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Collated neutron probe measurements and derived soil moisture data, UK, 1966-2013
The dataset of neutron probe soil moisture observations for 112 sites (428 probe locations) from 1966 to 2013 includes 4 comma-separated tables, derived from the UK Soil Moisture Databank. The data include: • Neutron probe readings (number of neutrons) and Volumetric soil moisture content (m3 m-3) at a range of soil depths • Profile moisture content (m3 m-3) to a range of soil depths • Metadata (includes probe location, maximum depth of readings, soil type, vegetation, start date, end date) • Relevant publications (references and URL where available) for individual datasets The tube site locations are provided as British National Grid references and latitude/longitude in the tube metadata file. Depths of tube readings are provided in metres. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/450bb14b-c711-47af-8792-f9bd88482cd4
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- Date (Publication)
- 2022-05-19
- Citation identifier
- https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/450bb14b-c711-47af-8792-f9bd88482cd4
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- doi: / 10.5285/450bb14b-c711-47af-8792-f9bd88482cd4
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Bell, V.A., Davies, H.N., Fry, M., Zhang, T., Murphy, H., Hitt, O., Hewitt, E.J., Chapman, R., Black, K.B. (2022). Collated neutron probe measurements and derived soil moisture data, UK, 1966-2013. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/450bb14b-c711-47af-8792-f9bd88482cd4
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Bell, V.A. Author UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Davies, H.N. Author UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Fry, M. Author UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Zhang, T.
Author UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Murphy, H. Author UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Hitt, O. Author UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Hewitt, E.J.
Author UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Chapman, R. Author UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Black, K.B. Author UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Bell, V.
Point of contact NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre Custodian NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre Publisher UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Owner
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GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
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Soil
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If you reuse this data, you should cite: Bell, V.A., Davies, H.N., Fry, M., Zhang, T., Murphy, H., Hitt, O., Hewitt, E.J., Chapman, R., Black, K.B. (2022). Collated neutron probe measurements and derived soil moisture data, UK, 1966-2013. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/450bb14b-c711-47af-8792-f9bd88482cd4
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- Text, table
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- 1000 urn:ogc:def:uom:EPSG::9001
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- English
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- UTF8
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- Environment
- Begin date
- 1966-01-01
- End date
- 2013-12-31
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- Unique resource identifier
- OSGB 1936 / British National Grid
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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
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Protocol Linkage Name https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/data/450bb14b-c711-47af-8792-f9bd88482cd4 Download the data
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Protocol Linkage Name https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/450bb14b-c711-47af-8792-f9bd88482cd4.zip Supporting information
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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
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An archive of neutron probe data for over 400 UK locations has been assembled following a data recovery process. The UKSMD (UK Soil Moisture Databank) consists of neutron probe observations from 1966 to 2013 recovered from fragile magnetic tapes and from disparate spreadsheets and databases. Much of the older data (1960s and 1970s) formed part of a national soil moisture database, “The Soil Moisture Databank (SMDB)” which was previously considered lost, but has since been recovered from old tapes, reassembled, and quality assessed. An additional archive of more-recent neutron probe data for a further 329 probe locations up to 2013 has been retrieved from disparate spreadsheets and databases across UKCEH. All associated data, from the raw digitised neutron probe measurements to volumetric soil moisture data have been quality controlled and converted to standard (SI) units See supporting information for more details.
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- 450bb14b-c711-47af-8792-f9bd88482cd4 XML
- Metadata language
- English
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- 8859 Part 1
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- Dataset
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dataset
- Date stamp
- 2025-03-21T13:20:13
- 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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