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UK Climate Projections 2018 (UKCP18) Convection-Permitting Model (CPM) and Empirical Copula modelled widespread rainfall events for 1980-2000, 2020-2040 and 2060-2080

Publisher
Environmental Information Data Centre
Updated
30 July 2026
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Summary

A set of ~72000 summaries of mainland GB peak daily rainfall data describing widespread rainfall events as modelled using UKCP18 meteorological data (using a convection permitting model) based on RCP8.5 for 12 members of a perturbed parameter ensemble. ~34000 come directly from the CPM outputs, and a further 36000 (1000 events per ensemble member per time period) generated using an Empirical Beta Copula approach. This was generated for three periods: December 1980 to November 2000, December 2020 to November 2040 and December 2060-November 2080, to examine changes in widespread rainfall events over time due to climate change. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/0d786a81-3c33-464e-a8fc-5fea233223bd

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Source Metadata
XML, HTML
Date added
24 July 2026
Harvest GUID
0d786a81-3c33-464e-a8fc-5fea233223bd
Extent (Latitude)
60.861° to 49.864°
Extent (Longitude)
-8.648° to 1.768°
Dataset reference date (publication)
2025-05-14
Dataset reference date (creation)
2025-05-14
Access constraints
If you reuse this data, you should cite: Griffin, A., Cole, S., Xia, X. (2025). UK Climate Projections 2018 (UKCP18) Convection-Permitting Model (CPM) and Empirical Copula modelled widespread rainfall events for 1980-2000, 2020-2040 and 2060-2080. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/0d786a81-3c33-464e-a8fc-5fea233223bd
Responsible party
(author, publisher, owner, custodian); UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (pointOfContact)
ISO 19139 resource type
dataset
Metadata language
eng