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FAQ: Use of UKCP09
Do I have to pay to use UKCP09? Am I able to reproduce and publish maps and images from the UKCP09 reports and User Interface? Does UKCP09 consider changes to the Gulf Stream (Meridional Overturning Circulation)? Does UKCP09 provide any information beyond 2100? Does UKCP09 provide maps showing likely areas of flooding or inundation as a result of sea-level rise? How can climate projections be used? How can I deal with changes in UK since the 1961 to 1990 baseline period? How can I manage emissions uncertainty? How do the projections in UKCP09 compare with those in UKCIP02? How do you work out frequency of extreme events over decadal timescales? How might my assumptions and choices alter the conclusions reached? How were the aggregated areas decided on and implemented? What are the coordinates and extents of the grids used in UKCP09? What are viable return periods to investigate? What do the emissions scenarios mean? What emission scenario should be used? What is meant by robust or flexible adaptation? What is the range of projections between 10% and 90% called? What other information is available on the historical and current climate of the UK? What other sources of information are there for exploring the impacts of climate change? What user consultations have occurred? Where can I get help with using UKCP09? Where can I obtain daily data? Who should be interested in UKCP09? Why are some land areas not in land grid cells? Why does UKCP09 use thirty-year time periods? Why improve quantification of uncertainty? Why is the greatest change of precipitation the 90% probability level in winter and the 10% probability level in summer? Will spatial analogues be provided? Will UKCP09 tell me if my house is likely to get flooded in the future? Won't UKCP09 be too complicated for non-scientists to use? Does UKCP09 consider changes to the Gulf Stream? Why bother using the projections if they are going to be replaced in time?
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