Northern Ireland River Flow Projections on a 1km Grid (1980-2080)

Gridded hydrological model river flow estimates on a 1km grid over Northern Ireland for the period December 1980 to November 2080. The dataset includes monthly mean river flow, annual maxima of daily mean flow, and annual minima of 7-day mean flow, provided in netCDF files. It was produced as part of the UK-SCAPE project, a NERC-funded National Capability Science Single Centre award.

Use Cases

• Projecting long-term changes in monthly river flow based on UKCP18 climate data.
• Analyzing trends in annual maximum daily flow for flood risk assessment.
• Studying low-flow conditions using annual minima of 7-day mean flow.
• Mapping hydrological variables across Northern Ireland using the provided 1km gridded data.

Strengths

• Covers a 100-year time span from 1980 to 2080.
• Provides data on a 1km x 1km grid over Northern Ireland.
• Includes three key hydrological variables: monthly mean, annual maxima, and annual minima of flow.
• Supplementary spatial datasets for catchment areas and gauging station locations are included.

Limitations

• The dataset has been withdrawn, which may affect availability or support.
• Row count and specific file sizes are unknown.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

Environmental Information Data Centre

Collection Method

Produced by the Grid-to-Grid hydrological model driven by UK Climate Projections 2018 (UKCP18) Regional (12km) data.

Time Range

December 1980 to November 2080

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-19 07:35:27.163225; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Northern Ireland