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Daily and sub-daily hydrometeorological and soil data (2013-2017) [COSMOS-UK]
[THIS DATASET HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN]. This dataset contains daily and sub-daily hydrometeorological and soil observations from COSMOS-UK (cosmic-ray soil moisture) monitoring network from October 2013 to the end of 2017. These data are from 46 sites across the UK recording a range of hydrometeorological and soil variables.
Each site in the network hosts a cosmic-ray sensing probe; a novel sensor technology which can be used, in combination with hydrometeorological data, to calculate the volumetric water content of soil over a field scale. The hydrometeorological and soil data are recorded at a 30 minute resolution and they include neutron counts from the Cosmic-ray sensing probe, humidity and atmospheric pressure data that are used to derive volumetric water content at two temporal resolutions (hourly and daily). Also included are soil heat flux, air temperature, wind speed and radiation data which are used to derive potential evapotranspiration at a daily resolution.
This work was supported by the Natural Environment Research Council award number NE/R016429/1 as part of the UK-SCAPE programme delivering National Capability. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/a6012796-291c-4fd6-a7ef-6f6ed0a6cfa5
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- Metadata Language
- English (en)
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- Dataset Reference Date ()
- 2019-09-11
- Identifier
- doi: / 10.5285/a6012796-291c-4fd6-a7ef-6f6ed0a6cfa5
- Other citation details
- Stanley, S., Antoniou, V., Ball, L.A., Bennett, E.S., Blake, J.R, Boorman, D.B., Brooks, M., Clarke, M., Cooper, H.M., Cowan, N., Evans, J.G., Farrand, P., Fry, M., Hitt, O.E., Jenkins, A., Kral, F., Lord, W.D., Morrison, R., Nash, G.V., Rylett, D., Scarlett, P.M., Swain, O.D., Thornton, J.L., Trill, E.J., Warwick, A.C., Winterbourn, J.B. (2019). Daily and sub-daily hydrometeorological and soil data (2013-2017) [COSMOS-UK] . NERC Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/a6012796-291c-4fd6-a7ef-6f6ed0a6cfa5
- Maintenance and update frequency
- annually
- GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 ()
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- Environmental Monitoring Facilities
- Keywords
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- air temperature
- atmospheric pressure
- cosmic-ray sensing probe
- COSMOS-UK
- meteorlogical observations
- net radiation
- potential evapotranspiration
- precipitation
- relative humidity
- soil heat flux
- soil moisture
- soil temperature
- wind speed
- wind direction
- absolute humidity
- daily
- sub-daily
- UK
- UK-SCAPE
- Limitations on Public Access
- otherRestrictions
- Other constraints
- no limitations
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- Other constraints
- © UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
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- If you reuse this data, you should cite: Stanley, S., Antoniou, V., Ball, L.A., Bennett, E.S., Blake, J.R, Boorman, D.B., Brooks, M., Clarke, M., Cooper, H.M., Cowan, N., Evans, J.G., Farrand, P., Fry, M., Hitt, O.E., Jenkins, A., Kral, F., Lord, W.D., Morrison, R., Nash, G.V., Rylett, D., Scarlett, P.M., Swain, O.D., Thornton, J.L., Trill, E.J., Warwick, A.C., Winterbourn, J.B. (2019). Daily and sub-daily hydrometeorological and soil data (2013-2017) [COSMOS-UK] . NERC Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/a6012796-291c-4fd6-a7ef-6f6ed0a6cfa5
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- textTable
- Distance
- 10 urn:ogc:def:uom:EPSG::9001
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- Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere
- Environment
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- Begin date
- 2013-10-02
- End date
- 2017-12-31
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- dataset
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- Dataset Reference Date ()
- 2010-12-08
- Statement
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Hydrometeorological and soil observations are recorded at sites around the UK using an array of sensors. Every hour, the raw data collected is sent to CEH in Wallingford, where it is subject to quality control. Soil volumetric water content data are derived from 30 minute hydrometeorological data and data from the cosmic-ray sensing probe by Python scripts run every hour. The data are calculated using the method outlined in Evans et al. (2016, https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.10929 ). Potential evapotranspiration data are derived by Python scripts at the end of the day from the hydrometeorological data according to the Penman-Monteith method (FAO 56, http://www.fao.org/3/X0490E/x0490e00.htm ).
All data, that is raw, quality controlled and derived, is saved in an Oracle database.
See supporting documentation for further information.
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- a6012796-291c-4fd6-a7ef-6f6ed0a6cfa5 XML
- Metadata Language
- English (en)
- Character set
- ISO/IEC 8859-1 (also known as Latin 1)
- Resource type
- dataset
- Hierarchy level name
- dataset
- Metadata Date
- 2022-02-15T09:40:16
- Metadata standard name
- UK GEMINI
- Metadata standard version
- 2.3
