Continuous meteorological surface and soil records (2004–2024) at the Met Office surface site of Cardington, UK

Osborne, Simon R.; Brooke, Jennifer K.; Claxton, Bernard M.; Jones, Tony; Kerr-Munslow, Amanda M.; McGregor, James R.; Norton, Emily G.; Phillips, Nicola; Pickering, Martyn A.; Price, Jeremy D.; Thornton, Jenna; Weedon, Graham P.

doi:10.5194/essd-18-1575-2026

Articles | Volume 18, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-18-1575-2026

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https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-18-1575-2026

© Author(s) 2026. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 18, issue 2

Data description article

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02 Mar 2026

Data description article |

| 02 Mar 2026

Continuous meteorological surface and soil records (2004–2024) at the Met Office surface site of Cardington, UK

Simon R. Osborne, Jennifer K. Brooke, Bernard M. Claxton, Tony Jones, Amanda M. Kerr-Munslow, James R. McGregor, Emily G. Norton, Nicola Phillips, Martyn A. Pickering, Jeremy D. Price, Jenna Thornton, and Graham P. Weedon

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Continuous hydrometeorological record (2004–2024) at the Met Office surface site of Cardington, UK Dataset Collection Met Office et al. https://doi.org/10.5285/5487380511084413a502c4b229273bc6

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We describe a continuous 20-yr record of meteorological and soil water measurements from a semi-rural site in central England. The dataset is available at the Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) UK repository. The data spans 2004 to 2024 in 1, 5, 10 and 30-min time steps for the core variables. Observations used turbulence masts at various heights up to 50m, visibility, weather balloon launches, and very near-surface and subsoil sensors. More specialist remote sensing instruments retrieved profiles through the boundary layer.