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Does the Weather Generator reflect the topography of the local area in the future projections?
Yes, to some extent, on a gridded basis.
In detail
The weather generator uses 5 km x 5 km gridded observed 1961–1990 data in order to train the baseline
data. The gridded observed data is derived from a national network of
weather stations. The records at each weather station will reflect the
topography of where it is located, i.e. if the weather station is at the
top of a mountain the weather data collected from it will reflect its
elevation and situation. If there are no weather stations in one
particular grid square then the data is extrapolated into that grid
from the surrounding grid squares. This means the uncertainty
associated with the gridding process (and hence how reliably topography
is reflected) increases in parts of the UK with fewer weather stations.
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Last Updated Wednesday, 15 December 2010 |