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Feuchtmayr, H.; Rankin, G.; McShane, G.; Le Quesne, K.

Hourly water temperature of 16 experimental mesocosms and hourly air temperature from April to November 2023

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https://doi.org/10.5285/406aee8f-3b85-4be6-ae7d-c92c8168a06f
This dataset contains hourly water temperature data and hourly air temperature data of an experimental mesocosm facility from 21st April to 7th November 2023. The sixteen mesocosms (1 m deep, 2 m diameter) were filled with water from Windermere. The water temperature was measured every five minutes and an hourly average was calculated. Air temperature was measured by a weather station within the mesocosm compound. The experiment aimed to investigate different N:P nutrient ratios and water temperature was measured as this is an important factor needed to understand the results.
Publication date: 2024-03-15
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Format

Comma-separated values (CSV)

Spatial information

Study area
Spatial representation type
Tabular (text)
Spatial reference system
WGS 84

Temporal information

Temporal extent
2023-04-21    to    2023-11-07
Temporal resolution
1 hour

Provenance & quality

The water for the 16 mesocosms was collected from Windermere on 29th and 30th March 2023 and nutrients were added to some of the mesocosms throughout the experiment. Water temperature was measured every 5 minutes by platinum resistance thermometers (PRT) shaded by a plastic cover, sited around mid-depth, radially offset by 30 cm from the mesocosms’ side wall and logged by a Campbell Scientific Data Logger. The hourly average presented here is calculated from 5-minutely data over the following hour, e.g., the value for 1 p.m. is the average of the data between 1 and 1:55 p.m. All data are given in GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) and dates from 21st April to 7th November 2023.

Whenever the difference between the hourly averaged two water temperature sensor data was less than 0.2 °C, the average between both temperatures was calculated. If the difference was larger than 0.2 °C, data were checked against the overall average of the temperature sensors recorded by each data logger. Whenever the difference was larger than 0.2 °C, one of the two temperature sensors had drifted either higher than the average or below the average temperature. In those cases, this sensor was ignored and only data from one temperature sensor was used during those occasions (see table in the supporting documentation).

Air temperature was measured at a weather station within the mesocosm compound (Vaisala weather transmitter WXT520) at around 2.7m height.

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

Cite this dataset as:
Feuchtmayr, H.; Rankin, G.; McShane, G.; Le Quesne, K. (2024). Hourly water temperature of 16 experimental mesocosms and hourly air temperature from April to November 2023. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/406aee8f-3b85-4be6-ae7d-c92c8168a06f

Correspondence/contact details

Feuchtmayr, H.
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Lancaster Environment Centre, Library Avenue, Bailrigg
Lancaster
Lancashire
LA1 4AP
UNITED KINGDOM
 enquiries@ceh.ac.uk

Authors

Feuchtmayr, H.
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Rankin, G.
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
McShane, G.
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Le Quesne, K.
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology

Other contacts

Rights holder
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Custodian
NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
 info@eidc.ac.uk
Publisher
NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
 info@eidc.ac.uk

Additional metadata

Topic categories
environment
INSPIRE theme
Environmental Monitoring Facilities
Keywords
air temperature , AQUACOSM-plus , Environmental survey , freshwater , mesocosm experiment , water temperature
Funding
European Commission, Directorate-General for Research & Innovation Award: No 871081
Natural Environment Research Council Award: NE/X00497X/1
Last updated
01 July 2024 07:49