Blelham Tarn Lake and Meteorological Monitoring Data 2012-2015

Centre for Ecology & Hydrology data comprises hourly averages of lake temperature at various depths, air temperature, solar irradiance, and wind speed from an automatic buoy on Blelham Tarn. Measurements were originally taken every 4 minutes and span from 2012 to 2015 inclusive.

Use Cases

• Model lake temperature profiles across different depths using hourly averaged buoy data.
• Analyze correlations between solar irradiance and air temperature for microclimate studies.
• Investigate wind speed patterns and their relationship with surface lake temperature dynamics.
• Validate hydrological models with multi-year, high-frequency meteorological and limnological measurements.

Strengths

• Hourly temporal resolution derived from 4-minute measurements provides detailed time-series.
• Multi-year coverage from 2012 to 2015 enables seasonal and inter-annual analysis.
• Includes vertically resolved lake temperature data alongside key meteorological variables.

Limitations

• Row and column counts are unspecified, making dataset scale and structure unknown.
• Geographic scope is limited to a single lake (Blelham Tarn) in Northwest England.

Provenance

Source

Environmental Information Data Centre

Collection Method

Automated measurements from a monitoring buoy, aggregated to hourly averages.

Time Range

2012 to 2015

Freshness

Data collection ended in 2015; dataset is static historical record.

Geography

Blelham Tarn, a lake in the North West of England, Lake District.