Glossary
Glossary
UKCP09 Projections
UKCP09 provides probabilistic climate projections for UK land and marine regions. They are ‘A projection of future absolute climate that assigns a probability level to different climate outcomes’1 for:
1. Annual, seasonal and monthly climate averages.
2. Individual 25 km grid squares, and for pre-defined aggregated areas.
3. Seven 30 year time periods.
4. Three emissions scenarios.
5. Projections are based on change relative to a 1961-1990 baseline.2
Urban Heat Island
The phenomenon whereby air and surface temperatures in towns and cities are elevated in relation to surrounding rural areas.
After Oke, 1982.