Deriving Emissions related to Climate Change Network: CO2, CH4, N2O, and SF6 measurements from Ridge Hill Tall Tower, Herefordshire

High frequency measurements of carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O) and sulfur hexafluoride (SF6) have been taken at Ridge Hill tall tower as part of the UK DECC (Deriving Emissions linked to Climate Change) Network.

Ridge Hill (RGL) is a rural UK site located 13 km south-east of Hereford (population ~55,000), and 30 km south-west of Worcester (population ~94,000), in Herefordshire, UK. Measurements of SF6 and N2O have been taken using gas chromatography with an electron capture detector (GC-ECD), sampling from a height of 90 m above ground level. Measurements are also taken from inlet heights of 45 m and 90 m above ground level using laser-based techniques for CO2 and CH4. Due to the location of the site, far from strong sources of local pollution, measurements from this site are used to calculate emission maps of trace gas species in the UK in combination with other measurement stations in the UK (Bilsdale, Tacolneston and Heathfield) and Ireland (Mace Head).

This work was funded by Business Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) contracts TRN1028/06/2015 and TRN1537/06/2018 to the University of Bristol.

Date (Publication): 2019-09-04T10:07:04

Date (Creation): 2019-09-04T10:07:04

Citation identifier: https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/4370dacd17544eb781aa1e51cc4dc633

Citation identifier: Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) / 4370dacd17544eb781aa1e51cc4dc633

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Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
Unavailable	O'Doherty, Simon	Unavailable	Author
Unavailable	Say, Daniel	Unavailable	Author
Unavailable	Stanley, Kieran	Unavailable	Author
Unavailable	Young, Dickon	Unavailable	Author
Unavailable	Stavert, Ann	Unavailable	Author
Unavailable	Grant, Aoife	Unavailable	Author
Unavailable	Ganesan, Anita	Unavailable	Author
Unavailable	Pitt, Joseph	Unavailable	Author
Unavailable	Wenger, Angelina	Unavailable	Author
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Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA)		support@ceda.ac.uk	Distributor
Unavailable	Stanley, Kieran	Unavailable	Principal investigator
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Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA)		support@ceda.ac.uk	Publisher

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UK-DECC
Ridge Hill
trace gases

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atmospheric conditions

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Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere

Begin date: 2012-01-01T00:00:00

Unique resource identifier: WGS 84

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	http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/research/monitoring/atmospheric-trends/sites/ridge-hill	Met Office website for Ridge Hill Tall Tower

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Date (Publication): 2010-12-08

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Parent identifier: UK DECC (Deriving Emissions linked to Climate Change) Network
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