Identification

Title

Water Temperature Projections for England's Rivers

Alternative title(s)

Abstract

Monthly water temperature projections for English rivers under the high-emissions "business as usual" RCP 8.5 (Representative Concentration Pathways) scenario. Attribution statement: © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://environment.data.gov.uk/api/file/download?fileDataSetId=c08950fd-d212-45be-a3a2-a7c367cc1880&fileName=English_Tw_Projections_AllSites.zip

protocol: http

name: English_Tw_Projections_AllSites.zip

description: English_Tw_Projections_AllSites.zip download on Defra Data Services Platform

https://environment.data.gov.uk/api/file/download?fileDataSetId=c08950fd-d212-45be-a3a2-a7c367cc1880&fileName=English_Tw_Projections_IndividualSites.zip

protocol: http

name: English_Tw_Projections_IndividualSites.zip

description: English_Tw_Projections_IndividualSites.zip download on Defra Data Services Platform

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/67975defcfd3deafa04fde4b/Water_temperature_projections_for_England_s_rivers_-_report.pdf

protocol: http

name: Water Temperature Projections for England's Rivers - Report

description: Report which details the data generation and modelling process used to produce these water temperature projections.

Unique resource identifier

code

2eb827fd-9d0f-4573-b5ba-d4cb9562d358_resource

codeSpace

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/27700

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

environment

inlandWaters

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

Rivers

climate change

inland waters

water quality

environment

inlandWaters

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-6.236

East bounding longitude

2.072

North bounding latitude

55.816

South bounding latitude

49.943

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

End position

2099-12-31

Dataset reference date

date type

creation

effective date

2024-09-30

date type

revision

effective date

2025-03-07

Frequency of update

asNeeded

Quality and validity

Lineage

Created by the University of Birmingham using the following third party datasets: Met Office UKCP18 Climate Projections CEH Land Cover Map (2015) British Geological Survey BGS Geology 625k

Conformity

Data format

name of format

Open format | Comma Separated Values file (CSV)

version of format

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Use constraints

Open Government Licence

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

There are no public access constraints to this data. Use of this data is subject to the licence identified.

Constraint set

Use constraints

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

There are no public access constraints to this data. Use of this data is subject to the licence identified.

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

organisation name

Environment Agency

email address

DSPcustomerforum@environment-agency.gov.uk

web address

https://environment.data.gov.uk/support

description: Defra Data Services Forum

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

organisation name

Environment Agency

email address

DSPcustomerforum@environment-agency.gov.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2025-03-20

Metadata language