Hill, T.C.; Chocholek, M

Coastal Biodiversity and Ecosystem Service Sustainability (CBESS) meteorological data from Abbotts Hall, Essex

https://doi.org/10.5285/dd2f7d23-6f11-4053-bc18-3cf2431c1963 Cite this dataset

The meteorological data describes the air and soil temperatures, net radiation balance, down-welling photosynthetically active radiation, wind speed, wind direction and the vapour pressure deficit.

Data collection was carried out at Abbotts Hall marsh from the 15th of December 2012 till the 27th of January 2015. The Abbotts Hall site is in Essex, South East England, and the meteorological tower was situated in the middle of the marsh.

This data was collected as part of Coastal Biodiversity and Ecosystem Service Sustainability (CBESS): NE/J015644/1. The project was funded with support from the Biodiversity and Ecosystem Service Sustainability (BESS) programme. BESS is a six-year programme (2011-2017) funded by the UK Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) and the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) as part of the UK's Living with Environmental Change (LWEC) programme.

Publication date: 2016-02-29

Format

Comma-separated values (CSV)

Spatial information

Study area
Spatial representation type: Tabular (text)
Spatial reference system: OSGB 1936 / British National Grid

Temporal information

Temporal extent: 2012-12-15 to 2015-01-27

Provenance & quality

Measurements are recorded on Campbell Scientific (CS) dataloggers. The wind direction and wind speed are measured at 10 Hz by a CS CSAT3A anemometer install at 4.3 m on a lattice tower by a CS CR3000 datalogger. The remaining variables are record at 1/60 Hz (i.e. every minute) by a CS CR1000 with multiplexer. Air temperature and humidity is measured with Vaisala HMP155A and then converted to Vapour Pressure deficit (VPD). Precipitation is record by an Environmental Measurements Limited (EML) ARG100 tipping bucket rain gauge. Net radiation is measured with a Kipp and Zonen NR Lite.

Photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) is measured with a Skye Instruments SKP215. Soil temperatures are measured with CS 107 thermistors.

Mean half hourly values were calculated in Matlab. The time refers to the middle of the half hourly period. E.g. 00:15 refers to the half hour from (and including) 00:00 up to (but not including) 00:30.

This dataset is included in the following collections

Biological, ecological and physical data collected from salt marsh and mudflat sites on the West and East coast of England during the winter and summer of 2013 by the Coastal Biodiversity and Ecosystem Service Sustainability (CBESS) project

Correspondence/contact details

Dr Tim Hill

University of Exeter

Amory Building, Rennes Drive
Exeter
EX4 4RJ
UK

t.c.hill@exeter.ac.uk

Authors

Hill, T.C.

University of Exeter

Chocholek, M

University of St Andrews

Other contacts

Rights holder: University of Exeter
Custodian: NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
info@eidc.ac.uk
Publisher: NERC Environmental Information Data Centre
info@eidc.ac.uk

Additional metadata

Topic categories: climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere
INSPIRE theme: Meteorological geographical features
Keywords: air , atmospheric humidity , atmospheric precipitation , BESS , CBESS , Essex , meteorological parameter , net radiation , photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) , radiation , relative humidity , salt marsh , soil , temperature , United Kingdom , vapour pressure deficit (VPD) , wind , wind direction , wind speed
Funding: Natural Environment Research Council Award: NE/J015644/1
Last updated: 27 February 2024 16:20