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Meteorological and soil data from Whim Bog, Scotland, UK, 2003–2023
This dataset contains information about meteorological conditions, soil parameters and water table depth at Whim Bog, an ombrotrophic heather-dominated bog near Edinburgh, Scotland. Meteorological measurements were recorded at a height of 2 m above the bog on a meteorological mast which is a part of a peatland nitrogen pollution experiment established in 2002. The measurements are recorded using a wide range of automatic sensors recording continuous meteorological data reported in this dataset at 15-minute intervals. This dataset relates to measurements taken from 2003 till 2023. This long-term dataset provides a comprehensive outlook of meteorological conditions in southern Scotland over the past two decades and can help identify changing climatic trends and anomalies. The work was supported by UKCEH National Capability for UK Challenges Programme NE/Y006208/1. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/ba9ecad2-1740-41e6-8f73-b308340d49fe
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- Date (Publication)
- 2025-08-26
- Citation identifier
- https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/ba9ecad2-1740-41e6-8f73-b308340d49fe
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- doi: / 10.5285/ba9ecad2-1740-41e6-8f73-b308340d49fe
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Leeson, S.R., Deshpande, A.G., Levy, P.E., Harvey, D., van Dijk, N., Sheppard, L.J., Leith, I.D., Crossley, A., Jones, M.R. (2025). Meteorological and soil data from Whim Bog, Scotland, UK, 2003–2023. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/ba9ecad2-1740-41e6-8f73-b308340d49fe
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Deshpande, A.G. Point of contact UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Leeson, S.R. Author UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Deshpande, A.G. Author UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Levy, P.E. Author UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Harvey, D.
Author UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology van Dijk, N.
Author UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Sheppard, L.J.
Author UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Leith, I.D.
Author UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Crossley, A.
Author UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Jones, M.R.
Author UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Owner NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre Custodian NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre Publisher
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GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
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Meteorological geographical features
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- Keywords
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- Climate and climate change
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meteorology
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Scotland
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climate and climate change
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peatland
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bog
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NC-UK
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soil
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water table
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If you reuse this data, you should cite: Leeson, S.R., Deshpande, A.G., Levy, P.E., Harvey, D., van Dijk, N., Sheppard, L.J., Leith, I.D., Crossley, A., Jones, M.R. (2025). Meteorological and soil data from Whim Bog, Scotland, UK, 2003–2023. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/ba9ecad2-1740-41e6-8f73-b308340d49fe
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- Text, table
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- English
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- UTF8
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- Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere
- Begin date
- 2002-01-01
- End date
- 2023-12-13
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- 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/ba9ecad2-1740-41e6-8f73-b308340d49fe Download the data
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Protocol Linkage Name https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/ba9ecad2-1740-41e6-8f73-b308340d49fe.zip Supporting information
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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
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- 2010-12-08
- Statement
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Meteorological parameters such as air temperature, relative humidity, rainfall, leaf wetness, wind speed, wind direction, net radiation, total solar radiation and photosynthetically active radiation were measured above the bog. Additionally, soil moisture, temperature and water table depth were measured. All instruments measured data every 20 seconds and the average was calculated over 15-minute intervals by a data logger. The data was checked visually, and any obvious errors introduced by instrument malfunctioning, datalogger programming issues and power cuts were removed. Some gaps were also introduced during the time taken to replace faulty sensors or restore power to the sensors.
Metadata
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- ba9ecad2-1740-41e6-8f73-b308340d49fe XML
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- English
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- 8859 Part 1
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- Dataset
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dataset
- Date stamp
- 2025-11-13T16:22:29
- 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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