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

Publisher
Environmental Information Data Centre
Updated
4 September 2026
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Summary

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

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Source Metadata
XML, HTML
Date added
01 September 2026
Harvest GUID
a815235d-6ae1-4e5a-b5cd-138455607cd1
Extent (Latitude)
52.48° to 52.43°
Extent (Longitude)
-3.77° to -3.69°
Dataset reference date (publication)
2025-12-05
Access 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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(author, pointOfContact, publisher, owner, custodian)
ISO 19139 resource type
dataset
Metadata language
eng