Monthly storage rain gauge data from a long-term upland catchment experiment in Plynlimon, Wales, 1969-2010

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This dataset contains the period rain gauge data from a very dense network of 39 sites in the Plynlimon (Pumlumon) area of upland mid-Wales, representing the headwaters of the Rivers Severn (Hafren) and Wye (Gwy).

A specially designed network of ground level and canopy storage rain gauges across 39 sites delivered rainfall data from 1971 to 2010 to explore changing hydrometeorology as part of the long-term Plynlimon catchment monitoring study.

An additional 19 period rain gauges were also installed for various periods between 1971 and 2010 and are included in this dataset.

Formats

Comma-separated values (CSV), Parquet, JPEG

Spatial information

Study area
Spatial representation type
Tabular (text)
Spatial reference systems
WGS 84
OSGB 1936 / British National Grid

Temporal information

Temporal extent
1969-01-01    to    2010-12-31
Temporal resolution
Monthly

Provenance & quality

Precipitation data recorded from storage gauges and manually read. Data were removed for various reasons including snowfall and vandalism and have been iteratively in-filled from a combination of gauge and monthly averages.

Author

FDRI
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology

Additional metadata

Topic categories
climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere
INSPIRE themes
Environmental Monitoring Facilities
Hydrography
Keywords
Catchment scale , Climate and climate change , drought , flood , Floods and Droughts Digital Research Infrastructure (FDRI) , Hydrology , Octapent MK2a, Precipation station, Upper Severn , Wales
Funding
Natural Environment Research Council