Cairngorms (ECN site) - United Kingdom

Basic Information
Site Name
Cairngorms (ECN site)
Short name
T12
Country
United Kingdom
Web Address
ECN website
Operating Organisation
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH)
Site Manager
Chris Andrews
Site Description
UK Environmental Change Network (ECN) site. The Cairngorms site is located high in the Cairngorms, near Aviemore in Speyside, Scotland. The site lies on the North-Western flank of the Cairngorms encompassing the catchment of the Allt a' Mharcaidh (a site in the ECN freshwater network). It is part of the Invereshie and Inshriach National Nature Reserve, within the Cairngorms National Park, and covers some 10 km2. This is the first ECN site in the UK's sub-arctic zone and is an important link not only to other upland ECN sites but to alpine site in Europe and globally through the GLORIA network, and also to networks across the Arctic (SCANNET and INTERACT). The Cairngorms site has been used intensively for research since the ...
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Last modified
2025-01-07 11:01:07

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General Characteristics and Status
Site Status
Operational
Year Established
1999
Observed properties
atmospheric parametersoil parameterecosystem parameterchemical parameterwater parameterbiological parameterlandscape parameteragricultural parameterairhumidityairtemperatureincomingradiationintensitynetradiationirradiancenetsolarradiationirradianceozoneconcentrationprecipitationintensityreflectedradiationintensitysnowdepthsolarradiationtotalradiationirradiancewinddirectionwindspeedcarbon-to-nitrogenratiocationexchangecapacitydissolvedorganicnitrogeninsoilsoilaciditysoilbulkdensitysoilmoisturefieldcapacitysoilsoluteamountsoilsolutionconcentrationsoiltemperaturethicknessofsoilhorizontotalorganiccarbonbirdspresencebryophytespresencediversityindexfloristicdiversityplantspeciescompositionsoilsoluteamountspeciesabundancespeciescompositionspeciespresencespeciesturnoveravailablephosphorusdissolvedorganicphosphorusinorganiccarboncontentpercentcarbonpercentorganiccarbonsoilpHtotalcarbontotalorganiccarbonconductivityrunoffamountstageheightwateraciditywaterlevelwaterqualitywatertablewatervolumeemergencedatefloweringdateleafareaplantcoverplantdevelopmentstagelandcoverlandusedissolvedorganiccarboninsoil
Affiliation and Network Specific Information
Affiliation
ILTER✔This site is a verified "ILTER" member.
LTER Europe✔This site is a verified "LTER Europe" member.
UK Eutrophying and Acidifying atmospheric Pollutants network (UKEAP)✖The affiliation of this site with "UK Eutrophying and Acidifying atmospheric Pollutants network (UKEAP)" is not verified by the network on DEIMS-SDR.
SCANNET✖The affiliation of this site with "SCANNET" is not verified by the network on DEIMS-SDR.
UK ECN✔ (LTER_EU_UK_058)This site is a verified "UK ECN" member.
INTERACT✔ (https://www.interact-gis.org/Home/Station/84)This site is a verified "INTERACT" member.
GERI✔This site is a verified "GERI" member.
Critical Zone Collaborative Network (CZ Net)✖The affiliation of this site with "Critical Zone Collaborative Network (CZ Net)" is not verified by the network on DEIMS-SDR.
Projects
eLTER (H2020)
eLTER catalogue
eLTER PLUS (H2020) - RA
eLTER PLUS (H2020) - TA
eLTER PLUS (H2020) - VA
Teabag
Photos
Cairngorms ECN site
Cairngorms ECN site
Geographic
2 km
1 mi
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Centroid/Representative Coordinates

Latitude: 57.1 Longitude: -3.81667

Size
ca. 1000.00ha
Elevation (average)
766.00msl
Elevation (min)
320.00msl
Elevation (max)
1110.00msl
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Site information [.json]

Centroid/representative coordinates [.shp] [.kml]
Bounding Box [.shp] [.kml]
Boundaries [.shp] [.kml]
GEO-BON Biome
Terrestrial
Biome
Evergreen Forest
Ecosystem Type
Alpine
Forest
Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests
Temperate coniferous forests
Biogeographical Region
Atlantic Bio-geographical Region
EUNIS habitat
Woodland, forest and other wooded land (G)
Air Temperature: Average Annual
4.70°C
Precipitation Annual
872.00mm
Protection Level (IUCN category)
Category IV – Habitat/Species Management Area
Category V – Protected Landscape/Seascape/Area
Site Type
Stationary land-based site
Design of Experimentation
partly experimentation
Scale of Experimentation
plot scale
Design of Observation
mainly observation
Scale of Observation
entire catchment
Permanent Power Supply
No
Equipment
Observation devices » Measurement tower » No tower on site
Data infrastructure » Data services » Data portal
Data infrastructure » Data storage » Structured file
Data infrastructure » Data storage » Spatial data file (GIS)
Data infrastructure » Data storage » Relational database
Supporting infrastructure » Lodging at site » No lodging possible
Equipment notes
B&B, hostel and hotel accommodation available within a short drive. Camping on site possible.
Accessible All Year
Yes
All parts of Site Accessible
No
Access Type
dirt road (4WD)
Permanent Operation
Yes
Operation Notes
ECN terrestrial monitoring is carried out at least once every 14 days
Site Visit Interval
14
Maintenance Interval
14
Data Policy Notes
The ECN datasets are hosted by the NERC Environmental Information Data Centre (EIDC - http://eidc.ceh.ac.uk/), managed by the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (CEH) - https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/documents/4971bce4-8a81-4e23-9637-7fcff37c5f21. They are available under the Open Government Licence and can be cited via DOI's (digital object identifier).
Data Policy URL
http://data.ecn.ac.uk/datapolicy.asp
LTER Site Classification
Master
Related Resources on DEIMS-SDR
18 dataset(s) in total:
Acoustic bat data: 2014
Cairngorms: Ecosystem services variables from the UK Environmental Change Network (ECN)
Cairngorms: UK Environmental Change Network (ECN) bat data: 1993-2015
Cairngorms: UK Environmental Change Network (ECN) bird data: 1995-2015
Cairngorms: UK Environmental Change Network (ECN) butterfly data: 1993-2015
Cairngorms: UK Environmental Change Network (ECN) frog data: 1994-2015
Cairngorms: UK Environmental Change Network (ECN) Precipitation Chemistry data: 1992-2015
There is EURO-CORDEX climate scenario data available for this site:
Projected Near Surface Specific Humidity ChangeRCP26RCP45RCP85
Projected Precipitation ChangeRCP26RCP45RCP85
Projected Sea Level Pressure ChangeRCP26RCP45RCP85
Projected Surface Downwelling Shortwave RadiationRCP26RCP45RCP85
Projected Near-Surface Wind SpeedRCP26RCP45RCP85
Projected Near-Surface Air TemperatureRCP26RCP45RCP85
Projected Daily Maximum Near-Surface Air TemperatureRCP26RCP45RCP85
Projected Daily Minimum Near-Surface Air TemperatureRCP26RCP45RCP85

You can also download the entire climate scenario dataset for this site from the EUDAT B2SHARE data store.