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MIDAS: UK Sub-hourly Rainfall Data

The UK sub-hourly rainfall data describe rainfall tip amounts with a time resolution of one minute, from SSER (Solid State Event Recorder) messages from 137 UK observation stations. The data spans from 1986 to 2005.

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Date (Publication)
2006-07-26T15:10:32
Date (Creation)
2006-07-26T15:10:32
Citation identifier
https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/455f0dd48613dada7bfb0ccfcb7a7d41
Citation identifier
NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) / 455f0dd48613dada7bfb0ccfcb7a7d41
Point of contact
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

Met Office

enquiries@metoffice.gov.uk

Author

NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)

badc@rl.ac.uk

Custodian

NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)

badc@rl.ac.uk

Distributor

Met Office

enquiries@metoffice.gov.uk

Principal investigator

NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)

badc@rl.ac.uk

pointofContact

NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)

badc@rl.ac.uk

Publisher
Maintenance and update frequency
Not planned
Update scope
Dataset
Keywords
  • Met Office

  • MIDAS

  • UK

  • meteorology

  • sub-hourly

  • rainfall

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

  • atmospheric conditions

Access constraints
Other restrictions
Other constraints
These data have multiple licences for different applications. Always make sure to read the appropriate licence for full data usage limitations details. Other usage may not be permitted. Restricted data: please submit an application using the REQUEST ACCESS link for access.
Use constraints
Other restrictions
Other constraints
Under the following licence https://artefacts.ceda.ac.uk/licences/specific_licences/ukmo_agreement.pdf, appropriate use of these data may fall under academic use. This message is intended as guidance, always read the full licence. When using these data you must cite them correctly using the citation given on the CEDA Data Catalogue record.
Other constraints
Under the following licence https://artefacts.ceda.ac.uk/licences/specific_licences/ukmo_agreement_gov.pdf, appropriate use of these data may fall under policy use. This message is intended as guidance, always read the full licence. When using these data you must cite them correctly using the citation given on the CEDA Data Catalogue record.
Spatial representation type
Grid
Language
English
Topic category
  • Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere
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Begin date
1986-01-01T00:00:00
End date
2005-03-31T23:00:00
Unique resource identifier
WGS 84
Distribution format
Name Version

Data are ASCII formatted

Distributor contact
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)

badc@rl.ac.uk

Distributor
OnLine resource
Protocol Linkage Name
https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/455f0dd48613dada7bfb0ccfcb7a7d41

CEDA Data Catalogue Page

OnLine resource
Protocol Linkage Name
http://data.ceda.ac.uk/badc/ukmo-midas/data/RS

DOWNLOAD

OnLine resource
Protocol Linkage Name
https://artefacts.ceda.ac.uk/badc_datadocs/ukmo-midas/Headers/RS_Column_Headers.csv

Link to column headings in comma separated text file

OnLine resource
Protocol Linkage Name
https://artefacts.ceda.ac.uk/badc_datadocs/ukmo-midas/Headers/RS_Column_Headers.xlsx

Link to column headings in Excel file

OnLine resource
Protocol Linkage Name
https://artefacts.ceda.ac.uk/badc_datadocs/ukmo-midas/RS_Table.html

UK Sub-Hourly rainfall Table details

OnLine resource
Protocol Linkage Name
https://zenodo.org/record/7357325

MIDAS User Guide version v20200921

OnLine resource
Protocol Linkage Name
https://artefacts.ceda.ac.uk/badc_datadocs/ukmo-midas/ukmo_guide.html#6.2

Information on versioning in MIDAS data

OnLine resource
Protocol Linkage Name
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7357248

Met Office MIDAS Quick User Guide

Hierarchy level
Dataset

Conformance result

Title

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

Date (Publication)
2010-12-08
Statement

Data collated by the Met Office and archived in the Met Office's MIDAS database. Data are extracted from a sub-set of available tables and delivered to BADC approximately on a monthly basis as flat files.

Metadata

File identifier
455f0dd48613dada7bfb0ccfcb7a7d41 XML
Metadata language
English
Character set
UTF8
Parent identifier
Met Office Integrated Data Archive System (MIDAS) Land and Marine Surface Stations Data (1853-current)

220a65615218d5c9cc9e4785a3234bd0

Hierarchy level
Dataset
Date stamp
2026-02-05T03:00:31
Metadata standard name
UK GEMINI
Metadata standard version

2.3

Metadata author
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)

badc@rl.ac.uk

Point of contact
 
 

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Keywords

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

atmospheric conditions


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