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# Dataset Card for UK Nimrod 1km Rainfall Radar Dataset
## Table of Contents
- [Dataset Description](#dataset-description)
- [Dataset Summary](#dataset-summary)
- [Supported Tasks](#supported-tasks-and-leaderboards)
- [Languages](#languages)
- [Dataset Structure](#dataset-structure)
- [Data Instances](#data-instances)
- [Data Fields](#data-instances)
- [Data Splits](#data-instances)
- [Dataset Creation](#dataset-creation)
- [Curation Rationale](#curation-rationale)
- [Source Data](#source-data)
- [Annotations](#annotations)
- [Personal and Sensitive Information](#personal-and-sensitive-information)
- [Considerations for Using the Data](#considerations-for-using-the-data)
- [Social Impact of Dataset](#social-impact-of-dataset)
- [Discussion of Biases](#discussion-of-biases)
- [Other Known Limitations](#other-known-limitations)
- [Additional Information](#additional-information)
- [Dataset Curators](#dataset-curators)
- [Licensing Information](#licensing-information)
- [Citation Information](#citation-information)
## Dataset Description
- **Homepage:** https://github.com/deepmind/deepmind-research/tree/master/nowcasting
- **Repository:** https://huggingface.co/datasets/openclimatefix/nimrod-uk-1km
- **Paper:** [Skillful Precipitation Nowcasting using Deep Generative Models of Radar, Ravuri et al. 2021](https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-021-03854-z)
- **Leaderboard:** [Needs More Information]
- **Point of Contact:** [Jacob Bieker](mailto:[email protected])
### Dataset Summary
This dataset contains UK Nimrod rainfall radar data for 2016-2019 as used in the Skillful Precipitation Nowcasting Using Deep Generative Model of Radar paper by DeepMind. This dataset is an unofficial mirror of the open sourced dataset available here: gs://dm-nowcasting/datasets/nowcasting_open_source_osgb/nimrod_osgb_1000m_yearly_splits/radar/20200718
### Supported Tasks and Leaderboards
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### Languages
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## Dataset Structure
### Data Instances
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### Data Fields
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### Data Splits
The train data is all days except the first of each month for 2016-2018. The validation is the first of every month for 2016-2018. The test data is all of 2019.
## Dataset Creation
### Curation Rationale
This dataset was originally created for training a generative model for forecasting rainfall percipitation.
### Source Data
#### Initial Data Collection and Normalization
DeepMind initially collected the data from the UK Met Office and post processed it into this dataset.
#### Who are the source language producers?
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### Annotations
#### Annotation process
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#### Who are the annotators?
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### Personal and Sensitive Information
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## Considerations for Using the Data
### Social Impact of Dataset
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### Discussion of Biases
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### Other Known Limitations
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## Additional Information
### Dataset Curators
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### Licensing Information
The provided post-processed nowcasting dataset is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License and it contains public sector information licensed by the Met Office under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
### Citation Information
Cite DeepMind, and the authors of [Skillful Precipitation Nowcasting using Deep Generative Models of Radar, Ravuri et al. 2021](https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-021-03854-z).