{"access":"Current and historical publications can be freely accessed from the website https://nrfa.ceh.ac.uk/nhmp \nPress and Media enquiries should be directed to the UKCEH Press Office","capabilities":"Produces monthly Hydrological Summaries for the UK: This regular report describes the hydrological conditions during the preceding month, using the data holdings of the National River Flow Archive (maintained by UKCEH) and National Groundwater Level Archive (maintained by BGS). Focusing on rainfall, river flows, groundwater levels, soil moisture (using both Met Office and COSMOS-UK data) and reservoir stocks, it places the events of each month, and the conditions at the end of the month, in a historical context.  \nIt also produces blog posts, journal papers and occasional reports for particular drought and flood events, and undertakes trend assessments (e.g. assessing whether river flows or extreme events are changing over time).","description":"The purpose of the NHMP is to provide an authoritative voice on hydrological conditions across the UK, to place them in a historical context and, over time, identify and interpret any emerging hydrological trends","fundingSources":"The NHMP has received long-standing support as a key component of UKCEH's National Capability.  This is currently provided throurgh the UKSCAPE project (2018-2023).","id":"e6f4cba5-9a14-476f-a07c-c7a523293f2c","infrastructureCategory":{"value":"data","description":"Environmental data and information","infrastructureClass":"Digital infrastructures","uri":"http://vocabs.ceh.ac.uk/ri/data"},"infrastructureChallenge":[{"value":"Climate change: adaptation"}],"lifecycle":"The National Hydrological Monitoring Programme (NHMP) was started in 1988 and is undertaken jointly by the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology and the British Geological Survey.   From 1981 to 2010 the NHMP published annual hydrological reviews . First Hydrological Summary published in January 1989 – an unbroken monthly series which now spans three decades. In 2011 the UK Hydrological Reviews were superseded by quarterly UK Hydrological Bulletins. In 2020, operational monthly updates of the UK Water Resources Portal (see separate catalogue entry) were introduced following predecessors (UK Drought Portal) and a demonstrator phase. ","metadataDate":"2025-04-09T09:24:56","onlineResources":[{"url":"https://nrfa.ceh.ac.uk/nhmp","function":"website","type":"OTHER"}],"owners":[{"displayName":"Lucy Barker","organisationName":"UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology","organisationIdentifier":"https://ror.org/00pggkr55","role":"owner","email":"enquiries@ceh.ac.uk","address":{"city":"Wallingford"},"fullName":"Lucy Barker"}],"partners":"Rainfall data are provided by the Met Office, and soil moisture data are provided by the Met Office (MORECS) and COSMOS-UK.   River flow and groundwater level data are provided by the regional divisions of the EA, NRW, SEPA, the DfIR and the Northern Ireland Environment Agency.  Details of reservoir stocks are provided by the Water Service Companies, the EA, Scottish Water and Northern Ireland Water.","resourceIdentifiers":[{"code":"https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/e6f4cba5-9a14-476f-a07c-c7a523293f2c"}],"scienceArea":"Water Resources","title":"National Hydrological Monitoring Programme (NHMP)","type":"infrastructureRecord","uniqueness":"The information delivered by the NHMP is essential for improved water management strategies and its dissemination helps to increase public understanding of hydrological and water resources issues.  The NHMP delivers independent, objective hydrological expertise consistently at the national stage -- something that is highly valued and treasured for its unique place throughout the hydrological community.","uri":"https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/e6f4cba5-9a14-476f-a07c-c7a523293f2c","users":["The NHMP information is provided to a very wide range of users, including government agencies, regulators, the water industry, farmers, growers and range of other businesses, as well as the wider public and the media."]}