Environment Agency 15-minute rainfall data
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This dataset is available under the terms of the Open Government Licence v3.0
This dataset contains 15-minute resolution data from the Environment Agency (EA) network of rain gauges from across England to support large scale analysis, as part of the Floods and Droughts Research Infrastructure (FDRI). Initially this dataset includes only stations in and around the FDRI Chess catchment, but this will be extended in the future to include all available gauges.
Historic data has been acquired from the EA either via the Hydrology Data Explorer (API) or through manual request, under the licence conditions outlined in 'Licensing and constraints'. Stations available via API are updated on an ongoing basis. In the future, quality control will be applied as part of FDRI developments. A link to the definitive source for this data, including for access, ownership and terms of use, is provided in the 'Supplemental information' below.
Historic data has been acquired from the EA either via the Hydrology Data Explorer (API) or through manual request, under the licence conditions outlined in 'Licensing and constraints'. Stations available via API are updated on an ongoing basis. In the future, quality control will be applied as part of FDRI developments. A link to the definitive source for this data, including for access, ownership and terms of use, is provided in the 'Supplemental information' below.
Formats
Comma-separated values (CSV), parquet
Spatial information
Study area
Spatial representation type
Tabular (text)
Spatial reference systems
WGS 84
OSGB 1936 / British National Grid
OSGB 1936 / British National Grid
Temporal information
Temporal resolution
15 minute
Provenance & quality
Historic data was collated from the EA Hydrology Data Explorer (API). A number of stations were manually requested and data received by email. Data is read from the EA API and appended on an hourly basis. No quality control has yet been applied but automated QC will be applied as part of FDRI in the future.
Licensing and constraints
This dataset is available under the terms of the Open Government Licence v3.0 
Supplemental information
This is the definitive source for accessing this dataset, its information, and its conditions for use. Please follow the owner's instructions for using and citing these data.
Correspondence/contact details
FDRI
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Maclean Building, Benson Lane, Crowmarsh Gifford
Wallingford
Oxfordshire
OX10 8BB
UNITED KINGDOM
enquiries@ceh.ac.uk
Wallingford
Oxfordshire
OX10 8BB
UNITED KINGDOM