Temporal average

The term used to describe the time periods over which the variables in UKCP09 are averaged.

In detail

UKCP09 provides information about changes in climate categorised in terms monthly, seasonal or annual averages.

In UKCP09, temporal average is one of the elements required when building a request in the UKCP09 User Interface.

The implications of user choices are discussed in Chapter 4.4 of the UKCP09 Climate change projections report.