Hourly Lake and Air Temperature Data from Blelham Tarn Buoy, 2008-2011

Centre for Ecology & Hydrology data contains hourly averages of lake temperature at various depths, air temperature, solar irradiance, and wind speed from an automatic monitoring buoy. Measurements were collected every four minutes at Blelham Tarn in North West England between 2008 and 2011.

Use Cases

• Model thermal stratification in lakes using time-series of lake temperature at various depths.
• Analyze correlations between solar irradiance and near-surface lake temperature for energy budget studies.
• Investigate wind speed influence on lake mixing and temperature profile stability.
• Calibrate or validate hydrological models with concurrent air temperature and lake temperature records.

Strengths

• Provides four years of continuous, hourly environmental data from 2008 to 2011.
• Includes multi-depth lake temperature profiles enabling analysis of thermal structure.
• Data is aggregated from high-frequency 4-minute measurements, improving signal fidelity.

Limitations

• Specific row count, column names, and data completeness are unknown from the provided input.
• Geographic scope is limited to a single lake (Blelham Tarn) in England, reducing generalizability.

Provenance

Source

Environmental Information Data Centre / Centre for Ecology & Hydrology

Collection Method

Automated measurements from a buoy, calculated as hourly averages from 4-minute readings.

Time Range

2008 to 2011 inclusive

Freshness

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Geography

Blelham Tarn, a lake in North West England