Identification

Title

Derived annual statistics of rainfall, streamflow and acidity for the Nant Trawsnant catchment, Llyn Brianne, Mid Wales, UK. (1982 to 2012)

Abstract

This dataset comprises of derived annual statistics for measures of rainfall, streamflow, temperature and stream acidity (pH) for a stream, draining a small, approximately 1.2 square kilometres, upland conifer catchment. The stream, Nant Trawsnant, drains into the Llyn Brianne reservoir, Powys, United Kingdom. The data are for a 31 year period covering 1st April 1982 to 1st April 2012. The streamflow and acidity data are derived from 15 minute resolution observations throughout the calendar year 2013 from associated stream gauging and water quality stations on the Nant Trawsnant. The monthly rainfall measures presented, were derived from local rain gauges. The monthly temperature measures presented were derived from observations at a weather station near Talgarth, Powys. Routines within the Lancaster University Computer-Aided Program for Time-series Analysis and Identification of Noisy Systems (CAPTAIN) Toolbox for Matlab were used to develop a dynamic model of these data. These models were then used to simulate the 31-year record for which monthly statistics were derived. The statistics were derived to develop greater understanding of the controls on the long-term dynamics of aquatic biodiversity observed by other researchers in this stream. The work was part of the Diversity in Upland River Ecosystem Service Sustainability (DURESS) project, NERC grant NE/J014826/1. Members of staff from the Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University installed, maintained and downloaded the stream gauging and water quality stations and also carried out statistical analysis of the data. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/b085a784-0e16-4174-b208-465a8f43c8c8

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/data/b085a784-0e16-4174-b208-465a8f43c8c8

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https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/b085a784-0e16-4174-b208-465a8f43c8c8.zip

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Unique resource identifier

code

https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/b085a784-0e16-4174-b208-465a8f43c8c8

codeSpace

doi:

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere

inlandWaters

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

Hydrography

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

-3.746

East bounding longitude

-3.733

North bounding latitude

52.124

South bounding latitude

52.113

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

End position

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2016-05-31

date type

creation

effective date

2016-04-01

Frequency of update

notPlanned

Quality and validity

Lineage

The streamflow and acidity data are derived from 15 minute resolution observations recorded onto Campbell Scientific CR1000 data loggers throughout the calendar year 2013 from associated stream gauging and water quality stations on the Nant Trawsnant. Data from each data logger were downloaded at regular intervals onto a laptop. Raw data were then transferred to a secure data store created for the DURESS project, hosted at Lancaster University. Records for local rain gauges were requested from the data owners. Temperature data were requested from the Met Office from observations at a weather station near Talgarth, Powys. The requested data for both rainfall and temperature were held in the DURESS secure data store. Final data were derived from these raw data using analysis in the Matlab programming environment. Values were exported in Excel spreadsheets and then into comma separated values for ingestion into the EIDC.

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

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Limitations on public access

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

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Limitations on public access

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Limitations on public access

If you reuse this data, you should cite: Chappell, N., Jones, T.D., Broderick, C. (2016). Derived annual statistics of rainfall, streamflow and acidity for the Nant Trawsnant catchment, Llyn Brianne, Mid Wales, UK. (1982 to 2012) . NERC Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/b085a784-0e16-4174-b208-465a8f43c8c8

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

organisation name

email address

n.chappell@lancaster.ac.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Responsible party

organisation name

email address

n.chappell@lancaster.ac.uk

web address

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6683-951X

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