UK Floods and Droughts Research Infrastructure (FDRI)
First UK-wide monitoring network for extreme weather impacts on water resources with real-time sensors. Backed by £40 million from NERC.
fdri.org.uk
At a glance
- Region
- United Kingdom (Europe)
- Coverage
- National
- Access
- Free
- Category
- Government
- Last updated
- 2025
What's inside
- Soil Moisture
- Rainfall
- River Flow
- Flood Monitoring
What you can do with it
Typical work that data of this type supports.
- 01
Hazard maps
Map flood-prone areas and who and what is exposed.
Because it has: Flood Monitoring
- 02
Model validation
Check flood models against observed events.
- 03
Design flows
Estimate 1-in-50 and 1-in-100 year floods for bridges, culverts and spillways.
Because it has: River Flow
Where AI adds value
Ideas for machine learning and AI agents built on this kind of data.
- 01
Flood extent from SAR
Segment flooded areas in radar imagery, even through cloud.
- 02
Depth estimates
Learn flood depth from terrain, rainfall and past events.
- 03
Flow forecasting
Train LSTM-style models on past records to forecast river levels and flow days ahead.
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- data.gov.uk - Hydrological Open Data (Environment Agency)Europe | Free
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- datamap.gov.wales - Natural Resources Wales River Levels APIEurope | Free
- European Drought ObservatoryEurope | Free
- BGS Aquifer Designation DataEurope | Limited
- BGS Depth to Groundwater Dataset (Great Britain)Europe | Paid
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