Cumbrian Lakes Monitoring thermal stratification timing 1951-2017
The dataset contains the day of year for the onset and end of thermal stratification and its total length in Blelham Tarn, Esthwaite Water, Windermere, north basin and Windermere, south basin between 1951 and 2017.
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.
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.
Publication date: 2021-03-19
These data are held and managed by the Environmental Information Data Centre, hosted at UKCEH.
For more details and to access the data, go to https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/d029bb43-5722-4932-9c14-be316a2e7144
Where/When
- Study area
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- Temporal extent
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1951-01-01 to 2017-12-31
Provenance & quality
The data were calculated from temperature profiles taken in each lake at the deepest point, using a calibrated temperature-oxygen sensor. Water temperatures were converted to density and the lake was considered stratified when the density gradient between the surface and bottom of the lake was >0.1 kg m-3. The start day of the main summer stratified period was considered to be the latest day before day of year 200 where a stratified period had a duration >14 days, the end day was defined as the final day of stratification for that stratified period and the duration calculated as the difference between these two days. More detail on the method used can be found in the supporting documentation.
Correspondence/contact details
Dr. Ellie Mackay
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Lancaster Environment Centre, Library Avenue, Bailrigg
Lancaster
Lancashire
LA1 4AP
UNITED KINGDOM
enquiries@ceh.ac.uk
Lancaster
Lancashire
LA1 4AP
UNITED KINGDOM
Other contacts
- Custodian
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NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centreinfo@eidc.ac.uk
- Publisher
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NERC Environmental Information Data Centreinfo@eidc.ac.uk
- Rights Holder
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UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrologyenquiries@ceh.ac.uk
Additional metadata
- Topic categories
- Inland Waters , Environment
- Keywords
- Biodiversity, Biodiversity, Climate indicator, Cumbrian Lakes Monitoring, Lakes, Lakes Monitoring, Long term change, Stratification duration, Stratification onset, Stratification overturn, Thermal stratification, UK-SCAPE, United Kingdom, Water, Water quality, Water quality and resources
- INSPIRE Theme
- Environmental Monitoring Facilities
- Funding
- Natural Environment Research Council Award: NE/R016429/1
- Spatial representation type
- Tabular (text)
- Spatial reference system
- OSGB 1936 / British National Grid
- Last updated
- 18 May 2022 12:29