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Dimensionless hyetographs and statistics of annual-maximum rainfall events in Great Britain, from historical rain gauge records
This dataset contains over 72,000 event hyetographs associated with rainstorms that contain Annual Maximum rainfall (AMAX) values for durations between 5-min and 24-hr for a set of ~1,300 rain gauges in Great Britain. The record length and completeness varies on a gauge-by-gauge basis, the median record length is 19 years and the processed record ends in 06/2018. Note that a rainstorm may have a different duration to the associated AMAX value, e.g., a 24-hr AMAX total may be caused by an 18.25-hr event. Further note that multiple AMAX totals may be embedded within a single rainstorm, e.g., Storm Desmond can be associated with the 2-, 3-, 6-, 12- and 24-hr AMAX totals for 2009 recorded at Honister Pass. Each hyetograph is accompanied by summary statistics corresponding to the underlying rainstorm and associated AMAX totals. This dataset enables the study of the temporal characteristics of rainfall as well as more general studies regarding the climatology of AMAX-causing events in GB. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/3d20ce5a-9115-4ad3-a55c-d51d66863757
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- Date (Publication)
- 2023-12-20
- Citation identifier
- https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/3d20ce5a-9115-4ad3-a55c-d51d66863757
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- doi: / 10.5285/3d20ce5a-9115-4ad3-a55c-d51d66863757
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Villalobos Herrera, R., Blenkinsop, S., Guerreiro, S.B., Dale, M., Faulkner, D., Fowler, H.J. (2023). Dimensionless hyetographs and statistics of annual-maximum rainfall events in Great Britain, from historical rain gauge records. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/3d20ce5a-9115-4ad3-a55c-d51d66863757
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role Universidad de Costa Rica Villalobos Herrera, R. Author Newcastle University Blenkinsop, S. Author Newcastle University Guerreiro, S.B. Author JBA Consulting
Dale, M. Author JBA Consulting
Faulkner, D. Author Newcastle University Fowler, H.J.
Author NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre Custodian NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre Publisher Universidad de Costa Rica Villalobos Herrera, R. Owner Universidad de Costa Rica Villalobos Herrera, R. Point of contact
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GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
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If you reuse this data, you should cite: Villalobos Herrera, R., Blenkinsop, S., Guerreiro, S.B., Dale, M., Faulkner, D., Fowler, H.J. (2023). Dimensionless hyetographs and statistics of annual-maximum rainfall events in Great Britain, from historical rain gauge records. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/3d20ce5a-9115-4ad3-a55c-d51d66863757
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- Text, table
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- 10 urn:ogc:def:uom:EPSG::9001
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- English
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- UTF8
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- Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere
- Inland waters
- End date
- 2018-06-30
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- WGS 84
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Name Version Comma-separated values (CSV)
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
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Protocol Linkage Name https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/data/3d20ce5a-9115-4ad3-a55c-d51d66863757 Download the data
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Protocol Linkage Name https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/3d20ce5a-9115-4ad3-a55c-d51d66863757.zip Supporting information
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Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services
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- 2010-12-08
- Statement
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Rainfall event hyetographs are derived from quality-controlled rain gauge observations with sub-hourly resolution collected by the England Environment Agency (EA), Natural Resources Wales (NRW) and the Scottish Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA). Each hyetograph corresponds to an Annual Maximum rainfall (AMAX) event registered at each rain gauge for durations ranging from 5-min up to 24-hr. Multiple AMAX values with different durations may map onto a single hyetograph. The sub-hourly data was quality controlled prior to AMAX and hyetograph using methods derived for the QC of CEH-GEAR1hr and the Global Sub Daily Rainfall dataset (GSDR), as well as additional checks that leverage the sub-hourly nature of the dataset. AMAX rainfall totals for 5-, 10-, 15-, 30-min and 1-, 2-, 3-, 6-, 12-, 24-hr durations were calculated using rolling window sums. The event hyetograph for each AMAX total was then extracted from the original sub-hourly time series and converted to uniform duration series. The final dataset consists of the event time series, provided as cumulative rainfall hyetographs for each event, as well as event metadata including summary statistics and a list of associated AMAX totals.
Metadata
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- 3d20ce5a-9115-4ad3-a55c-d51d66863757 XML
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- English
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- 8859 Part 1
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- 2025-03-21T12:34:12
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- UK GEMINI
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2.3
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre Point of contact
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