • Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere
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Begin date
2005-01-01T00:00:00
End date
2070-12-31T23:59:59
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WGS 84
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  • Data are CF-netCDF formatted. ()

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  Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) - Data Center Contact
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell , Oxon , OX11 0QX , United Kingdom
01235446432
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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.
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High-End cLimate Impacts and eXtremes (HELIX): McArthur Forest Fire Danger Index (FFDI) and the Angström Index fire indices for 2061 - 2070. 43ddf5c677a14b9ebe8e8248797bdfb8
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Date stamp
2025-11-15T03:15:42
Metadata standard name
UK GEMINI
Metadata standard version
2.3
Point of contact
  Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA)
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell , Oxon , OX11 0QX , United Kingdom
01235446432
 
 

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