| Dataset Name | Brief Description | Original source/located from | Link to web page about it | Accessibility | Particular subset of data to be used | Other comments |
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| Hadcm3 |
Met Office Hadley Centre global climate model runs |
Hadley Centre via BADC |
http://badc.nerc.ac.uk/data/link/ |
available to NERC researchers - application required |
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| Hadrm3 |
Met Office Hadley Centre regional climate model runs |
Hadley Centre via BADC |
http://badc.nerc.ac.uk/data/link/ |
available to NERC researchers - application required |
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| RCM from PRUDENCE |
Regional climate model runs |
Prudence project hosted at DMI |
http://prudence.dmi.dk/ |
public |
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| MO precip obs |
MIDAS, Metoffice Daily Station Data, Precipitation |
Met Office via BADC |
http://badc.nerc.ac.uk/data/ukmo-midas/ |
available to NERC researchers - application required |
689 stations, 1900-2006 |
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| MIDAS |
Precipitation and temperature |
Met Office via BADC |
http://badc.nerc.ac.uk/data/ukmo-midas/ |
available to NERC researchers - application required |
1950-2007, All of UK |
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| Hadcm3 |
Precipitation and temperature as well as large-scale circulation data |
Met Office via BADC |
http://badc.nerc.ac.uk/data/link/ |
available to NERC researchers - application required |
1950-2100 |
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| Hadrm3 |
Precipitation and temperature as well as large-scale circulation data |
Met Office via BADC |
http://badc.nerc.ac.uk/data/link/ |
available to NERC researchers - application required |
1950-2100 |
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| ERA40 |
Precipitation and temperature as well as large-scale circulation data |
ECMWF via BADC |
http://badc.nerc.ac.uk/data/ecmwf-e40/ |
available to NERC researchers - application required |
1950-2007, Northwest Europe |
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| ENSEMBLES |
Precipitation and temperature as well as large-scale circulation data from a number of RCMs |
ENSEMBLES |
http://www.ensembles-eu.org/ |
available to NERC researchers - application required |
1950-2100 |
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| Discharge |
Discharge data (9 stations) in the Severn catchment |
Environment Agency |
N/A |
available to NERC researchers - application required |
1952-2007 (depending on the gauge) |
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| DEM |
Digital elevation data |
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| Landuse |
Landuse data |
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| SAR |
Ellipsoid geocoded ERS-2 and ASAR satellite images |
ESA |
http://earth.esa.int/dataproducts |
Images can be obtained free of charge following a successful category-1 proposal, or purchased. |
2003-2006, Morecambe Bay and Dee estuary, NW England. |
Images can be browsed at http://earth.esa.int/resources/catalogues. ESA defined format. |
| LiDAR |
Airborne LiDAR images of elevation |
EA |
http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/science/monitoring/131047 |
An application form must be completed. A fee may be payable. |
2003-2006, Morecambe Bay and Dee estuary, NW England |
Ascii or JPEG |
| Swath bathymetry |
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EA |
see LiDAR |
see LiDAR above |
July 2003, main channel of Dee estuary. |
see LiDAR above |
| Swath bathymetry |
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HR Wallingford and Bridge Across the Bay |
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Special agreement |
February 2005, Morecambe Bay |
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| X-band radar |
Images of sea-clutter (waves) |
POL |
http://cobs.pol.ac.uk/cobs/radar |
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Lower Dee estuary, around Hilbre Island |
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| Beach transects |
Intertidal bathymetry along beach transects |
EA |
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Lincolnshire Coast |
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| 5km climate |
UK time series of rainfall on 5km grid |
Met Office |
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Apply to Met Office |
UK, 1951-2000 daily rainfall data |
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| RCM |
Hadley Centre RCM data |
Met Office |
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Apply to Met Office |
UK, ensemble of baselines and future time periods |
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| PE |
MORECS potential evaporation data |
Met Office |
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Apply to Met Office |
Britain |
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| Hi-Flows |
Flood Peak data set |
EA |
http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/hiflowsuk/ |
Public |
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| UKCIP08 |
Climate Scenarios |
DEFRA/UKCIP08 |
http://www.ukcip.org.uk/scenarios/ukcip08/what_is_ukcip08.asp |
Public upon launch of UKCIP08 |
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| River flows |
Hourly river flow records |
Environment Agency |
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Application required |
Data for two locations |
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| Rainfalls |
Hourly rainfall records |
Environment Agency |
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Application required |
Data for two locations |
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| MORECS |
Monthly soil moisture data |
Met Office |
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/water/morecs.html |
Application required |
Data for two locations |
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| Sea levels |
Hourly total and residual sea level data |
British Oceanographic Data Centre |
http://www.bodc.ac.uk/data/where_to_find_data/ |
Application required |
Data for two locations |
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| ECMWF global |
medium-range forecasts |
ECMWF via BADC |
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available to NERC researchers - application required |
(2007-present) |
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| ECMWF ERA-40 |
reanalysis data |
ECMWF via BADC |
http://badc.nerc.ac.uk/data/ecmwf-e40/ |
available to NERC researchers - application required |
(1957-2002) |
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| NCEP GENS forecasts |
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NCEP |
http://www.nco.ncep.noaa.gov/pmb/products/gens/ |
public |
(2007-present) |
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| MIDAS |
raingauge data |
Met Office via BADC |
http://badc.nerc.ac.uk/data/ukmo-midas/ |
available to NERC researchers - application required |
(1853-present) |
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| NCDC |
global summary of day |
NCDC |
http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/ncdc.html |
public |
(1929-present) |
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| NIMROD |
radar data |
Met Office via BADC |
http://badc.nerc.ac.uk/data/nimrod/ |
available to NERC researchers - application required |
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| EA raingauge data* |
Thames Valley raingauges |
Environment Agency |
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(1970-2006) |
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| EA LiDAR |
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Environment Agency |
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| EA Sonar |
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Environment Agency |
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| EA raingauge data* |
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Environment Agency |
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(about 20 sites * 5 years * 15 minute time steps). |
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| EA Warer level measurement |
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Environment Agency |
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(about 20 sites * 5 years * 15 minute time steps). |
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| NERC ARSF |
Aircraft data |
NEODC |
http://www.neodc.rl.ac.uk/ |
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| MO radars |
radar data |
Met Office via BADC |
http://badc.nerc.ac.uk/data/nimrod/ |
available to NERC researchers - application required |
Clee Hill, Dean Hill and Cobbacombe |
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| CSIP data |
Data from CSIP project |
BADC |
http://badc.nerc.ac.uk/data/ufam/csip/ |
available to NERC researchers - application required |
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| Chilbolton radars |
Data from Chilbolton radars |
BADC |
http://badc.nerc.ac.uk/data/chilbolton/ |
available to NERC researchers - application required |
SE England |
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| MOGREPS |
Ensemble prediction system |
Met Office |
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(archived at Reading since 2005) |
| Raingauge data |
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Met Office via BADC |
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available to NERC researchers - application required |
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| probabalistic rainfall forecasts. |
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Met Office |
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| River flows/levels observations |
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| groundwater levels and soil moisture data |
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| LOCAR data |
Data from LOCAR project |
BGS/CEH |
http://www.nwl.ac.uk/locar/main.htm |
Data available to LOCAR project partners |
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| Groundwater level data |
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CEH |
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| FLOOD1 data |
Data from FLOOD1 project |
BGS |
http://www.flood1.info/ |
Data available to FLOOD1 project partners |
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| Data from EA for Hampshire flooding |
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Environment Agency |
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Hampshire |
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| NRSI |
spatial distribution of soil hydraulic properties and specific chalk parameters |
CEH |
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| ECMWF |
historic driving data |
ECMWF via BADC |
http://badc.nerc.ac.uk/data/ecmwf-op/ |
available to NERC researchers - application required |
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| ERA40 |
reanalysis data |
ECMWF via BADC |
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available to NERC researchers - application required |
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| UM |
mesoscale winds 12km grid |
Met Office via BADC |
http://badc.nerc.ac.uk/data/um/ |
available to NERC researchers - application required |
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| LEACOAST, and LEACOAST2 data |
data from these EPSRC projects |
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http://pcwww.liv.ac.uk/civilCRG/leacoast/ |
Data available only to LEACOAST participants |
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* EA raingauge data is supplied to EA by Met Office and is available through MIDAS (