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Hydrological monitoring data from Coalburn catchment, Northern England, 1967-2022

Publisher
Environmental Information Data Centre
Updated
30 July 2026
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Summary

Hydrological monitoring data for 55 years from 1967 to 2022 for the Coalburn catchment (1.5 km2). The catchment is located in Northern England within Kielder forest, Northumberland, and is the longest running forest research catchment in the UK. In 1972/73 the upland grassland was ploughed and planted with a conifer forest. The trees are now mature and around 30% of the catchment has been felled. From 1967 to 1993 a mixture of hourly and daily data is available and from 1993 onwards all the data is hourly. The data consist of precipitation, discharge, potential evapotranspiration, other meteorological data and snow depths. The data has been extensively quality controlled and can be used for hydrological modelling or data analysis to understand the effects of forests on river flows. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/88d72918-324e-42a8-a4f2-bbbc322814ff

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Source Metadata
XML, HTML
Date added
25 July 2026
Harvest GUID
88d72918-324e-42a8-a4f2-bbbc322814ff
Extent (Latitude)
55.107° to 55.089°
Extent (Longitude)
-2.495° to -2.466°
Dataset reference date (publication)
2025-02-11
Access constraints
If you reuse this data, you should cite: Birkinshaw, S. (2025). Hydrological monitoring data from Coalburn catchment, Northern England, 1967-2022. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/88d72918-324e-42a8-a4f2-bbbc322814ff
Responsible party
Newcastle University (author, pointOfContact); (publisher, custodian); Newcastle University (owner)
ISO 19139 resource type
dataset
Metadata language
eng