Introduction
Storms have had an increasing social and economic cost over recent years and are likely to be a main cause of loss of life or assets in the UK over the next few decades.
The Storm Risk Mitigation through Improved Prediction and Impact Modelling programme aims to improve short and longer term forecasting of storms and their impacts on catchments and coasts.
Storms Risk Mitigation is a NERC research programme 2009-2014. It has 3 sub projects :
Restricted Data Access - Directions for participants
Data Archive
Data and software supplied to the BADC by the projects will be stored in the
Storms Risk Mitigation data archive at the BADC. Data collected within the programme will be restricted to participants for a maximum of two years from the date of collection/production. Other datasets held at BADC and used by the programme participants may have separate access conditions.
Whilst data are restricted Storms Risk Mitigation Programme participants who wish to apply for access to restricted data should
- register as a BADC user — if you are
already a registered BADC user, skip this step; if you have forgotten your BADC user
ID and/or password, please contact the BADC helpdesk at
badc@rl.ac.uk;
- apply
for access to the Storms Risk Mitigation archive — you will be asked to abide
by the Storms Risk Mitigation Data Protocol clauses.
- Data providers should also apply
for access to the depositor group in order to upload data— you will be asked to abide
by the depositor conditions.
- Additional Met Office Nimrod radar data and unified model products have been collected for use by DIAMET participants. These are subject to the normal access conditions for these datasets.
- Apply for nimrod data
- Apply for UM data.
FTP Project space for participants
A secure project workspace, accessible by FTP, has been set up for use by Storms Risk Mitigation programme participants to facilitate the exchange of documents and preliminary data files. Please note this is separate from the data archive and validated, formatted data files should be subsequently be submitted to the ARCHIVE in the normal way.
To gain access the FTP-project-space you will need to be registered with BADC (See 1 above) and
The workspace can then be accessed by FTP to
ftp.badc.rl.ac.uk directory project_spaces/stormsrisk_ps. For help with FTP see the
BADC FTP guide. Access to view and download files may be obtained via your web browser using the URL
ftp://username@ftp.badc.rl.ac.uk (you will be prompted for your password) however to upload files you will need an FTP client.
Data availability and file formats
Instructions for data providers
To upload data to the ARCHIVE you will need to have access to the
depositor group - see 3) above.
You can then either FTP files to ftp.badc.rl.ac.uk directory incoming/stormsrisk or use the Stroms Risk file uploader to submit your files over the web.
For help with FTP see the BADC FTP guide.
For other support please contact the BADC help desk.
In general, model data should be formatted in CF compliant NetCDF files, although there will be exceptions (particularly PP and HDF will also be accepted). Documentation on formats and conventions is available from the BADC, which also provides links to downloadable free software packages to support NetCDF access.
Detailed metadata is normally incorporated fully into the header section of data files, although can be submitted separately if this is not practical. With the aim of providing a consistent way of describing atmospheric data sets, the BADC promotes the use of the NetCDF Climate and Forecast (CF) Metadata Convention. This is a standard dealing mainly with vocabulary rules for parameter names and units. Although this standard was developed with the NetCDF format in mind, it can be applied to any set of geophysical data, and probably extended to cover a much broader range of disciplines as well. The BADC requests that all metadata (especially that contained in file headers) be as close to CF compliance as practicable.
In addition to the standard metadata, investigators are encouraged to archive all relevant information electronically, including references, photographs, reports, etc.
Documentation and Links to further information and references
Documents relating to data in the Storms Risk Mitigation archive will be stored in the
CEDA document repository and available via the
documents directory in the archive
Who to contact
General queries about these pages or browsing the data should be directed to the
BADC Support Line.
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