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Auchencorth Moss Atmospheric Observatory (AU) and associated field sites: Meteorological observations
The Auchencorth Moss Atmospheric Observatory was setup in 1995 to measure meteorology, trace gases, aerosols and their fluxes. It is (55ᵒ47’36” N, 3°14’41” W) an ombrotrophic peatland with an extensive fetch at an elevation of 270 m, lying 18 km SSW of Edinburgh, UK, and can be categorised as a transitional lowland raised bog. The site is grazed with < 1 sheep ha^-1.
During 2000s the site activity has increased and was established in 2006 as EMEP (European Monitoring and Evaluation Program, Level 2/3) supersite for the UK. Long term monitoring is led by NERC CEH with contributions from other organisations/research institutes including Ricardo AEA, BureauVeritas, NPL, the University of Birmingham and University of Edinburgh. In April 2014 the site was awarded WMO GAW regional station (World Meteorological Orgamisation Global Atmospheric Watch). In 2017 the site joined the ICOS network (Integrated Carbon Observation System).
Similar measurements are also made at nearby Easter Bush Field site by the same team.
The meteorological measurements were initially made to assist with interpretation of the fluxes and as such weren't installed with the intention of providing WMO standard measurements.
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- Metadata Language
- English (en)
- Dataset Reference Date ()
- 2020-01-21T16:10:10
- Dataset Reference Date ()
- 2020-01-21T16:10:10
- Identifier
- Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) / 55c74c02ec8e4afea309043d110a93e7
- Maintenance and update frequency
- unknown
- Update scope
- series
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- Auchencorth Moss
- Meteorology
- Temperature
- Rainfall
- Wind Speed
- GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 ()
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- atmospheric conditions
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- Spatial representation type
- grid
- Topic category
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- Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere
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- Begin date
- 1995-02-18T00:00:00
- Code
- WGS 84
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- Resource Locator
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CEDA Data Catalogue Page
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Auchencorth Moss Atmospheric Observatory
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- Resource Locator
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CEDA Data Catalogue Page
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Auchencorth Moss Atmospheric Observatory
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- Quality Scope
- series
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- Dataset Reference Date ()
- 2010-12-08
- Statement
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Metadata
- File identifier
- 55c74c02ec8e4afea309043d110a93e7 XML
- Metadata Language
- English (en)
- Character set
- 8-bit variable size UCS Transfer Format, based on ISO/IEC 10646
- Resource type
- series
- Hierarchy level name
- series
- Metadata Date
- 2023-02-06T01:32:04
- Metadata standard name
- UK GEMINI
- Metadata standard version
- 2.3
