Dataset: Saxmundham monthly meteorological summaries 1966-1985

Citation:  Margaret Glendining (2019). Dataset: Saxmundham monthly meteorological summaries 1966-1985 Electronic Rothamsted Archive, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, UK DOI : https://doi.org/10.23637/Sax-1928223556-01.
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Summary

This dataset consists of monthly summaries of meteorological data measured at Saxmundham Experimental Station in East Suffolk, UK, from January 1966 until December 1985, and is derived from daily measurements taken at the site.

Methods

The monthly summary data contained in this spreadsheet are derived from daily data measured at Saxmundham Experimental Station Meteorological Station, Saxmundham, Suffolk, UK. The 1966 and 1967 summaries were published in the Rothamsted Annual Reports for those years; subsequent years were also published in the 'Numerical Results' or 'Yields of the Fields Experiments' for 1968-1985. as well as the Rothamsted Annual Reports for each year. Summary data were converted from paper copies to electronic files using code to extract and compile summary data into a single dataset, July 2019.

Technical Information

Measurements: -Mean monthly air temperature: the mean of the maximum and minimum air temperature (degrees C); -Mean monthly dew point: derived from wet and dry bulb temperature, measured at 0900 GMT (degrees C); -Mean monthly soil temperature: the soil temperature in ground under bare soil at 30cm depth, measured at 0900 GMT (degrees C); -Total monthly ground frosts: the number of nights when the grass minimum temperature was below 0 degrees C (days per month); -Total monthly rainfall: including all precipitation (snow, rain, mist and fog) captured in a 12.7 cm rain gauge (mm per month); -Total monthly rain days: the number of days rainfall was 0.2mm or more (days per month); -Mean monthly wind speed: measured at 2 metres above ground level, average over 24 hours (km per hour); -Mean daily solar radiation: measured with a Kipp Solarimeter (MJ m-2 day-1 ); -Total monthly evaporation over open water: mean of two open water tanks installed in the spring of each year (mm per month).

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Contributors

  • Sarah Perryman: Data curator
  • Margaret Glendining: Data curator
  • Richard Ostler: Data collector
  • Tony Scott: Data collector
  • Lilybelle Cowland-Kellock: Data collector
  • Nathalie Castells: Data manager

Dataset Access and Conditions

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Rothamsted Research

License

Creative Commons License This dataset is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Licence (4.0).

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YOU MUST CITE AS: Margaret Glendining (2019). Dataset: Saxmundham monthly meteorological summaries 1966-1985 Electronic Rothamsted Archive, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, UK https://doi.org/10.23637/Sax-1928223556-01

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Conditions of Use

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The 1966 and 1967 summaries were published in the Rothamsted Annual Reports for those years; subsequent years were also published in the 'Numerical Results' or 'Yields of the Fields Experiments' for 1968-1985. as well as the Rothamsted Annual Reports for each year.

Verification of daily data includes checks for instrument errors, for missing data and outliers.

  • The dataset Saxmundham monthly meteorological summaries 1966-1985 is a published dataset from the e-RA Database. e-RA is part of the Rothamsted Long-Term Experiments - National Bioscience Research Infrastructure (RLTE-NBRI), which also covers maintenance of the Long-Term Experiments, the Rothamsted Sample Archive and Rothamsted's environmental monitoring activities including the weather stations and its role in the UK Environmental Change Network
  • The RLTE-NBRI is funded by UK Research and Innovation - Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (UKRI-BBSRC) under award BBS/E/RH/23NB0007 (2023-2028). The RLTE-NBRI is also supported by the Lawes Agricultural Trust. e-RA has been part of a National Capability since 2012, previous awards from the BBSRC were Grants BBS/E/C/00005189 (2012-2017) and BBS/E/C/000J0300 (2017-2022)
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