Identification

Title

Gridded estimates of hourly areal rainfall for Great Britain 1990-2016 [CEH-GEAR1hr] v2

Abstract

The dataset contains 1km gridded estimates of hourly rainfall for Great Britain for the period 1990-2016. The estimates are derived by applying the nearest neighbour interpolation method to a national database of hourly raingauge observations collated by Newcastle University and the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH). These interpolated hourly estimates were then used to temporally disaggregate the CEH-GEAR daily rainfall dataset. The estimated rainfall on a given hour refers to the rainfall amount accumulated in the previous hour. The dataset also contains data indicating the distance between the grid point and the closest recording raingauge used in its interpolation. When this distance is greater than 50km, or there is zero rainfall recorded in the closest gauge, the daily value is disaggregated using a design storm. The dataset therefore also contains a flag indicating if the design storm was used. These data are provided as an indicator of the quality of the estimates. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/fc9423d6-3d54-467f-bb2b-fc7357a3941f

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/datastore/eidchub/fc9423d6-3d54-467f-bb2b-fc7357a3941f

description: Download a copy of this data

function: download

https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/fc9423d6-3d54-467f-bb2b-fc7357a3941f.zip

description: Supporting information available to assist in re-use of this dataset

function: information

Unique resource identifier

code

https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/fc9423d6-3d54-467f-bb2b-fc7357a3941f

codeSpace

doi:

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere

environment

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

Meteorological geographical features

originating controlled vocabulary

title

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2008-06-01

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-8.648

East bounding longitude

1.768

North bounding latitude

60.861

South bounding latitude

49.864

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

1990-01-01

End position

2016-12-31

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2022-01-27

Frequency of update

Quality and validity

Lineage

The hourly rainfall estimates are derived from the temporal disaggregation of the CEH-GEAR daily data using hourly gauge data. This methodology ensures that the daily totals of the CEH-GEAR daily and 1hr datasets are consistent. The hourly gauge data is from the Met Office, the England Environment Agency (EA), Natural Resources Wales (NRW) and the Scottish Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA). The CEH-GEAR daily data is derived from the Met Office national database of observed precipitation. The nearest neighbour interpolation methodology was used to generate the gridded hourly estimates which were subsequently used to disaggregate the daily data. A quality control protocol was established in order to identify and reject erroneous hourly values in the gauge rainfall input dataset. The quality control procedure is a three step process: 1) The gauge data is compared to the gridded CEH-GEAR daily dataset to identify suspect gauges 2) A series of quality control tests are applied to identify suspect values at all gauges which are marked with a quality control flag 3) Combinations of quality control flags for a given hourly accumulation are used to determine which flagged data are treated as erroneous values and thus excluded from the gauge records.

Conformity

Conformity report

specification

title

Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2010-12-08

degree

explanation

Data format

name of format

NetCDF

version of format

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

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Limitations on public access

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Limitations on public access

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Limitations on public access

Contains Environment Agency information © Environment Agency and/or database rights

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Limitations on public access

Contains data from Met Office, Natural Resources Wales, Scottish Environmental Protection Agency provided under Open Government Licence.

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

If you reuse this data, you should cite: Lewis, E., Quinn, N., Blenkinsop, S., Fowler, H.J., Freer, J., Tanguy, M., Hitt, O., Coxon, G., Bates, P., Woods, R., Fry, M., Chevuturi, A., Swain, O., White, S.M. (2022). Gridded estimates of hourly areal rainfall for Great Britain 1990-2016 [CEH-GEAR1hr] v2. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/fc9423d6-3d54-467f-bb2b-fc7357a3941f

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

organisation name

email address

Elizabeth.Lewis2@newcastle.ac.uk

web address

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7471-9988

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function: information

responsible party role

author

Responsible party

Responsible party

Responsible party

organisation name

email address

enquiries@ceh.ac.uk

responsible party role

author

Responsible party

organisation name

email address

enquiries@ceh.ac.uk

organisation name

Natural Environment Research Council

email address

EMAIL NOT PROVIDED

responsible party role

owner

Responsible party

organisation name

email address

enquiries@ceh.ac.uk

web address

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1516-6834

function: information

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

organisation name

full postal address

Lancaster Environment Centre, Library Avenue, Bailrigg

Lancaster

LA1 4AP

email address

info@eidc.ac.uk

web address

https://eidc.ac.uk/

description: The Environmental Information Data Centre (EIDC) is the UK's national data centre for terrestrial and freshwater sciences.

function: information

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2025-02-04T14:46:04

Metadata language

eng