UKCP18 RCM precipitation and temperature bias corrected using non-parametric quantile mapping method

The UKCP18 RCM PPE (Met Office Hadley Centre, 2018) projections of precipitation and daily average temperature were bias adjusted using a non-parametric quantile mapping method based on empirical quantiles (Boe et al, 2007, Gudmundsson et al, 2012). The datasets cover the period from December 1980 to November 2080 and are intended for use in climate change impact assessments, where the bias correction helps reduce biases in multiple statistics while maintaining projected climatic changes. ------------------------------------------------- Met Office Hadley Centre (2018): UKCP18 Regional Projections on a 12km grid over the UK for 1980-2080. CEDA, 8 March 2022. https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/589211abeb844070a95d061c8cc7f604 Boe, J.; Terray, L.; Habets, F. & Martin, E. Statistical and dynamical downscaling of the Seine basin climate for hydro-meteorological studies. International Journal of Climatology, 2007, 27, 1643-1655, doi: 10.1002/joc.1602. Gudmundsson, L.; Bremnes, J. B.; Haugen, J. E. & Engen-Skaugen, T. Technical Note: Downscaling RCM precipitation to the station scale using statistical transformations - a comparison of methods. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 2012, 16, 3383-3390, doi:10.5194/hess-16-3383-2012. Paper Citation:We kindly ask users of this dataset to cite the paper that describes the dataset. The paper is published and can be accessed via the following link: https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-17-2113-2025. Please reference the paper as:Reyniers, N., Zha, Q., Addor, N., Osborn, T. J., Forstenhäusler, N., and He, Y.: Two sets of bias-corrected regional UK Climate Projections 2018 (UKCP18) of temperature, precipitation and potential evapotranspiration for Great Britain, Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 17, 2113–2133, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-17-2113-2025, 2025.