Sub-daily meteorology and river flow observations from a long-term upland catchment experiment in Plynlimon, Wales, 1968-2010

This dataset contains hourly automatic weather station (AWS) and 15 minute river flow gauging station data from sites in the Plynlimon (Pumlumon) area of upland mid-Wales, representing the headwaters of the Rivers Severn (Hafren) and Wye (Gwy). A range of instrumentation across 6 AWS sites and 10 gauging stations delivered meteorological and river flow data from 1968 to 2010 to explore changing hydrometeorology as part of the long-term Plynlimon catchment monitoring study. The dataset includes: air temperature, temperature depression, Vapour Pressure Deficit (VPD), precipitation, solar radiation, net radiation, wind speed, wind direction, and river flow. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/a815235d-6ae1-4e5a-b5cd-138455607cd1

Date (Publication): 2025-12-05

Citation identifier: https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/a815235d-6ae1-4e5a-b5cd-138455607cd1

Citation identifier: doi: / 10.5285/a815235d-6ae1-4e5a-b5cd-138455607cd1

Other citation details: Robinson, M., Kirchner, J.W., Fry, M., Cooper, H. (2025). Sub-daily meteorology and river flow observations from a long-term upland catchment experiment in Plynlimon, Wales, 1968-2010. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/a815235d-6ae1-4e5a-b5cd-138455607cd1

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Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology	Robinson, M.	enquiries@ceh.ac.uk	Author
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology	Kirchner, J.W.	enquiries@ceh.ac.uk	Author
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology	Fry, M.	enquiries@ceh.ac.uk	Author
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology	Cooper, H.	enquiries@ceh.ac.uk	Author
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology	Cooper, H.	enquiries@ceh.ac.uk	Point of contact
NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre		info@eidc.ac.uk	Publisher
NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre		info@eidc.ac.uk	Custodian
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology		enquiries@ceh.ac.uk	Owner

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Hydrology
Gwy
Hafren
Severn
Wales
Wye
Plynlimon
FDRI
AWS
CEH
gauging
IH
Water
observations

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Other constraints: If you reuse this data, you should cite: Robinson, M., Kirchner, J.W., Fry, M., Cooper, H. (2025). Sub-daily meteorology and river flow observations from a long-term upland catchment experiment in Plynlimon, Wales, 1968-2010. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/a815235d-6ae1-4e5a-b5cd-138455607cd1

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Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere

Begin date: 1968-01-01

End date: 2010-12-31

Unique resource identifier: OSGB 1936 / British National Grid

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NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre		info@eidc.ac.uk	Distributor

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Title: 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: Raw measurements are provided along with derived, quality controlled (QC'd), aggregated, and gap-filled data. The supporting document provides collated and QC'd information on this dataset. As the status and detail of the documentation available varies over time, and between sites, this should be viewed as a data rescue exercise, extracting essential information to enable understanding of the record. Further documentation may be available in electronic and paper form from UKCEH Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK. This work was supported by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC-UKRI) as part of the Floods and Droughts Research Infrastructure (FDRI) which is aiming to deliver improved access to monitoring data to support research into hydrological processes.

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Date stamp: 2025-12-16T09:43:39

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NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre		info@eidc.ac.uk	Point of contact

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