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Limitations (of UKCP09)

Some of the limitations associated with the UKCP09 probabilistic projections are summarised in the Climate change projections section.

In detail

  • There is general discussion about the strengths and weaknesses of climate models in Annex 3 of the UKCP09 Climate change projections report.

  • Some specific limitations associated with Weather Generators are described in Chapter 5 of the UKCP09 Weather Generator report.

  • Some examples of inappropriate uses of UKCP09 are provided in the Case studies section.