Identification

Title

Continuous measurements of temperature, pH, conductivity and dissolved oxygen in rivers [LOIS]

Abstract

Continuous measurements of temperature, pH, conductivity and dissolved oxygen from river water at ten sites located within the rivers Swale, Derwent, Aire, Calder, Trent, Ouse and Nidd. Part of the Land Ocean Interaction Study (LOIS) project. Hydrolab H20 water quality monitors were installed at ten sites and used to log water temperature, pH, conductivity and dissolved oxygen between 1994 and 1997. Data were collected continuously at 30 minute intervals (for periods of variable lengths depending on site) between 1994 and 1997. Data were collected using Hydrolab DataSonde 3 continuous monitoring units. Hydrolabs at River Nidd (Hunsingore) and the River Swale (Crakehill) were suspended from trees. The other hydrolabs were located in large steel pipes running from the bank into the rivers which allowed the flow of water over the probes but offered a high degree of safety from damage by vandals and large water borne objects. The units on the Trent and the Ouse at Skelton were fitted with stirrers, as the probes were prone to fouling by the high levels of suspended solids often encountered in these rivers during spate conditions. The deployment of the units and the collection of data were carried out by members of the field sampling team at York University, as part of the Land Ocean Interaction Study (LOIS). Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/b8a985f5-30b5-4234-9a62-03de60bf31f7

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/data/b8a985f5-30b5-4234-9a62-03de60bf31f7

description: Get a copy of this data

function: download

https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/b8a985f5-30b5-4234-9a62-03de60bf31f7.zip

description: Supporting information available to assist in re-use of this dataset.

function: information

Unique resource identifier

code

10.5285/b8a985f5-30b5-4234-9a62-03de60bf31f7

codeSpace

doi:

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

environment

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

Environmental Monitoring Facilities

originating controlled vocabulary

title

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2008-06-01

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-2.75

East bounding longitude

-0.72

North bounding latitude

55.8

South bounding latitude

53.1

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

1993-09-07

End position

1997-10-29

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2013-07-01

date type

creation

effective date

2000-01-01

Frequency of update

notPlanned

Quality and validity

Lineage

Data were collected using Hydrolab DataSonde 3 continuous monitoring units. The Hydrolabs were calibrated for pH conductivity and dissolved oxygen in the laboratory prior to deployment in the field. Units were exchanged on a fortnightly basis between November and April. From May to October the units were changed weekly - the increase in light penetration and temperature often led to problems due to algae/diatoms fouling the probes. This necessitated more regular cleaning and recalibration of the probes. At the changeover in the field of a newly cleaned and calibrated Hydrolab with a field soiled unit, the hand held Mettler CheckMate units used for the routine sampling were used to record the parameters being measured by the Hydrolabs. After downloading the data onto a spreadsheet, plots of the parameters against time were plotted. This showed up spurious data which were deleted from the spreadsheet if probes were faulty or fouled. The data were otherwise left as collected by the DataSonde (i.e. as raw data). A zip file containing box-and-whisker plots for each determinand, showing the range of values (median, inter-quartile range, 1.5 * inter-quartile range, outliers) recorded at each site are available to enable prospective users to understand data quality.

Conformity

Conformity report

specification

title

Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2010-12-08

degree

explanation

Data format

name of format

Comma-separated values (CSV)

version of format

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

If you reuse this data, you should cite: Leach, D., Pinder, A., Wass, P., Bachiller-Jareno, N., Tindall, I., Moore, R. (2013). Continuous measurements of temperature, pH, conductivity and dissolved oxygen in rivers [LOIS]. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/b8a985f5-30b5-4234-9a62-03de60bf31f7

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

organisation name

full postal address

Lancaster Environment Centre, Library Avenue, Bailrigg

Lancaster

LA1 4AP

email address

info@eidc.ac.uk

web address

https://eidc.ac.uk/

description: The Environmental Information Data Centre (EIDC) is the UK's national data centre for terrestrial and freshwater sciences.

function: information

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2024-02-27T16:14:41

Metadata language

eng