Identification

Title

HydEF (Hydrological extremes and feedbacks in the changing water cycle) project: Thames catchment daily weather data (NERC grant NE/I006656/1)

Abstract

This is a daily weather dataset that was produced to support hydrological modelling of the Thames catchment including use of the JULES land surface model https://jules.jchmr.org/ . It contains daily values of each of seven weather variables: air pressure, precipitation, wind speed, air temperature, wet bulb temperature, short wave radiation and cloud cover. The dataset was developed from the Met Office Integrated Data Archive System (MIDAS) to enable the calibration of multisite, multivariate weather generators that could be used to provide inputs to JULES using the Rglimclim software package (http://www.homepages.ucl.ac.uk/~ucakarc/work/glimclim.html). The inputs were to be provided both at the station locations, and over a 5x5km2 grid located over the Kennet subcatchment. Topographic and other relevant information is provided for all relevant locations. The weather data contain many missing values: no attempt has been made to restore or interpolate these, since (a) the amount of missing data is so large that any interpolation exercise could have induce substantial biases in the final results of the hydrological modelling (b) Rglimclim does not require complete data records to produce a coherent weather generator.

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://jules.jchmr.org/

function: information

http://www.homepages.ucl.ac.uk/~ucakarc/work/glimclim.html

function: information

https://www.bgs.ac.uk/services/ngdc/accessions/index.html#item72689

function: download

https://webapps.bgs.ac.uk/services/ngdc/accessions/index.html#item163665

name: Data

function: download

Unique resource identifier

code

http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13607082

codeSpace

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

Additional information source

Usage of the weather data in file ThamesDaily.dat is restricted by the NERC-Met Office agreement at http://licences.ceda.ac.uk/image/data_access_condition/ukmo_agreement.pdf. Usage of the remaining files is unrestricted.

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

geoscientificInformation

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2008-06-01

Keyword set

keyword value

Pressure

Radiation

Rainfall

Wind

Temperature

NGDC Deposited Data

Precipitation (meteorology)

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2022

Keyword set

keyword value

Keyword set

keyword value

NERC_DDC

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-2.0000

East bounding longitude

1.1000

North bounding latitude

52.3000

South bounding latitude

51.0000

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

1980

End position

2015

Dataset reference date

date type

creation

effective date

2014-02

Frequency of update

notApplicable

Quality and validity

Lineage

The dataset was developed from the following source: Met Office (2012): Met Office Integrated Data Archive System (MIDAS) Land and Marine Surface Stations Data (1853-current). NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre, http://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/220a65615218d5c9cc9e4785a3234bd0 The original MIDAS data have been subject to extensive processing to remove dubious values, resolve duplicates and so forth. Full details can be found in the documentation supplied with the data.

Conformity

Conformity report

specification

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2011

degree

false

explanation

See the referenced specification

Conformity report

specification

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2010-12-08

degree

false

explanation

See http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2010:323:0011:0102:EN:PDF

Data format

name of format

version of format

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

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 any form or by any means, or stored in a retrieval system of any nature, without the prior permission of the copyright holder, via the BGS Intellectual Property Rights Manager. Use by customers of information provided by the BGS, is at the customer's own risk. In view of the disparate sources of information at BGS's disposal, including such material donated to BGS, that BGS accepts in good faith as being accurate, the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) gives no warranty, expressed or implied, as to the quality or accuracy of the information supplied, or to the information's suitability for any use. NERC/BGS accepts no liability whatever in respect of loss, damage, injury or other occurence however caused.

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

contact position

Department of Statistical Science

organisation name

University College London

full postal address

Gower Street

London

WC1E 6BT

email address

not available

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

organisation name

British Geological Survey

full postal address

Environmental Science Centre,Keyworth

NOTTINGHAM

NG12 5GG

United Kingdom

telephone number

+44 115 936 3100

email address

enquiries@bgs.ac.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2024-04-11

Metadata language