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Leach, D.; Pinder, A.; Wass, P.; Bachiller-Jareno, N.; Tindall, I.; Moore, R.

Field measurements of pH, conductivity and temperature data from rivers [LOIS]

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https://doi.org/10.5285/329cbe8f-a292-4c5f-a15a-6528774dbee7
On site measurements of pH, conductivity and temperature for thirteen sites in the Humber catchment and three sites in the Tweed catchment within the period 1994 to 1997 as part of the Land Ocean Interaction Study project (LOIS). Sites were sampled at regular weekly intervals and more intermittently during high flows (on average an extra sampling once a month per site). Samples were obtained using a wide neck PTFE bottle in a plastic covered bottle carrier (lowered from bridges where possible otherwise collected by immersing sample bottle by hand in the water as near the main flow as possible). pH and conductivity reading were taken using Mettler Toledo Check Mate meters and probes. Temperature readings were obtained using a PT 100 probe with a Digitron 3204 Pt meter (RS components). The measurements were carried out by members of the field sampling team at York University, as part of the Land Ocean Interaction Study (LOIS).
Publication date: 2013-07-01
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Comma-separated values (CSV)

Spatial information

Study area
Spatial representation type
Tabular (text)
Spatial reference system
OSGB 1936 / British National Grid

Temporal information

Temporal extent
1993-09-07    to    1997-10-29

Provenance & quality

The pH probes were calibrated in the laboratory using pH 7.0 and 10.00 buffers. Conductivity probes were calibrated in air and with a 1417 uS KCl standard. The calibration of the probes was checked on site for drift and recalibrated if necessary. The probes were gently swirled in a freshly collected sample for two minutes and then the average of three readings taken. 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 is available to enable prospective users of the data to understand data quality.

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This dataset is made available under the terms of the Open Government Licence

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Leach, D.; Pinder, A.; Wass, P.; Bachiller-Jareno, N.; Tindall, I.; Moore, R. (2013). Field measurements of pH, conductivity and temperature data from rivers [LOIS]. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/329cbe8f-a292-4c5f-a15a-6528774dbee7

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This dataset is included in the following collections

The Land Ocean Interaction Study (LOIS) core monitoring data from river catchments

Supplemental information

British Oceanographic Data Centre's webpages for information on and data from the coastal and marine aspects of the LOIS project.

Correspondence/contact details

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Authors

Leach, D.
University of York
Pinder, A.
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Wass, P.
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Bachiller-Jareno, N.
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Tindall, I.
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Moore, R.
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology

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UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Custodian
NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
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Publisher
NERC Environmental Information Data Centre
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Additional metadata

Topic categories
environment
INSPIRE theme
Environmental Monitoring Facilities
Keywords
Aire , Calder , conductivity , Derwent , England , Humber , Land Ocean Interaction Study , LOIS , Nidd , Ouse , pH , Rees Section , Swale , temperature , Trent , water quality , Water quality , Water Resources
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27 February 2024 16:16