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UKCP09: Observed UK climate data (1961-1990)

The UK climate projections 2009 (UKCP09) observed climate provides data for a range of climate variables (for example, temperature, pressure, vapour pressure, rainfall, snowfall, sunshine) over the climate averaging period 1961-1990. The observed data is provided over the UK at grid box resolutions of 25km and 5km.

The observed data refers to data that has been directly measured and obtained in UK from a network of synoptic observations and weather stations. These data are commonly processed to convert irregularly spaced point observations to a regular grid. The observed climate data can be used both to explore past climate trends, to construct and validate climate models and to provide a baseline to construct climate differences.

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Date (Publication)
2017-09-05T13:02:32
Date (Creation)
2017-09-05T13:02:32
Identifier
https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/87b3ab3b9bae47adab0c15d594d443b8
Identifier
Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) / 87b3ab3b9bae47adab0c15d594d443b8
Author
  Hadley Centre for Climate Prediction and Research (MOHC) - author
Met Office , Exeter ,
Custodian
  Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) - custodian
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell , Oxon , OX11 0QX , United Kingdom
01235446432
Owner
  Hadley Centre for Climate Prediction and Research (MOHC) - data_owner
Met Office , Exeter ,
Distributor
  Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) - distributor
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell , Oxon , OX11 0QX , United Kingdom
01235446432
Principal investigator
  Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) - principal_investigator
Principal investigator
  Environment Agency - principal_investigator
Principal investigator
  Met Office - principal_investigator
Met Office , FitzRoy Road , Exeter , EX1 3PB ,
0370 900 0100
pointofContact
  Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) - point_of_contact
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell , Oxon , OX11 0QX , United Kingdom
01235446432
pointofContact
  Hadley Centre for Climate Prediction and Research (MOHC) - point_of_contact
Met Office , Exeter ,
Publisher
  Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) - publisher
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell , Oxon , OX11 0QX , United Kingdom
01235446432
Maintenance and update frequency
notPlanned Not planned
Update scope
dataset Dataset
Keywords
  • UKCP09
  • UK
  • observed
  • climate
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
  • atmospheric conditions
Access constraints
otherRestrictions Other restrictions
Other constraints
Access to these data is available to any registered CEDA user. Please Login or Register for a CEDA account to gain access.
Use constraints
otherRestrictions Other restrictions
Other constraints
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.
Spatial representation type
grid Grid
Metadata language
EnglishEnglish
Topic category
  • Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere
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Begin date
1961-01-01T00:00:00
End date
1990-12-31T23:59:59
Unique resource identifier
WGS 84
Distribution format
  • The data are NetCDF formatted and adhere to v1.0 of the CF data conventions. ()

Distributor
  Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) - Data Center Contact
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell , Oxon , OX11 0QX , United Kingdom
01235446432
OnLine resource
CEDA Data Catalogue Page

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UKCP09 archive overview document

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UK climate projections website

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UK Met Office: UKCP09 Gridded Observations

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Climate projections report

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UK Met Office observed data quality statement

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Observed trends extremes atlas

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The climate of the UK and recent trends

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dataset Dataset

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Date (Publication)
2010-12-08
Statement
Original data were produced by the Met Office as part of the UKCP09 service before preparation for archival with the Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA).
File identifier
87b3ab3b9bae47adab0c15d594d443b8 XML
Metadata language
EnglishEnglish
Character set
8-bit variable size UCS Transfer Format, based on ISO/IEC 10646 UTF8
Parent identifier
UKCP09: Land and marine past climate and future scenario projections data for the UK 094d9c9b9dda42c0aa1a1848af9fb56b
Hierarchy level
dataset Dataset
Date stamp
2025-11-15T03:14:32
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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Keywords

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
atmospheric conditions

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