Gridded estimates of daily and monthly areal rainfall for the United Kingdom (1890-2017) [CEH-GEAR]
THIS DATASET HAS BEEN SUPERSEDED. The latest version is Gridded estimates of daily and monthly areal rainfall for the United Kingdom (1890-2019) [CEH-GEAR]
Dataset has been updated for 2018 and 2019
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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 2017. 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.
Publication date: 2019-05-16
Where/When
- Study area
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- Temporal extent
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1890-01-01 to 2017-12-31
Provenance & quality
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.
This version of the CEH-GEAR dataset differs from the previous version (1890-2015) only by temporal coverage. That is, previous years' data have not been modified.
This version of the CEH-GEAR dataset differs from the previous version (1890-2015) only by temporal coverage. That is, previous years' data have not been modified.
Citations
Barnes, A, McCullen, N & Kjeldsen, T. (2019). Atmospheric origins of extreme rainfall in the UK. Paper presented at 4th IMA International Conference on Flood Risk, Swansea, UK United Kingdom, 12/09/19 - 13/09/19
https://researchportal.bath.ac.uk/en/publications/atmospheric-origins-of-extreme-rainfall-in-the-uk
Correspondence/contact details
Dr Maliko Tanguy
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
Other contacts
- Custodian
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NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centreinfo@eidc.ac.uk
- Publisher
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NERC Environmental Information Data Centreinfo@eidc.ac.uk
- Rights Holder
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UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrologyenquiries@ceh.ac.uk
Additional metadata
- Topic categories
- Climatology / Meteorology / Atmosphere
- Keywords
- Climate and climate change, United Kingdom
- INSPIRE Theme
- Meteorological geographical features
- Spatial representation type
- Raster
- Spatial reference systems
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OSGB 1936 / British National Grid
OSNI 1952 / Irish National Grid - Last updated
- 15 November 2021 10:49