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Daily soil moisture maps for the UK (2016-2023) at 2 km resolution
The data consist of daily maps of volumetric soil moisture predicted by a model based on a network of cosmic-ray neutron sensors (COSMOS-UK), the National River Flow Archive (NRFA) and remotely-sensed data. Maps cover the UK and Ireland at 2 km resolution in the Ordnance Survey National Grid (OSGB) projection. Maps are produced in near-real time, lagging by about one week. Data are available from early 2016 to 2023, on a daily basis. The model was calibrated on a network of cosmic-ray neutron se
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What's in it
- Data offered docs-verified
- daily volumetric soil moisture maps
- Coverage docs-verified
- UK and Ireland · 2016-01-01 to 2023-12-31
- Resolution docs-verified
- 2000 m (2 km) spatial; 1 day temporal
- Update frequency docs-verified
- Near-real-time production, lagging by about one week; daily time steps
- Formats docs-verified
- TIFF
- Access docs-verified
- Open Government Licence (OGL); whole dataset downloadable as a zip package; no authentication listed
Useful for
- Use cases llm-inferred
- Antecedent soil moisture context for FRA runoff and catchment wetness assessment · Soil moisture inputs for peatland or greenhouse gas ecosystem modelling in ecology assessments · Regional wetness baseline for drainage strategy and SuDS infiltration context
- Audience llm-inferred
- flood consultants · hydrologists · ecologists · GIS analysts · drainage engineers
Limitations
- Constraints docs-verified
- NRFA input data cover Great Britain only; estimates in Ireland and continental Europe are less accurate · Gaps in meteorological and remote sensing input time series mean no data for those days · Modelled product, not direct measurement; calibrated on a network of cosmic-ray neutron sensors · Time series ends 2023-12-31 per the stated temporal extent
- Licence
- Open government licence
- Authentication
- Unknown — review source docs
- GitHub stars
- Unknown
- Last commit
- Unknown
- Last successful page check
- 16/10/2026
- Page health
- healthy
- Package
- Not recorded
- Verification
- Not independently verified
Provenance & evidence
Listed in ukceh-eidc public catalogue API on 2026-10-16; relevance/value screened (haiku).
Metadata observed 14/10/2026 · research sweep: sweep-2026-10-16 (ukceh-eidc)