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National (Great Britain) Recharge Model climate change runs - 11 regional climate models

The data are the gridded recharge values obtained from the BGS distributed recharge model (ZOODRM) driven by 11 Ensembles of the HaDCM3 Regional Climate Model (RCM) taken from the Future Flow and Groundwater Level data set (http://www.ceh.ac.uk/our-science/projects/future-flows-and-groundwater-levels). The model covers the mainland areas of England, Scotland and Wales. The 11 ensembles are run from January 1950 to December 2099. The dataset themselves are the gridded (2 km by 2 km) outputs from

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Source details

Licence: ["The copyright of materials derived from the British Geological Survey's work is vested in the Natural Environment Research Council [NERC]. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in an

Evidence quality: 38.8

Listed in data.gov.uk public catalogue API on 2026-10-16; relevance/value screened (haiku).

Metadata checked: 2026-10-14T13:20:00.000Z

What's in it

Data offered docs-verified: gridded recharge (soil drainage) values at 2 km by 2 km, from the BGS ZOODRM model driven by 11 HadCM3 RCM ensembles · recharge outputs averaged over four time horizons (historical, 20s, 50s, 80s) for each of the 11 ensembles
Coverage docs-verified: Mainland England, Scotland and Wales · January 1950 to December 2099 (model run period)
Resolution docs-verified: 2 km by 2 km grid
Update frequency docs-verified: As needed (no fixed schedule); page shows last updated 2 October 2026
Access docs-verified: Publicly listed on data.gov.uk; page licence is 'Not set'. Access constraints: NERC/BGS copyright, no reproduction or transmission without prior permission of the copyright holder (via BGS IPR Manager); use is at the customer's own risk.

Useful for

Use cases llm-inferred: Compare historical and future (20s, 50s, 80s) potential recharge for a mainland GB catchment in a groundwater resource or water balance assessment · Provide climate-change recharge sensitivity inputs for groundwater flood risk or aquifer recharge studies · Sense-check recharge assumptions in groundwater models against an ensemble range of climate scenarios
Audience llm-inferred: hydrogeologists · hydrologists · water resources engineers · flood risk consultants · environmental consultants

Limitations

Constraints llm-inferred: Model-based gridded outputs, not observed recharge; quality depends on the BGS ZOODRM model and HadCM3 RCM driving data · Mainland England, Scotland and Wales only; no coverage of Northern Ireland or offshore islands stated · Outputs are averaged over four time horizons, so no continuous annual or monthly series is provided · Dataset reference date is 2017-03-31, so the underlying model runs may be dated · Access restricted by NERC/BGS copyright; redistribution needs permission · Licence field is not set on the page, so reuse terms need confirming with BGS

Evidence

Check upstream coverage, uncertainty and licence before use. Station observations are not forecasts or design levels.