Alternate title

Projected increases in extreme drought frequency and duration by 2040 affect specialist habitats and species in Scotland

Date (Publication)

2025-04-24

Citation identifier

f1bb1c7f-262f-4735-9076-f809e63ccdbf

Presentation form

Digital map

Credit

© SNH, licensed under the Open Government License

Point of contact

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
NatureScot	Fairlie Kirkpatrick Baird	fairlie.kirkpatrickbaird@nature.sco fairlie.kirkpatrickbaird@nature.scot	Custodian
NatureScot	Data Supply	data_supply@nature.scot supply@nature.sco data_supply@nature.scot	Point of contact

Maintenance and update frequency

Not planned

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

• Atmospheric conditions

• Hydrography

• Land cover

• Soil

Use limitation

No use limitations.

Use limitation

© Scottish Natural Heritage

Access constraints

Other restrictions

Use constraints

Other restrictions

Other constraints

Available under an Open Government Licence

Spatial representation type

Grid

Distance

12000  m

Language

English

Character set

UTF8

Topic category

• Environment
• Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere
• Inland waters

Reference system identifier

EPSG / British National Grid / 6.3(3.0.1)

Distribution format

Name	Version
ArcGIS Pro Map package	2.9x
ArcGIS Desktop Map package	10.x
QGIS project with GeoTIFF	3.x

Distributor contact

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
NatureScot	Geographic Information Group	data_supply@nature.scot supply@nature.sco data_supply@nature.scot	Point of contact

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link	https://zenodo.org/records/8087474	Analysis code and data
WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link	https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/2688-8319.12256	Article in Ecological Solutions and Evidence
WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download	https://gis-downloads.nature.scot/DROUGHTMAP_SCOTLAND_TIFF_27700.zip	QGIS project with GeoTIFF data
WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download	https://gis-downloads.nature.scot/DROUGHTMAP_SCOTLAND_MPK_27700.zip	ArcGIS Desktop map package (EPSG:27700)
WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download	https://gis-downloads.nature.scot/DROUGHTMAP_SCOTLAND_MPKX_27700.zip	ArcGIS Pro map package (EPSG:27700)
OGC:WMS-1.3.0-http-get-capabilities	https://ogc.nature.scot/geoserver/landscape/wms?request=GetCapabilities&service=WMS	droughtmap_group_layer
OGC:WCS-1.1.0-http-get-capabilities	https://ogc.nature.scot/geoserver/landscape/wcs?equest=GetCapabilities&service=WCS&version=1.1.0	NatureScot Landscape WCS

Hierarchy level

Dataset

Statement

Created with temperature and precipitation data from the UKCP18 modelled climate dataset. Number of extreme drought events were calculated in R using the Standardized Precipitation-Evapotranspiration Index (SPEI) at a 6-month timestep and a threshold of -2sd. This point data was then clipped to the area of Scotland, converted to raster at a 12km resolution and symbolized to create the final output.

Metadata

File identifier

dbc3dc4f-7cce-48ea-8b14-b3fa56bdbe79 XML

Metadata language

English

Character set

UTF8

Hierarchy level

Dataset

Hierarchy level name

dataset

Date stamp

2025-04-30T09:19:19.457Z

Metadata standard name

ISO 19139 Geographic Information - Metadata - Implementation Specification

Metadata standard version

2007

Metadata author

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
NatureScot	Geographic Information Group	data_supply@nature.scot supply@nature.sco data_supply@nature.scot	Point of contact