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Cloud and rain pollutant concentration and deposition data at Bowbeat, Peebles, 2003-2006
This dataset provides weekly pollutant concentration and deposition data in cloud and rain samples from the, now retired, Bowbeat field site near Edinburgh, UK. The data were captured approximately weekly between 03/09/2003 and 28/06/2006 using a cloud droplet collector and rainwater collector. They were collected to monitor and model cloud/rain water composition and deposition at high elevation as part of ongoing routine measurements. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/2dca8f2f-a21b-4f77-bc8c-326269ab58d1
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- Date (Publication)
- 2023-11-01
- Citation identifier
- https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/2dca8f2f-a21b-4f77-bc8c-326269ab58d1
- Citation identifier
- doi: / 10.5285/2dca8f2f-a21b-4f77-bc8c-326269ab58d1
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Crossley, A., Harvey, F.J., Ferguson, S., Leaver, D., Fowler, D., Cape, J.N. (2023). Cloud and rain pollutant concentration and deposition data at Bowbeat, Peebles, 2003-2006. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/2dca8f2f-a21b-4f77-bc8c-326269ab58d1
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Crossley, A.
Author UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Harvey, F.J.
Author UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Ferguson, S. Author UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Leaver, D.
Author UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Fowler, D. Author UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Cape, J.N. Author UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Ferguson, S.
Point of contact NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre Publisher NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre Custodian
- Maintenance and update frequency
- Not planned
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GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
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Atmospheric Conditions
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GEMET - Concepts, version 4.1.3
- Keywords
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- Pollution
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Pollutant Concentration
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Cloud chemistry
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Rain chemistry
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Seeder-feeder effect
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- Other restrictions
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- no limitations
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If you reuse this data, you should cite: Crossley, A., Harvey, F.J., Ferguson, S., Leaver, D., Fowler, D., Cape, J.N. (2023). Cloud and rain pollutant concentration and deposition data at Bowbeat, Peebles, 2003-2006. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/2dca8f2f-a21b-4f77-bc8c-326269ab58d1
- Spatial representation type
- Text, table
- Language
- English
- Character set
- UTF8
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- Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere
- Begin date
- 2003-09-03
- End date
- 2006-06-28
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- Unique resource identifier
- WGS 84
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Name Version Comma-separated values (CSV)
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
Distributor
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Protocol Linkage Name https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/data/2dca8f2f-a21b-4f77-bc8c-326269ab58d1 Download the data
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Protocol Linkage Name https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/2dca8f2f-a21b-4f77-bc8c-326269ab58d1.zip Supporting information
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dataset
Conformance result
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Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services
- Date (Publication)
- 2010-12-08
- Statement
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A cloud droplet collector and rainwater collector were used to collect samples which were weighed (g) and measured (ml), before taking a sub-sample of 150 ml for ion analysis. The depth of each sample was calculated as the sample volume divided by the cross-sectional area of the funnel used to collect the samples. Samples were analysed by ion chromatography to obtain the combined cloud and rain concentrations and the rain-only concentrations of eight pollutants, which were then used to calculate the deposition of each pollutant. These depositions were then used to calculate the cloud-only depositions and concentrations of each pollutant. Non-marine sulphate concentrations and depositions were derived from sulphate depositions. All formulae used in the above calculations are detailed extensively in the associated supporting document. This dataset was then reviewed and quality checked by S. Ferguson around 20 years after the original data collection to adapt it into a state suitable for reuse. All excel formulae in the original spreadsheet were checked and the units of the variables were derived from the formulae. The data were then cleaned using an R Studio script, separated into three simplified dataframes, and converted to csv. An ion balance was then conducted as a quality control measure with guidance from J Neil Cape. Any occurrences of large ion imbalances, suspected reporting errors or sample bottle overflows were removed from the dataset and all unusual data thought to have been caused by biological contamination or contamination from wind-blown dust have been flagged. Accounting for missing data from lack of sample collection, partially missing data, and removed data, the percentage completeness of each of the datasets is over 70%.
Metadata
- File identifier
- 2dca8f2f-a21b-4f77-bc8c-326269ab58d1 XML
- Metadata language
- English
- Character set
- 8859 Part 1
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- Dataset
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dataset
- Date stamp
- 2025-11-13T16:18:47
- Metadata standard name
- UK GEMINI
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2.3
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre Point of contact
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