{"access":"Data from COSMOS-UK up to the end of 2019 are available for download from the UKCEH Environmental Information Data Centre (EIDC). The data are accompanied by documentation that describes the site-specific instrumentation, data and processing including quality control.\n\nReasonable requests for more recent data are considered on a case-by-case basis; please download the Data Request Form and send completed copies via email to cosmosuk@ceh.ac.uk\n\nData in EIDC will be updated (anticipated Feb. 2023) to include all data up to end of 2022.","capabilities":"The COSMOS-UK Data map is an interactive web-based data explorer which provides near-real time map of soil wetness status and Volumetric water content (VWC) for the UK.","description":"The purpose of the COSMOS-UK Data map is to provide near-real time soil moisture data for use in a variety of applications including farming, water resources, flood forecasting and land-surface modelling.  The data comes from the COSMOS-UK soil moisture network, each site is equipped with an instrument that uses cosmic-rays to sense soil moisture over an area of about 12 hectares (about 30 acres). ","fundingSources":"NERC (UKSCAPE)","id":"2ca11280-ae37-47f3-b020-39dcc367781e","infrastructureCategory":{"value":"data","description":"Environmental data and information","infrastructureClass":"Digital infrastructures","uri":"http://vocabs.ceh.ac.uk/ri/data"},"lifecycle":"COSMOS-UK was established in 2013 and is still developing in terms of the number of stations deployed and services offered to users.","metadataDate":"2025-09-30T14:55:36","onlineResources":[{"url":"https://cosmos.ceh.ac.uk/data-home-page","name":"COSMOS UK data explorer","function":"website","type":"OTHER"},{"url":"https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/eidc/documents?term=COSMOS","name":"COSMOS data in the EIDC","function":"website","type":"OTHER"},{"url":"https://eidc.ceh.ac.uk/images/browsegraphics/cosmos-uk.png","name":"COSMOS UK logo","function":"image","type":"OTHER"}],"owners":[{"displayName":"Richard Smith","organisationName":"UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology","organisationIdentifier":"https://ror.org/00pggkr55","role":"owner","email":"cosmosuk@ceh.ac.uk","address":{"city":"Wallingford"},"fullName":"Richard Smith"}],"partners":"Neutron count data are provided by:\nThe Cosmic Ray Group, Physikalisches Institut, University of Bern, Switzerland (Jungfraujoch). \nThe University of Delaware Department of Physics and Astronomy and the Bartol Research Institute, Newark, USA (Newark/Swarthmore).\nPolar Geophysical Institute Russian Academy of Sciences, Apatity, Murmansk Region, Russia (Apatity).\nOrganisations and site owners hosting monitoring stations:\nAgri-Food and Biosciences Institute\nAgroco Farms\nBangor University\nBerks, Bucks and Oxon Wildlife Trust (BBOWT)\nBritish Geological Survey (BGS)\nCheshire Wildlife Trust\nCollege of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise\nDefence Science and Technology Laboratory \nEuston Estate\nFarmcare\nForest Research\nGame and Wildlife Conservation Trust\nGlasgow University\nG's Naturally Fresh\nHadlow College\nJames Hutton Institute (JHI)\nMet Office\nMorley Agricultural Foundation\nMr Hugh's\nNatural England\nNewcastle University\nRedhill Farm Estate\nRothamsted Research\nScotland's Rural College (SRUC)\nSheepdrove Organic Farm\nSurrey Wildlife Trust\nSweet Lamb Complex\nThe University of Nottingham\nUniversity of Leeds\nUniversity of Lincoln\nWaddesdon Estate\nWrittle University College","resourceIdentifiers":[{"code":"https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/2ca11280-ae37-47f3-b020-39dcc367781e"}],"scienceArea":"Atmospheric Chemistry and Effects","title":"Cosmic-ray soil moisture monitoring network, UK (COSMOS-UK) Data map","type":"infrastructureRecord","uniqueness":"The innovation provided by COSMOS-UK comes from the use of a sensor that exploits cosmic-rays to measure soil moisture. This contrasts with other sensors that are intrusive, effectively point-scale, or require an on-site operator.","uri":"https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/2ca11280-ae37-47f3-b020-39dcc367781e","users":["It is anticipated that publically accessible real-time data will empower all kinds of applied environmental research: more accurate meteorological models; better water resource information of current and future conditions; increased resilience to natural hazards, for example by earlier flood warnings; improved water use efficiency in crop production; and giving better crop yield forecasts. It will enable a step change in fundamental science, particularly meteorological predictability associated with soil moisture, and better models of greenhouse gas emissions from soils. "]}