Index
The index is a central point to help you navigate round the UKCP09 site. For each term in the list below, there's a definition, where appropriate, and details of where to find further information.
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Alphabetical list
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Numerals
11-member RCM
1st percentile of the daily maximum temperature (coldest day of the season)
1st percentile of the daily minimum temperature (coldest night of the season)
5 km grid
25 km grid
99th percentile of the daily maximum temperature (warmest day of the season)
99th percentile of the daily minimum temperature (warmest night of the season)
99th percentile of the daily precipitation rate (wettest day of the season)
A
Adaptation
Administrative regions
Aerosols
Aggregated area
Albedo
Annual
Anticyclones
Assumptions (in UKCP09)
Atmosphere-Ocean Global Climate Model (AOGCM)
Atmospheric Global Climate Model (AGCM)
Atlantic Margin Model (AMM) grid
Atlantic Ocean Circulation (Gulf Stream)
B
Baseline
Batch
Bayes' Theorem/Bayesian probability
Blocking
British Atmospheric Data Centre (BADC)
C
Carbon cycle
CDF data
Central England Temperature (CET)
Central estimate
Change factor
Chaotic climate processes
Climate
Climate change
Climate change projection
Climate feedback
Climate model
Climate projection
Climatic Research Unit (CRU)
Climate sensitivity
Climate simulation
Clipping
Cloud cover
Coldest day of the season
Coldest night of the season
Confidence
Cooling Degree Days
Coupled Model Intercomparision Project (CMIP3)
csv archive
csv file format
Cumulative Distribution Function (CDF)
Customised map
D
Data source
Defra
Deterministic
Discrepancy
Direct radiation
Downscaling
Downward diffuse radiation
Dummy data
E
El Niño
eLearning
Emissions scenario
Emulator
Ensemble
Equilibrium climate response
Equivalent CO2 concentration
ERA-40
European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting (ECMWF)
European Shelf grid
External climate forcing
Extratropics
Extreme weather events
F
Flux adjustment
Flux, net surface longwave
Flux, net surface shortwave
Flux, total downward surface shortwave
Fog
Frequency distribution
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
G
Gaussian distribution
GIS data
Glacial isostatic adjustment (GIA)
Global Climate Model (GCM)
Greenhouse gas
Grids
Gulf Stream
H
HadCM3
HadRM3
HadSM3
Hail
Heating Degree Days
Heatwave
High emissions scenario
High++ scenario
Hindcasting
hPa
Humidity, relative
Humidity, specific
I
Ice sheet
Inter-variable relationships
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
Internal climate variability
J
Joint probabilities
Joint probability plot
K
Kyoto Protocol
L
La Niña
Lapse rate
Latent heat flux
Lightning
Likely
Limitations (of UKCP09)
Location
Low emissions scenario
M
Maps
Marine Climate Change Impacts Partnership (MCCIP)
Marine regions
Mean
Mean air temperature
Mean daily temperature
Mean daily maximum temperature
Mean daily minimum temperature
Mean sea level pressure
Mean wave period (Tm02)
Medium emissions scenario
Met Office climate districts
Met Office Hadley Centre
Methane cycle
Mitigation
Model configuration
Model variant
Modelling uncertainty
Monte-Carlo sampling
Monthly
Morphing
Multi-level ocean projections
Multi-level ocean model variables
Multi-model ensemble (MME)
Multivariate analysis
N
Natural climate variability
netCDF file format
North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO)
O
Observed data
Output format
Output type
P
Parameter error
Parameterisation scheme
Parameters
Pattern scaling
Percentile
Perturbed physics ensemble (PPE)
Perturb/perturbing
Plot, joint probability
Plume plot
POLCOMS
POLCS3
Potential energy anomaly
Potential evapotranspiration
Precipitation rate
Pre-defined request
Probabilistic climate change projections
Probabilistic climate projections
Probability
Probability Density Function (PDF)
Probability level
Projection
Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory (POL)
PROWAM
R
Radiative forcing
Rain
Rainfall transition state
Random seed
Regional Climate Model (RCM)
Reports
Request
Resilience
Return period
Risk
River basins
Robust
S
Sampled data
Scenario
Science review
Sea level rise
Sea level, absolute
Sea level, relative
Seasonal
Sea-surface temperature (SST)
Shapefiles
Significant wave height (SWH)
Sitemap
Skew storm surge
Slab ocean
Smoothing
Snow
Snowfall rate
Soil moisture
Spatial averaging
Special Report on Emissions Scenarios (SRES)
Standard deviation
Stationarity
Stochastic
Storm surge
Storm surge height plot
Storm track
Storms
Storyline
Stratification
Stratosphere
Strengths (of UKCP09)
Structural error
Sunshine hours
Sulphur cycle
Swell
T
Temporal
Temporal average
Thames Estuary (TE2100) project
Thermal expansion
Threshold
Threshold Detector
Thunderstorm
Time period
Time series
Timescaling
Tipping point
Total cloud
Training
Training (climate model)
Transient climate response
Trend
U
UKCIP
UKCIP02
UKCIP98
UKCP09 25 km grid
UKCP09 5 km grid
UKCP09 Climate change projections
UKCP09 Marine & coastal projections
UKCP09 reports
UKCP09 User Interface
UKCP09 Users' Panel
Uncertainty
University of Newcastle
Unlikely
Urban Heat Island (UHI)
V
Vapour pressure
Variable
Very likely
Very unlikely
Vulnerability
Vulnerability assessment
W
Warmest day of the season
Warmest night of the season
Water column
Wave Analysis Model (WAM)
Waves
Weather Generator
Weather Generator variables
Webinar
Wettest day of the season
Wind
Wind speed
Wind-sea
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