Hourly physical and nutrient monitoring data for the River Enborne, Berkshire (2009-2012)
This data set comprises of hourly physical and nutrient monitoring data of the River Enborne near Brimpton (National grid reference SU568648), from November 2009 to February 2012. Parameters measured are total reactive phosphorus, nitrate, conductivity, temperature, dissolved oxygen, pH and total chlorophyll. The accompanying hourly averaged flow data (from the EA flow gauging station at the same site) are also supplied. The monitoring programme was funded by the EPSRC, through the LIMPIDS project.
Publication date: 2015-02-17
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Spatial information
- Study area
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- Spatial representation type
- Tabular (text)
- Spatial reference system
- OSGB 1936 / British National Grid
Temporal information
- Temporal extent
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2009-11-01 to 2012-02-29
Provenance & quality
The hourly nutrient data was produced by the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (CEH) fieldwork staff at Wallingford. Phosphorus data was produced in the field using a Systea Micromac C auto-analyser. Nitrate was monitored by UV absorption using a Hach Lange Nitratax Plus probe. The other physical parameters and total chlorophyll were monitored using a YSI 6600 sonde. The monitoring site installation, telemetry / data collection and maintenance / calibration of the YSI probe was conducted by the Environment Agency's National Water Quality Instrumentation Service. Data processing was carried out by CEH and the University of Reading. Full details of the field procedures and laboratory groundtruthing samples are outlined in the following papers.
(1) Bowes MJ, Jarvie HP, Halliday SJ, Skeffington RA, Wade AJ, Loewenthal M et al (2015). Characterising phosphorus and nitrate inputs to a rural river using high-frequency concentration-flow relationships. Sci Total Environ 511: 608-620
(2) Halliday S, Skeffington R, Bowes M, Gozzard E, Newman J, Loewenthal M et al (2014). The Water Quality of the River Enborne, UK: Observations from High-Frequency Monitoring in a Rural, Lowland River System. Water 6: 150-180.
(3) Wade AJ, Palmer-Felgate EJ, Halliday SJ, Skeffington RA, Loewenthal M, Jarvie HP et al (2012). Hydrochemical processes in lowland rivers: insights from in situ, high-resolution monitoring. Hydrol Earth Syst Sci 16: 4323-4342.
(1) Bowes MJ, Jarvie HP, Halliday SJ, Skeffington RA, Wade AJ, Loewenthal M et al (2015). Characterising phosphorus and nitrate inputs to a rural river using high-frequency concentration-flow relationships. Sci Total Environ 511: 608-620
(2) Halliday S, Skeffington R, Bowes M, Gozzard E, Newman J, Loewenthal M et al (2014). The Water Quality of the River Enborne, UK: Observations from High-Frequency Monitoring in a Rural, Lowland River System. Water 6: 150-180.
(3) Wade AJ, Palmer-Felgate EJ, Halliday SJ, Skeffington RA, Loewenthal M, Jarvie HP et al (2012). Hydrochemical processes in lowland rivers: insights from in situ, high-resolution monitoring. Hydrol Earth Syst Sci 16: 4323-4342.
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Citations
Bowes, M. J., Armstrong, L. K., Harman, S. A., Wickham, H. D., Nicholls, D. J. E., Scarlett, P. M., … Read, D. S. (2018). Weekly water quality monitoring data for the River Thames (UK) and its major tributaries (2009–2013): the Thames Initiative research platform. Earth System Science Data, 10(3), 1637-1653 https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-10-1637-2018
Castrillo, M., & García, Á.L. (2020). Estimation of high frequency nutrient concentrations from water quality surrogates using machine learning methods. Water Research, 172, 115490. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2020.115490
Supplemental information
Bowes M.J., Jarvie H.P., Halliday S.J., Skeffington R.A., Wade A.J., Loewenthal M. et al. (2015). Characterising phosphorus and nitrate inputs to a rural river using high-frequency concentration-flow relationships. Sci Total Environ 511: 608-620
Halliday, S., Skeffington, R., Bowes, M., Gozzard, E., Newman, J., Loewenthal, M., … Wade, A. (2014). The Water Quality of the River Enborne, UK: Observations from High-Frequency Monitoring in a Rural, Lowland River System. Water, 6(1), 150–180
Wade A.J., Palmer-Felgate E.J., Halliday SJ, Skeffington R.A., Loewenthal M., Jarvie H.P. et al. (2012). Hydrochemical processes in lowland rivers: insights from in situ, high-resolution monitoring. Hydrol Earth Syst Sci 16: 4323-4342.
Correspondence/contact details
Dr. Mike Bowes
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
Bowes, M.J.
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Gozzard, E.
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Newman, J.
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Loewenthal, M.
Environment Agency
Halliday, S.
University of Reading
Skeffington, R.A.
University of Reading
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4984-1607
Wade, A.
University of Reading
Palmer-Felgate, E.
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
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NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centreinfo@eidc.ac.uk
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NERC Environmental Information Data Centreinfo@eidc.ac.uk
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