Rothamsted - United Kingdom

Basic Information
Site Name
Rothamsted
Short name
T06
Country
United Kingdom
Web Address
ECN website
Rothamsted Long-Term Experiments National Capability
electronic Rothamsted Archive
ECN Rothamsted Research
Operating Organisation
Rothamsted Research
Site Manager
Tony Scott
Site Description
UK ECN site (T06 ROT) is funded through the Rothamsted Long-Term Experiments National Capability (LTE-NCG). Rothamsted is located about 35 km North of London, UK (51° 48’ 34.44” N, 0° 21’ 22.76” W) in the county of Hertfordshire. It covers about 330 ha, all of which is included within the Rothamsted ECN site. The estate contains several ecosystems, including managed arable and grassland fields, naturally regenerated and ancient woodland, the river Ver and more recently energy crops e.g. short rotation coppice willow and miscanthus grass. It is a rural area within an urban landscape, surrounded by the town of Harpenden to three sides and the village of Redbourn on the south-west side. The larger conurbations of Luton, St. Albans ...
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2023-07-28 10:07:26

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General Characteristics and Status
Site Status
Operational
Year Established
1843
Observed properties
atmospheric parameterecosystem parametersoil parameterchemical parameterwater parameteragricultural parameterbiological parameterlandscape parameterairhumidityairtemperaturedewpointglobalradiationirradiancenetradiationirradiancenetsolarradiationirradianceprecipitationintensityreflectedradiationintensitysolarradiationsunshinedurationtotalradiationirradiancewinddirectionwindspeedbirdspresencebryophytespresencediversityindexfloristicdiversityplantspeciescompositionsoilsoluteamountspeciescompositionspeciespresencespeciesturnovertreediameteratbreastheightcarbon-to-nitrogenratiocationexchangecapacitysoilaciditysoilbulkdensitysoilmoisturecontentsoilmoisturefieldcapacitysoilsolutionconcentrationsoiltemperaturethicknessofsoilhorizontotalorganiccarbonavailablephosphorusinorganiccarboncontentpercentcarbonpercentorganiccarbonsoilpHtotalcarbontotalorganiccarbonconductivitywateraciditywaterqualitywatervolumeconcentrationofnitrogeninseedsconcentrationofnitrogenintheentireplanttreediametertreeheightlandcoverlanduse
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.
UK ECN✔ (LTER_EU_UK_052)This site is a verified "UK ECN" member.
COSMOS-UK✖The affiliation of this site with "COSMOS-UK" is not verified by the network on DEIMS-SDR.
Projects
eLTER (H2020)
eLTER catalogue
ExpeER
Photos
Aerial view of ECN Rothamsted site
Aerial view of ECN Rothamsted site
Geographic
500 m
1000 ft
View in site map
Centroid/Representative Coordinates

Latitude: 51.804 Longitude: -0.372

Size
ca. 330.00ha
Elevation (average)
83.00msl
Elevation (min)
94.00msl
Elevation (max)
134.00msl
Related location(s)
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Site information [.json]

Centroid/representative coordinates [.shp] [.kml]
Bounding Box [.shp] [.kml]
Boundaries [.shp] [.kml]
GEO-BON Biome
Terrestrial
Biome
Agricultural
Ecosystem Type
Agricultural
Forest
Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests
Grasslands
Temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands
Biogeographical Region
Atlantic Bio-geographical Region
EUNIS habitat
Grasslands and lands dominated by forbs, mosses or lichens (E)
Regularly or recently cultivated agricultural, horticultural and domestic habitats (I)
Woodland, forest and other wooded land (G)
Air Temperature: Average Annual
9.30°C
Precipitation Annual
688.60mm
Land Use
primary production
primary production » agriculture
primary production » agriculture » farming infrastructure
Site Type
Stationary land-based site
Design of Experimentation
mainly experimentation
Scale of Experimentation
plot scale
Design of Observation
partly observation
Scale of Observation
plot without link to explicit catchment
Permanent Power Supply
Yes
Equipment
Observation devices » Temperature Controlled Container
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 » Staff room at site » 1 place
Supporting infrastructure » Lodging at site » No lodging possible
Energy and data transmission infrastructure » Data transmission » Data Transmission Type (from site) » Telephone line
Energy and data transmission infrastructure » Data transmission » Data Transmission Type (within site) » Telephone line
Equipment notes
RESTAURANT.
NO ACCOMMODATION. (There are places to stay in local area providing rooms with or without breakfast)
Accessible All Year
Yes
All parts of Site Accessible
Yes
Access Type
paved road
Permanent Operation
Yes
Operation Notes
ECN terrestrial monitoring is carried out at least once every 7 days
Site Visit Interval
7
Maintenance Interval
7
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
19 dataset(s) in total:
Rothamsted: Ecosystem services variables from the UK Environmental Change Network (ECN)
Rothamsted: UK Environmental Change Network (ECN) bat data: 1993-2015
Rothamsted: UK Environmental Change Network (ECN) bird data: 1995-2015
Rothamsted: UK Environmental Change Network (ECN) butterfly data: 1993-2015
Rothamsted: UK Environmental Change Network (ECN) common breeding bird data: 1971-2007
Rothamsted: UK Environmental Change Network (ECN) frog data: 1994-2015
Rothamsted: 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.