Loch Dee - United Kingdom

Basic Information
Site Name
Loch Dee
Short name
L15
Country
United Kingdom
Web Address
ECN website
Loch Dee on UK Lakes Portal
Site Manager
Andrew Sier [Primary ECN contact]
Site Description
UK ECN site. Loch Dee forms the headwaters of the River Dee and has a surface area of 1km2, with a total catchment area of 15.6km2. It has 3 principal sub-catchments, the Dargall Lane, the White Laggan and the Black Laggan Burns (30% planted with sitka spruce), and the Green Burn with 67% of its area planted with sitka spruce. It has highly variable rainfall with dry periods in spring and summer a predominant feature. Average rainfall is moderately acidic (pH 4.6 - 4.9) and the chemistry dominated by salts of marine origin, mainly Na+, CL- and SO4; for most samples the concentration ratios between the ions match those of sea water. The topography and land use affect the flows in the sub-catchments giving a wide dynamic range of ...
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2023-09-01 14:09:58

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General Characteristics and Status
Site Status
Operational
Year Established
1994
Observed properties
water parameterchemical parameterecosystem parameterbiological parameterconductivitylakelevellaketemperaturewateraciditywateralkalinitywaterlevelwaterqualitywatertemperaturewatertransparencyammoniumcontentdissolvednutrientdissolvedorganiccarboninwatersuspendedsolidstotalorganiccarbonbenthicinvertebratesabundancebenthicinvertebratespresenceinorganicnutrientcontentspeciesabundancespeciespresencenitrogencontent
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 ECN✔ (LTER_EU_UK_015)This site is a verified "UK ECN" member.
Geographic
1 km
3000 ft
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Centroid/Representative Coordinates

Latitude: 55.070464 Longitude: -4.400677

Size
ca. 100.00ha
Elevation (average)
225.00msl
Elevation (min)
225.00msl
Elevation (max)
225.00msl
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Site information [.json]

Centroid/representative coordinates [.shp] [.kml]
Bounding Box [.shp] [.kml]
Boundaries [.shp] [.kml]
GEO-BON Biome
Fresh water lakes
Biome
Fresh Water Lakes
Ecosystem Type
Lakes
Fresh Water Lakes
Biogeographical Region
Atlantic Bio-geographical Region
Air Temperature: Average Annual
6.58°C
Precipitation Annual
2178.10mm
Geology
The geology comprises igneous rocks such as granite, with thin overlying soils giving poor neutralising and buffering capacities.
Vegetation
Some coniferous forest plantations in the catchment.
Soils
See ´Geology´
Hydrology
Loch Dee forms the headwaters of the River Dee and has a surface area of 1km2, with a total catchment area of 15.6km2. It has 3 principal sub-catchments, the Dargall Lane, the White Laggan and the Black Laggan Burns. t has highly variable rainfall with dry periods in spring and summer a predominant feature. Average rainfall is moderately acidic (pH 4.6 - 4.9) and the chemistry dominated by salts of marine origin, mainly Na+, CL- and SO4; for most samples the concentration ratios between the ions match those of sea water. The topography and land use affect the flows in the sub-catchments giving a wide dynamic range of flows in the main tributaries.
Site Type
Stationary land-based site
Design of Experimentation
no experimentation
Scale of Experimentation
not applicable
Design of Observation
only observation
Scale of Observation
plot within catchment
Permanent Power Supply
No
Equipment
Data infrastructure » Data services » Data portal
Data infrastructure » Data storage » Paper
Data infrastructure » Data storage » Structured file
Data infrastructure » Data storage » Spatial data file (GIS)
Data infrastructure » Data storage » Relational database
Accessible All Year
Yes
All parts of Site Accessible
Yes
Access Type
boat
Permanent Operation
Yes
Operation Notes
ECN freshwater monitoring is carried out at least once per month
Site Visit Interval
30
Data Policy URL
http://data.ecn.ac.uk/datapolicy.asp
LTER Site Classification
Extensive
There is EURO-CORDEX climate scenario data available for this site:
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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.