{ "culture": "en-GB", "name": "", "guid": "", "catalogPath": "", "snippet": "This is a VECTORISED and RESAMPLED version of legacy Heat flow V1 model. It is a tessellated hex-cell dataset based on data first published in the BGS Geothermal Catalogue.", "description": "
The dataset portrays heat flow as a continuous modelled surface, interpolated between observation points<\/SPAN><\/SPAN>. Onshore coverage is provided for England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. <\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/P> The British Geological Survey (BGS) Heat flow dataset version 1 (United Kingdom) is derived from a catalogue of legacy heat flow observations and ground-heat modelling. Heat flow data is typically used to determine temperatures beneath the ground surface, and model how much thermal energy may be stored in or recovered from the ground. <\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/P> The dataset is presented as a raster model, but is also available as cellular, vector grids. <\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/P> The raster and square-cellular grid defines each cell by an area of c. 4km<\/SPAN><\/SPAN>2<\/SPAN><\/SPAN> (2km per side)<\/SPAN><\/SPAN>.<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/P> The hexagonal-cellular defines each cell by an area of c. 2.56km<\/SPAN><\/SPAN>2<\/SPAN><\/SPAN> (1km per side). <\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/P> Heat flow values are milli-Watts per square metre (mWm<\/SPAN><\/SPAN>-2<\/SPAN><\/SPAN>). <\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/P>