User guide : BGS GeoClimate CHESS-SCAPE

Data are provided in a Premium version, as grids and vector polygons. Data coverage is Great Britian (not including Shetland and parts of the Orkneys). The GeoClimateCHESS-SCAPE datasets have been developed using the same methodology as GeoClimate UKCP18 but also provide outputs for RCP2.6 and RCP4.5 (GeoClimate UKCP18 only provides RCP8.5). It also provides projections from a larger number of time periods: 11-year windows centred on 2030, 2050 and 2070. GeoClimate UKCP18 is now superseded by GeoClimateCHESS-SCAPE. GeoClimateCHESS-SCAPE utilises climate projection data from the UKCEH CHESS-SCAPE future climate dataset, which is derived and extended from the climate model output provided by the UK Climate Projections 2018 (UKCP18). The data are useful for a range of users, particularly longer-term resilience planning, infrastructure owners, lenders and insurers. This user guide provides the information required to enable the reader to understand and use this BGS data product.