5dc179dc-f692-49ba-9326-a6893a503f6e
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UK GEMINI
2.3
OSGB 1936 / British National Grid
OSNI 1952 / Irish National Grid
OSNI 1952
Gridded estimates of daily and monthly areal rainfall for the United Kingdom (1890-2012) [CEH-GEAR]
2014-05-01
publication
2014-05-01
creation
1397228981910
CEH:EIDC:
https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/5dc179dc-f692-49ba-9326-a6893a503f6e
10.5285/5dc179dc-f692-49ba-9326-a6893a503f6e
doi:
Tanguy, M., Dixon, H., Prosdocimi, I., Morris, D.G., Keller, V.D.J. (2014). Gridded estimates of daily and monthly areal rainfall for the United Kingdom (1890-2012) [CEH-GEAR]. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/5dc179dc-f692-49ba-9326-a6893a503f6e
[THIS DATASET HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN]. 1 km gridded estimates of daily and monthly rainfall for Great-Britain and Northern Ireland (together with approximately 3000 km2 of catchment in the Republic of Ireland) from 1890 to 2012. The rainfall estimates are derived from the Met Office national database of observed precipitation. To derive the estimates, monthly and daily (when complete month available) precipitation totals from the UK rain gauge network are used. The natural neighbour interpolation methodology, including a normalisation step based on average annual rainfall, was used to generate the daily and monthly estimates. The estimated rainfall on a given day refers to the rainfall amount precipitated in 24 hours between 9am on that day until 9am on the following day. The CEH-GEAR dataset has been developed according to the guidance provided in BS 7843-4:2012. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/5dc179dc-f692-49ba-9326-a6893a503f6e
Dr Virginie Keller
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
enquiries@ceh.ac.uk
pointOfContact
Dr Virginie Keller
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
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originator
Tanguy, M.
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
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author
Dixon, H.
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
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https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7415-063X
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Prosdocimi, I.
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
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https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8565-094X
ORCID record
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author
Morris, D.G.
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
enquiries@ceh.ac.uk
author
Keller, V.D.J.
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
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author
NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
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custodian
NERC Environmental Information Data Centre
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publisher
annually
The CEH-GEAR dataset is updated annually with rainfall estimates for each calendar year usually available around 11-12 months after year-end.
Meteorological geographical features
theme
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
2008-06-01
publication
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Superseded
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Licence terms and conditions apply
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If you reuse this data, you should cite: Tanguy, M., Dixon, H., Prosdocimi, I., Morris, D.G., Keller, V.D.J. (2014). Gridded estimates of daily and monthly areal rainfall for the United Kingdom (1890-2012) [CEH-GEAR]. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/5dc179dc-f692-49ba-9326-a6893a503f6e
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1890-01-01
2012-12-31
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1.8
49.1
60.1
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4.0
NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
info@eidc.ac.uk
distributor
https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/5dc179dc-f692-49ba-9326-a6893a503f6e.zip
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Supporting information available to assist in re-use of this dataset
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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
2010-12-08
The rainfall estimates are derived from the Met Office national database of observed precipitations. To derive the monthly estimates, monthly and daily (when complete month availabe) precipitation totals from the UK raingauge network are used. An additional quality control step (data already quality controlled by the Met Office) was introduced to check events greater than the 200 year return period. The natural neighbour interpolation methodology, including a normalisation step based on average annual rainfall (SAAR61-90), was used to generate the daily and monthly rainfall grids. The daily grids are adjusted so that the monthly totals calculated from those are in agreement with the monthly grids. As an indicator of the quality of the estimates, the dataset also contains for each grid generated a grid containing the distance to the closest raingauge used to interpolate the grid point. A grid containing the number of missing estimates for each year is also provided. The CEH-GEAR dataset has been developed according to the guidance provided in BS 7843-4:2012.