HR Wallingford was previously the Hydraulics Research Station (HRS) . It was created by the UK Department of Scientific and Industrial Research in 1947. The Research Station was based in Wallingford , near Oxford. It was established to deal with “looser boundary” problems such as coastal erosion , flood protection and the silting and scouring of rivers, estuaries and harbours. The Hydraulics Research Station was housed at Howbery Park as a government establishment until 1982, when it was privatised from the Department of the Environment to become Hydraulics Research Station Limited. It is known as HR Wallingford. During its existence, HRS contributed to advance hydraulics research. It also worked on water-related projects in the UK and around the world.
20-625: 1945 - The Institution of Civil Engineers submitted a proposal to the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research on the need for a hydraulics research station in the UK. 1947 – DSIR Hydraulic Research Organisation formed in London 1951 – Hydraulics Research Station established in Wallingford 1965 – Re-organisation into Ministry of Technology. Hydrological Research Unit transferred to
40-906: A data analysis team at the Plymouth Marine Laboratory and archived at the National Earth Observation Data Centre (NEODC). Currently the NERC ARF provides radiometrically corrected hyperspectral data from the AISA Fenix and Owl instruments; ground height information from the Leica ALS50-II; and digital photography. NERC Data Centres The Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) has seven subject-based environmental data centres (EDCs) to store and distribute data from its own research programmes and data that are of general use to
60-463: A position where it will supply its data for free for all teaching and research activities, apart from large or complex requests where they may make a nominal handling charge. The NERC Science Information Strategy (SIS) was created to provide the framework for NERC to work more closely and effectively with its scientific communities, both internal and external, in delivering data and information management services to support its five-year science strategy,
80-625: Is now the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology , part of the Natural Environment Research Council . Hydraulics Natural Environment Research Council The Natural Environment Research Council ( NERC ) is a British research council that supports research, training and knowledge transfer activities in the environmental sciences. NERC began in 1965 when several environmental (mainly geographic) research organisations (including Nature Conservancy which became
100-543: The Natural Environment Research Council and later to become Institute of Hydrology and then Centre for Ecology and Hydrology 1971 – Transfer to the Department of the Environment 1982 – Privatisation to create Hydraulics Research Station Limited - a company limited by guarantee. 1983 – Hydraulics Research Limited 1991 - HR Wallingford Limited HRS started doing research in the tidal Thames Estuary in 1947. At this time HRO (Hydraulic Research Organisation)
120-564: The Nature Conservancy Council in 1973 and was divided up in 1991) were brought under the one umbrella organisation . When most research councils were re-organised in 1994, it had new responsibilities – Earth observation and science-developed archaeology . Collaboration between research councils increased in 2002 when Research Councils UK was formed. The council's head office is at Polaris House in Swindon , alongside
140-404: The environmental sciences , to advance knowledge of planet Earth as a complex, interacting system. The council's work covers the full range of atmospheric , Earth, biological , terrestrial and aquatic sciences , from the deep oceans to the upper atmosphere , and from the geographical poles to the equator . NERC's mission is to gather and apply knowledge, create understanding and predict
160-646: The 1968 flood in Somerset from such actions as the Plynlimon Hafren and Gwy forest and grassland catchments of 1965 under the auspices of James McCulloch (civil engineering) and John C Rodda (hydrometerology and catchments), to operate several units Northumberland, Thetford, Plynlimon, and was moved to Crowmarsh Gifford as the Institute of Hydrology, in part concerning itself with a mass Flood analysis using existing River Authority data (1975). The Institute
180-662: The NERC Data Catalog Service. As of 2018 CEDA hosts the NERC Data Catalog Service, data may also be cataloged from certain NERC Data Centres and also at data.gov.uk . Access to these data is freely available to students, researchers and stakeholders, as well as business users and policy makers, to help them understand the environment in which we live. Each data centre works to build user confidence, using common data formats and noting sources, contexts, and degrees of accuracy. They combine expertise in
200-545: The Next Generation Science for Planet Earth 2007–2012. The Science Information Strategy is being implemented in three phases, beginning April 2010. Each of these phases will be made up of a number of smaller projects. Project/Phase 1 will concentrate on determining user requirements, documenting existing holdings, agreeing an information architecture, updating the NERC Data Policy and improving
220-484: The behaviour of the natural environment and its resources , and communicate all aspects of the council's work. The British Meteorological Office is not part of NERC. The NERC Airborne Research Facility ( ARF ) collects and processes remotely sensed data for use by the scientific community. Data are collected from one of four Twin Otter research aircraft (or a Dash 7) operated by British Antarctic Survey, processed by
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#1732773003174240-610: The company launched an LNG carrier mooring tool called SHIPMOOR . HRS established the Hydrological Research Unit for the purpose of River catchment research and engineering and co-operation with other government offices such as the : - Soil Survey of England and Wales (JP Bell) - the Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food, - the River Authority (1963 Act). The work expanded greatly after
260-451: The environmental research community. These data centres are sometimes called the NERC designated Data Centres. The NERC Environmental Data Centres and their areas of responsibility are as follows: The data centres hold data from environmental scientists working in the UK and around the world. They provide access to a comprehensive data and information resource about our environment, through
280-465: The issues examined and the techniques developed in this pre-computer age formed a remarkably good base from which the modern range and scope of studies have been developed. This has determined the framework for an understanding of the many processes that operate within the tidal Thames Estuary. In 1968 of hydraulic studies were funded to understand how a barrier across the Thames would affect the levels of
300-623: The long-term management of data and provide access to NERC's holdings of environmental data. The Data Policy is consistent with legal frameworks, such as the Environmental Information Regulations 2004, the INSPIRE Regulations 2009 and contractual arrangements with other bodies where, for example, NERC holds data on their behalf but does not own the intellectual property rights. To reflect NERC's continuing commitment to openness and transparency in
320-499: The other six Research Councils. NERC's research centres provide leadership to the UK environmental science community and play significant and influential roles in international science collaborations. It also supports a number of collaborative centres of excellence and subject-based designated Environmental Data Centres for the storage and distribution of environmental data. The Natural Environment Research Council delivers independent research, survey, training and knowledge transfer in
340-528: The research process, and in support of the government's developing agenda on open access to public data, the NERC Data Policy has been substantially revised, and this new version of NERC's Data Policy came into force in January 2011. The NERC charging regime recognises two classes of data: The licence charges that NERC can levy for the supply of data and information are governed by HM Treasury guidance and Government regulations. During 2010 NERC aimed to move to
360-553: The river and change the movement of silt, although at that time no particular site had been chosen. This would lead to the creation of stations to monitor the measure and the studies were not complete until 1981. The Thames barrier was designed by Rendel, Palmer and Tritton for the Greater London Council and tested at Hydraulics Research Station. In 2021, with the Witherby Publishing Group ,
380-472: The scientific collection of information, state-of-the-art data management and preservation techniques, making them an important national asset. The NERC Data Policy is commitment to support the long-term management of environmental data and also outlines the roles and responsibilities of all those involved in collecting and managing environmental data. The NERC Data Centres provide support and guidance in data management to those funded by NERC, are responsible for
400-796: Was based at the National Physical Laboratory at Teddington and had links with a large physical model set up by the Port of London Authority (PLA) in one of their disused warehouses on the Surrey Docks. This model was used to examine many hydrodynamic, sediment, water quality and morphological issues related to the Thames Estuary and the potential redevelopment of the Estuary following the considerable infrastructure damage that had been suffered during World War II . Many of
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