Great Britain Groundwater Recharge Projections Under 11 Climate Scenarios, 1950-2099

Mainland England, Scotland, and Wales are covered by this dataset of gridded potential recharge (soil drainage) values. The data are outputs from the BGS ZOODRM model driven by 11 regional climate model ensembles, averaged over historical, 2020s, 2050s, and 2080s time horizons. It was produced by the British Geological Survey to assess climate change impacts on groundwater resources.

Use Cases

• Assessing climate change impact on potential recharge for catchments based on the 11 regional climate model ensembles.
• Modeling future groundwater levels and flows based on projected soil drainage under different climate scenarios.
• Comparing recharge estimates across four time horizons (historical, 20s, 50s, 80s) for trend analysis.
• Spatial analysis of recharge variability across Great Britain at a 2km grid resolution.

Strengths

• Covers a long time series from January 1950 to December 2099.
• Includes outputs from 11 distinct regional climate model ensembles for scenario analysis.
• Provides spatially gridded data at a 2km by 2km resolution for mainland Great Britain.
• Averages results over four specific time horizons (historical, 20s, 50s, 80s) for comparison.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and file formats are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect modeling bias inherent to the specific climate and hydrological models used.

Provenance

Source

British Geological Survey (BGS)

Collection Method

Outputs from the BGS distributed recharge model (ZOODRM) driven by 11 regional climate model ensembles from the Future Flow and Groundwater Level project.

Time Range

January 1950 to December 2099

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-09 08:35:44.497663; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Mainland areas of England, Scotland, and Wales