Identification

Title

Monthly Dissolved Organic Carbon (DOC) concentration time series (1883 to 2014) measured at the outlet of the Thames basin (UK)

Abstract

The dataset consists of the world's longest fluvial dissolved organic carbon (DOC) record (1883-2014). The data have been measured at the outlet of the Thames basin, upstream of London (UK) and are reported monthly. The River Thames basin is a temperate, lowland, mineral soil-dominated catchment of 9,948 km2. Water colour data have been measured between 1883 and 1990, and DOC between 1990 and 2014. DOC until 1990 has been estimated through calibration between water colour and DOC for the period 1899-1905 when OC measurements were available. The fluvial DOC concentration shows an upward trend throughout the period. The data are presented as one table and one supporting file containing metadata and are summarised and presented in the Journal of Geophysical Research - Biogeosciences doi: 10.1002/2016JG003614. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/57943561-4587-4eb6-b14c-7adb90dc1dc8

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/57943561-4587-4eb6-b14c-7adb90dc1dc8.zip

name: Supporting information

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

function: information

https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/data/57943561-4587-4eb6-b14c-7adb90dc1dc8

name: Download the data

description: Download a copy of this data

function: download

Unique resource identifier

code

https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/57943561-4587-4eb6-b14c-7adb90dc1dc8

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

Keyword set

keyword value

Dissolved organic carbon

Water colour

Thames Basin

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-0.395

East bounding longitude

-0.282

North bounding latitude

51.446

South bounding latitude

51.384

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

End position

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2017-05-05

date type

creation

effective date

2017-05-03

Frequency of update

notPlanned

Quality and validity

Lineage

Water color data and DOC concentration measurements (> 20,000 samples) were obtained by statutory authorities between 1883 and 2014 for the Thames at Hampton (51.42Â°N, 0.37Â°W) and at Teddington (51.43Â° N, 0.33Â° W), respectively. Water colour between 1883 and 1974 was measured following the method presented in Thresh et al., (1943). While water colour (1974-1990) and DOC (1990-2014) measurements were defined within the establishment of the Harmonised Monitoring Scheme. A detailed description of the datasets, including methodology and discussion of the findings can be found in the following peer-reviewed article: Noacco, V., T. Wagener, F. Worrall, T. P. Burt, and N. J. K. Howden (2017), Human impact on long-term organic carbon export to rivers, Journal of Geophysical Research - Biogeosciences https://doi.org/10.1002/2016JG003614.

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

If you reuse this data, you should cite: Noacco, V., Wagener, T., Worrall, F., Burt, T. P., Howden, N. J. K. (2017). Monthly Dissolved Organic Carbon (DOC) concentration time series (1883 to 2014) measured at the outlet of the Thames basin (UK). NERC Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/57943561-4587-4eb6-b14c-7adb90dc1dc8

owner

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

email address

info@eidc.ac.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2020-03-13T14:26:50

Metadata language

eng