Eddy covariance measurements of carbon dioxide, energy and water fluxes at an organically managed grassland, Berkshire, UK, 2017 to 2019
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Morrison, R.; Cooper, H.; Cumming, A.; Scarlett, P. ; Thornton, J.; Winterbourn, J.B. (2019). Eddy covariance measurements of carbon dioxide, energy and water fluxes at an organically managed grassland, Berkshire, UK, 2017 to 2019. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/5a93161f-0124-4650-a2c9-7e8aaea7e6bb
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https://doi.org/10.5285/5a93161f-0124-4650-a2c9-7e8aaea7e6bb
This dataset contains time series observations of surface-atmosphere exchanges of net ecosystem carbon dioxide exchange (NEE), sensible heat (H) and latent heat (LE), and momentum (τ) measured at an area of organically managed grassland located on the Berkshire Downs, UK. Turbulent flux densities were monitored using the micrometeorological eddy covariance (EC) technique between 1st January 2017 and 31st July 2019. The dataset includes ancillary weather and soil physics observations, as well as variables describing atmospheric turbulence and the quality of the turbulent flux observations.
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: 2019-12-04
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Format
Comma-separated values (CSV)
Spatial information
Study area
Spatial representation type
Raster
Spatial reference system
WGS 84
Temporal information
Temporal extent
2017-01-01 to 2019-11-16
Provenance & quality
Eddy covariance (EC) and micrometeorological observations were made using an open-path eddy covariance system. Ancillary meteorological and soil physics observations were obtained from a co-located COSMOS-UK station.
Turbulent flux densities were calculated from the raw EC data using the EddyPRO® Flux Calculation Software Version 6.1.
Quality Control of EC data involved removal of statistical outliers and tests that theoretical requirements for the successful application of the EC technique were not violated significantly. Data gaps in EC data (NEE, LE, H) and the partitioning of NEE into gross ecosystem production and total ecosystem production were performed using the REddyProc Package for R (Reichstein et al., 2019).
Further details are available in the supporting documentation.
Turbulent flux densities were calculated from the raw EC data using the EddyPRO® Flux Calculation Software Version 6.1.
Quality Control of EC data involved removal of statistical outliers and tests that theoretical requirements for the successful application of the EC technique were not violated significantly. Data gaps in EC data (NEE, LE, H) and the partitioning of NEE into gross ecosystem production and total ecosystem production were performed using the REddyProc Package for R (Reichstein et al., 2019).
Further details are available in the supporting documentation.
Licensing and constraints
This dataset is available under the terms of the Open Government Licence
Cite this dataset as:
Morrison, R.; Cooper, H.; Cumming, A.; Scarlett, P. ; Thornton, J.; Winterbourn, J.B. (2019). Eddy covariance measurements of carbon dioxide, energy and water fluxes at an organically managed grassland, Berkshire, UK, 2017 to 2019. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/5a93161f-0124-4650-a2c9-7e8aaea7e6bb
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Citations
Robinson, E.L., Brown, M.J., Kay, A.L., Lane, R.A., Chapman, R., Bell, V.A., & Blyth, E.M. (2023). Hydro-PE: gridded datasets of historical and future Penman–Monteith potential evaporation for the United Kingdom. In Earth System Science Data (Vol. 15, Issue 10, pp. 4433–4461). Copernicus GmbH. https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-15-4433-2023
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Correspondence/contact details
Dr. Ross Morrison
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Maclean Building, Benson Lane, Crowmarsh Gifford
Wallingford
Oxfordshire
OX10 8BB
UNITED KINGDOM
enquiries@ceh.ac.uk
Wallingford
Oxfordshire
OX10 8BB
UNITED KINGDOM
Authors
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1847-3127
Scarlett, P.
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Thornton, J.
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
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UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
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NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
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Publisher
NERC Environmental Information Data Centre
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Funding
Natural Environment Research Council Award: NE/R016429/1
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28 May 2024 07:10