19c5dc39bb8c4c40a5643678c31168e7 English 8-bit variable size UCS Transfer Format, based on ISO/IEC 10646 5487380511084413a502c4b229273bc6 dataset NERC EDS Centre for Environmental Data Analysis 01235446432 RAL Space STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus Didcot OX11 0QX United Kingdom support@ceda.ac.uk pointOfContact 2026-07-12T05:24:37 UK GEMINI 2.3 WGS 84 Met Office Cardington: Land surface model (LSM) meteorological driving data, 2005-2024 2025-04-28T11:07:45 publication 2025-04-28T11:07:45 creation https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/19c5dc39bb8c4c40a5643678c31168e7 19c5dc39bb8c4c40a5643678c31168e7 NERC EDS Centre for Environmental Data Analysis 10.5285/19c5dc39bb8c4c40a5643678c31168e7 doi The Met Office Observation-based research Boundary Layer Facility, at the semi-rural field site (18 Ha) of Cardington (52° 06′ N, 00° 25′ W, 29 m ± 1 m amsl) in central-southern England between 2004 and 2024, compiled a forcing meteorological dataset for the Cardington site to drive the JULES standalone land surface model (LSM) that covers the whole year 2005-2024 data record, albeit only based on 30 min temporal resolution. JULES is the UK community LSM that is used in the Met Office Unified Model (MetUM) from short-range weather forecasts through to climate predictions, from global coverage down to a single point. JULES requires the following seven atmospheric input variables at every time step for it to able to run using prescribed meteorology from field observations: downwelling shortwave irradiance, downwelling longwave irradiance, rainfall, air temperature, mean horizontal wind, surface barometric pressure, and specific humidity. The drive dataset is a NetCDF file for each of the four drive heights (2, 10, 25 and 50 m), such that temperature, wind and humidity drive variables are taken from the different mast heights, with the pressure, radiation and rainfall remaining unchanged as they were only available from fixed levels (i.e. pressure at 1.2 m, downwelling radiation at 4 m, upwelling radiation at 2 m, and rainfall at the surface). The corresponding 4 files have the following temporal ranges: - 2 m drive height: 20120101-0000 to 20241231-2330 - 10 m drive height: 20050101-0000 to 20241231-2330 - 25 m drive height: 20050101-0000 to 20241231-2330 - 50 m drive height: 20050101-0000 to 20241231-2330 Times are in UTC. The 2 m level is limited to the whole years 2012–2024. Although the netCDF drive dataset has been configured to run with JULES, it should be straightforward to apply the data within it to other LSMs that can be run offline and forced by prescribed meteorology for a single point. A full list of NetCDF variables can be found in "Continuous meteorological surface and soil records (2004-2024) at the Met Office surface site of Cardington, UK." Osborne et al. ESSD (2025). This paper should be referenced in any research/publications pertaining to this dataset. To ensure optimal traceability and transparency of data, comprehensive metadata is included. Met Office author 0370 900 0100 Met Office FitzRoy Road Exeter EX1 3PB enquiries@metoffice.gov.uk author Osborne, Simon Unavailable author Unavailable author Weedon, Graham Unavailable author Unavailable author NERC EDS Centre for Environmental Data Analysis custodian 01235446432 RAL Space STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus Didcot OX11 0QX United Kingdom support@ceda.ac.uk custodian NERC EDS Centre for Environmental Data Analysis distributor 01235446432 RAL Space STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus Didcot OX11 0QX United Kingdom support@ceda.ac.uk distributor Brooke, Jennifer Unavailable principal_investigator Unavailable principalInvestigator Price, Jeremy Unavailable principal_investigator Unavailable principalInvestigator NERC EDS Centre for Environmental Data Analysis point_of_contact 01235446432 RAL Space STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus Didcot OX11 0QX United Kingdom support@ceda.ac.uk pointofContact NERC EDS Centre for Environmental Data Analysis publisher 01235446432 RAL Space STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus Didcot OX11 0QX United Kingdom support@ceda.ac.uk publisher notPlanned dataset land surface model LSM JULES driving data downwelling shortwave irradiance downwelling longwave irradiance rainfall air temperature mean horizontal wind surface barometric pressure specific humidity Cardington Met Office atmospheric conditions theme GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-06-01 publication otherRestrictions Public data: access to these data is available to both registered and non-registered users. otherRestrictions Under the following licence http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/, appropriate use of these data may fall under any use. 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When using these data you must cite them correctly using the citation given on the CEDA Data Catalogue record. grid English climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere -0.42161 -0.42161 52.10469 52.10469 2005-01-01T00:00:00 2024-12-31T23:30:00 Data are NetCDF formatted NERC EDS Centre for Environmental Data Analysis Data Center Contact 01235446432 RAL Space STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus Didcot OX11 0QX United Kingdom support@ceda.ac.uk distributor https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/19c5dc39bb8c4c40a5643678c31168e7 CEDA Data Catalogue Page Detail and access information for the resource information http://data.ceda.ac.uk/badc/ukmo-cardington/data/complete-collection/land-surface-derived DOWNLOAD Download Data download dataset 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 2010-12-08 Data were collected by the Met Office Meteorological Research Unit, Cardington, during its operational period. These data have been standardised for the production of this dataset, following similar file metadata conventions for all associated datasets within the continuous hydro-meteorological record (2004-2024) at the Met Office surface site of Cardington, UK Dataset Collection, as described more fully within Osborne et al., (2025). This standardisation approach addressed, where possible, any known data and metadata issues. Data were then deposited at the Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) for long-term archival.