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https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-13-1737-2021
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the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Data description paper
| 
28 Apr 2021
Data description paper |
| 28 Apr 2021
| 28 Apr 2021
COSMOS-UK: national soil moisture and hydrometeorology data for environmental science research
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Wallingford, OX10 8BB, UK
Emma Bennett
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Wallingford, OX10 8BB, UK
James Blake
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Wallingford, OX10 8BB, UK
Eleanor Blyth
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Wallingford, OX10 8BB, UK
David Boorman
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Wallingford, OX10 8BB, UK
Elizabeth Cooper
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Wallingford, OX10 8BB, UK
Jonathan Evans
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Wallingford, OX10 8BB, UK
Matthew Fry
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Wallingford, OX10 8BB, UK
Alan Jenkins
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Wallingford, OX10 8BB, UK
Ross Morrison
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Wallingford, OX10 8BB, UK
Daniel Rylett
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Wallingford, OX10 8BB, UK
Simon Stanley
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Wallingford, OX10 8BB, UK
Magdalena Szczykulska
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Wallingford, OX10 8BB, UK
Emily Trill
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Wallingford, OX10 8BB, UK
Vasileios Antoniou
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Wallingford, OX10 8BB, UK
Anne Askquith-Ellis
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Wallingford, OX10 8BB, UK
Lucy Ball
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Wallingford, OX10 8BB, UK
Milo Brooks
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Environment Centre Wales,
Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2UW, UK
Michael A. Clarke
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Lancaster Environment Centre,
Bailrigg, Lancaster, LA1 4AP, UK
Nicholas Cowan
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Bush Estate, Penicuik,
Midlothian, EH26 0QB, UK
Alexander Cumming
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Wallingford, OX10 8BB, UK
Philip Farrand
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Wallingford, OX10 8BB, UK
Olivia Hitt
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Wallingford, OX10 8BB, UK
formerly at: UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Wallingford, OX10
8BB, UK
William Lord
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Wallingford, OX10 8BB, UK
Peter Scarlett
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Wallingford, OX10 8BB, UK
Oliver Swain
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Wallingford, OX10 8BB, UK
Jenna Thornton
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Wallingford, OX10 8BB, UK
now at: UK Met Office, Cardington Airfield, Shortstown, Bedford, MK42
0SY, UK
Alan Warwick
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Wallingford, OX10 8BB, UK
Ben Winterbourn
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Wallingford, OX10 8BB, UK
now at: School of Ocean Sciences, Bangor University, Bangor, Gwynedd,
LL59 5AB, UK
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Short summary
COSMOS-UK is a UK network of environmental monitoring sites, with a focus on measuring field-scale soil moisture. Each site includes soil and hydrometeorological sensors providing data including air temperature, humidity, net radiation, neutron counts, snow water equivalent, and potential evaporation. These data can provide information for science, industry, and agriculture by improving existing understanding and data products in fields such as water resources, space sciences, and biodiversity.
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