National scale potential recharge values for Great Britain
A national scale map that shows yearly LTA potential recharge values (mm/year) calculated over Great Britain mainland using the simplified FAO method driven by rainfall and potential evaporation data over the period 1980 to 2010
dataset
https://www.bgs.ac.uk/research/groundwater/greatbritain_ltarech_1980_2010
English
Environment
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0:
Spatial scope:
INSPIRE priority data set:
GeoERA Keyword Thesaurus:
European Geoscience Registry - Projects:
Free:
Groundwater; Potential recharge; Great Britain; Long term average;
-6.20,
49.60,
1.95,
59.80
revision: 2021-04-07
min: 0.01
max: 8
CRS: Local - depth (http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/1049)
grid
British Geological Survey
email:
majm@bgs.ac.uk
Role: custodian
Data Quality
Model is calibrated by comparing simulated long term average overland flows to observed one. Also recharge values are compared to values produced by the Environment Agency and other models
Constraints
Metadata about metadata
60e5c817-762c-4f95-bc1c-05810a010833
British Geological Survey
email:
majm@bgs.ac.uk
Role: point of contact
2022-04-04