Identification

Title

Pontbren automatic weather station (AWS) dataset

Abstract

This dataset is from an automatic weather station (AWS) located at the Pontbren study site in mid-Wales, UK. The AWS was installed at the Bowl study site, an area of improved grassland, between 2006-2010 as part of the Pontbren Catchment Study Land Use and Management Multi-Scale Experimental Programme. The parameters measured by the AWS were; incident radiation, wind speed and direction, soil and air temperature, relative humidity and net radiation. All sensors are sampled every 1 minute and provided in the form of daily and 10 minute averages. Data are provided in the form of .txt files and generally split into 6 month blocks. Associated with each data point in the .txt file is a quality assurance code, QA code, in the adjacent column. Details of the dataset and the quality assurance coding system (Appendix A) are provided in the supporting documentation. Other measurements taken at the Bowl include monitoring runoff from an improved grassland field in the form of overland and drain flow, soil water tension, soil volumetric moisture content, groundwater height and precipitation. Datasets of these other parameters are also available from the EIDC.

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/download?fileIdentifier=7afa3b6a-c5c9-4ec5-9e1c-f162411f51cc

name: Download the data

description: Get a copy of this dataset

function: order

https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/7afa3b6a-c5c9-4ec5-9e1c-f162411f51cc.zip

name: Supporting documents

description: Documents available to assist with re-use of this dataset

function: information

Unique resource identifier

code

1331809601210

codeSpace

CEH:EIDC:

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere

elevation

environment

farming

inlandWaters

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

Environmental Monitoring Facilities

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2008-06-01

Keyword set

keyword value

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

creation

effective date

2006-01-01

Keyword set

keyword value

Pontbren

Soil

Water

Flooding

Hydrology

Flood risk management

CEH Water Programme

CEH Project CO2699

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-3.447

East bounding longitude

-3.391

North bounding latitude

52.656

South bounding latitude

52.632

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

2005-04-04

End position

2010-12-31

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2012-04-02

Frequency of update

notPlanned

Quality and validity

Lineage

Digital data subject to manual validation procedures during capture and transfer to the main geo database and through subsequent statistical analysis and modelling. Full details provided in the 'Pontbren data catalogue'.

Conformity

Conformity report

specification

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2010-12-08

degree

explanation

Data format

name of format

Tab delimited text

version of format

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

organisation name

Environmental Information Data Centre

email address

eidc@ceh.ac.uk

responsible party role

custodian

Responsible party

organisation name

UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology

email address

enquiries@ceh.ac.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

organisation name

Environmental Information Data Centre

full postal address

Lancaster Environment Centre, Library Avenue, Bailrigg

Lancaster

LA1 4AP

UK

email address

eidc@ceh.ac.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2020-01-30T15:27:38

Metadata language