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Environmental monitoring data from upland and lowland blanket peatland in the Flow Country, Scotland, 2017-2019

Publisher
Environmental Information Data Centre
Updated
30 July 2026
Topic
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Summary

The datasets contains monthly environmental data from HOBO dataloggers which were used to measure precipitation, air temperature, Photosynthetically Active Radiation (PAR), soil moisture, soil temperature and water level relative to surface from 6 points in 1km2 of upland (RSPB Forsinard Knockfin Heights) and 6 points in a 1km2 of lowland (Plantlife Munsary) blanket peatland within the Flow Country, Caithness and Sutherland. Data was obtained every 15 mins between September 2017 and November 2018 covering the 2018 European Drought Event. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/1be4eef2-0591-4073-bae2-e00b6ff4462f

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Source Metadata
XML, HTML
Date added
24 July 2026
Harvest GUID
1be4eef2-0591-4073-bae2-e00b6ff4462f
Extent (Latitude)
58.785° to 57.159°
Extent (Longitude)
-5.968° to -1.959°
Dataset reference date (publication)
2021-04-29
Access constraints
If you reuse this data, you should cite: Marshall, C., Large, D.J., Andersen, R., Gilbert, P., Sterk, H.P. (2021). Environmental monitoring data from upland and lowland blanket peatland in the Flow Country, Scotland, 2017-2019. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/1be4eef2-0591-4073-bae2-e00b6ff4462f
Responsible party
University of the Highlands and Islands (author, pointOfContact); University of Nottingham (author); (publisher, owner, custodian)
ISO 19139 resource type
dataset
Metadata language
eng