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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)
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- **Point of Contact:** [Jacob Bieker](mailto:jacob@openclimatefix.org)

### 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).