Gridded (1km) physical river characteristics for the UK v2
bibliographic citation: Davies, H.N., Rameshwaran, P., Bell, V.A. (2022). Gridded (1km) physical river characteristics for the UK v2. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/8df65124-68e9-4c68-8659-1c6b82c735e9
description: The dataset includes six files of UK physical river characteristics including five files of gridded data at 1 km x 1 km resolution and one comma separated table. The data includes: • Drainage directions (D8 flow method), ESRI coding • Drainage directions (D8 flow method), unifhy (python hydrology framework) coding • Catchment areas (km2) • Widths of bankfull rivers (m) • Depths of bankfull rivers (m) • NRFA gauging station locations (easting (m), northing (m)) Two versions of drainage directions are provided, both have the same drainage directions but different numbering systems. The comma separated NRFA (National River Flow Archive) gauging station locations table provides the best locations of 1499 river flow gauging stations on the 1km grids, together with the approximate error in the 1km × 1km gridded delineation of the upstream catchment area. All datasets are provided on the British National Grid.
provenance: ProvenanceStatement
  label: The 1 km x 1 km outflow drainage direction and catchment areas datasets are generated from a 50 m x 50 m resolution digital terrain: IHDTM (Integrated Hydrological Digital Terrain Model). Bankfull river widths on a 1 km x 1 km grid are generated using the OS MasterMap Water Network Layer width data in a regression relationship with catchment area and rainfall characteristics. The 1km × 1km gridded bankfull river depth dataset is generated using observed measurements from a range of sources in a regression relationship with catchment area and rainfall characteristics. Finally, the NRFA (National River Flow Archive) gauging station location dataset on a 1 km x 1 km grid is generated by identifying the location (easting, northing) on the catchment areas dataset that best represents the true gauging station location. An indication of the quality of these data is provided by the percentage error between the 1km-derived and the IHDTM catchment areas. See supporting information for more details.
spatial: Location
publisher: NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
subject: Hydrology
subject: UK
subject: Drainage directions
subject: drainage
subject: hydrology
type: Dataset
available: 2022-11-08
landing page: https://doi.org/10.5285/8df65124-68e9-4c68-8659-1c6b82c735e9
license: OGL-UK-3.0.ttl
access rights: UNRS
theme: Hydrology
distribution:
  access URL: https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/data/8df65124-68e9-4c68-8659-1c6b82c735e9
  license: OGL-UK-3.0.ttl
  access rights: UNRS
  format: NetCDF
creator: Davies, H.N.
creator: Rameshwaran, P.
creator: Bell, V.A.
language: en

Davies, H.N.
type: Person
family name: Davies
given name: H.N.
member: UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology

NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
type: Organization

Davies, H.N.
type: Person
family name: Davies
given name: H.N.
member: UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology

Rameshwaran, P.
type: Person
family name: Rameshwaran
given name: P.
member: UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology

Bell, V.A.
type: Person
family name: Bell
given name: V.A.
member: UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology

Hydrology
type: Concept

drainage
type: Concept

hydrology
type: Concept

UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
type: Organization