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Continuous meteorological surface and soil records (2004–2024) at the Met Office surface site of Cardington, UK
Simon R. Osborne
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Met Office, FitzRoy Road, Exeter, EX1 3PB, UK
Jennifer K. Brooke
Met Office, FitzRoy Road, Exeter, EX1 3PB, UK
Bernard M. Claxton
Met Office, FitzRoy Road, Exeter, EX1 3PB, UK
Tony Jones
Met Office, FitzRoy Road, Exeter, EX1 3PB, UK
Amanda M. Kerr-Munslow
Met Office, FitzRoy Road, Exeter, EX1 3PB, UK
James R. McGregor
Met Office, FitzRoy Road, Exeter, EX1 3PB, UK
Emily G. Norton
National Centre for Atmospheric Science (NCAS), University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK
Nicola Phillips
Met Office, FitzRoy Road, Exeter, EX1 3PB, UK
Martyn A. Pickering
Met Office, FitzRoy Road, Exeter, EX1 3PB, UK
Jeremy D. Price
Met Office, FitzRoy Road, Exeter, EX1 3PB, UK
Jenna Thornton
Met Office, FitzRoy Road, Exeter, EX1 3PB, UK
Graham P. Weedon
2 Millbrook Dale, Axminster, Devon, EX13 5EF, UK
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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.
We describe a continuous 20-yr record of meteorological and soil water measurements from a...
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