Sourhope - United Kingdom

Basic Information
Site Name
Sourhope
Short name
T07
Country
United Kingdom
Web Address
ECN website
Operating Organisation
James Hutton Institute
Site Manager
Helen Watson
Site Description
UK ECN site. The ECN site at Sourhope is managed by the James Hutton Institute with consent and support from Roxburghe Estate. Sourhope research station lies 15 miles south-east of Kelso near the head of the Bowmont valley on the western slopes of the Cheviot. The station covers an area of approximately 1100 hectares. The target sampling site (TSS) is located on the broad, smooth southerly to south-westerly shoulder of the Schil (summit 605m) at an altitude of between 460-510m. The soils are predominantly peaty gleyed podzols of the Cowie series and Sourhope association. The organic surface horizons are underlain by a mineral horizon. The vegetation at the TSS is representative of that across both the farm and many parts of the ...
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General Characteristics and Status
Site Status
Operational
Year Established
1992
Observed properties
atmospheric parametersoil parameterwater parameterchemical parameterecosystem parameterbiological parameterlandscape parameteragricultural parameterairhumidityairtemperaturedirectradiationintensityglobalradiationirradianceincomingradiationintensitynetradiationirradiancenetsolarradiationirradianceprecipitationintensityreflectedglobalradiationirradiancesnowdepthsolarradiationtotalradiationirradiancewinddirectionwindspeedcarbon-to-nitrogenratiocationexchangecapacitydissolvedorganicnitrogeninsoilsoilaciditysoilalkalinitysoilbulkdensitysoilmoisturefieldcapacitysoilsolutionconcentrationsoiltemperaturethicknessofsoilhorizontotalorganiccarbonconductivityrunoffamountstageheightwateraciditywaterlevelwaterqualitywatertablewatertemperaturewatervelocitywatervolumeavailablephosphorusdissolvedorganicphosphorusinorganiccarboncontentpercentcarbonpercentorganiccarbonsoilpHsoilsolutionconcentrationtotalcarbontotalorganiccarbonbirdspresencebryophytespresencediversityindexfloristicdiversityplantspeciescompositionsoilsoluteamountspeciescompositionspeciespresencespeciesturnovertreediametertreeheightlandcoverlandusedissolvedorganiccarboninsoil
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_053)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
Photos
Automatic Weather Station at ECN Sourhope
Automatic Weather Station at ECN Sourhope
Geographic
2 km
1 mi
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Centroid/Representative Coordinates

Latitude: 55.48985291 Longitude: -2.21203446

Size
ca. 1119.00ha
Elevation (average)
454.00msl
Elevation (min)
200.00msl
Elevation (max)
601.00msl
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
Fresh water rivers
Terrestrial
Biome
Grasslands
Ecosystem Type
Agricultural
Forest
Temperate coniferous forests
Grasslands
Temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands
Rivers
Small rivers
Biogeographical Region
Atlantic Bio-geographical Region
EUNIS habitat
Grasslands and lands dominated by forbs, mosses or lichens (E)
Air Temperature: Average Annual
6.23°C
Precipitation Annual
1165.30mm
Geology
The area is underlain by andesitic lavas of Lower Old Red Sandstone age which have given rise to narrow valleys with steep slopes and rounded summits characteristic of the Eastern Southern Upland and Border Hills.
Vegetation
The vegetation at the ECN Target Sampling Site is representative of that across both the farm and many parts of the uplands in southern Scotland consisting of coarse grassland dominated by White bent (Nardus stricta) and Flying bent (Molinia caerulea).
Soils
The soils are predominantly peaty gleyed podzols of the Cowie series and Sourhope association. The organic surface horizons are underlain by a mineral horizon.
Hydrology
Generally the streams flow south to form the Sourhope burn which becomes the Bowmont Water at the boundary of the station. Two tributaries are sampled, the Alderhope Burn and the Rowantree Burn. The precipitation chemistry and atmospheric chemistry samples are collected adjacent to the sampling point on the Rowantree burn. The flume and gauging station are also located at this point.
Site Type
Stationary land-based site
Design of Experimentation
no experimentation
Scale of Experimentation
beyond catchment scale
Design of Observation
only observation
Scale of Observation
plot without link to explicit catchment
Permanent Power Supply
No
Equipment
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
Accessible All Year
Yes
All parts of Site Accessible
No
Access Type
dirt road (4WD)
Permanent Operation
No
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
Regular
Related Resources on DEIMS-SDR
18 dataset(s) in total:
Sourhope: Ecosystem services variables from the UK Environmental Change Network (ECN)
Sourhope: UK Environmental Change Network (ECN) bat data: 1993-2015
Sourhope: UK Environmental Change Network (ECN) bird data: 1995-2015
Sourhope: UK Environmental Change Network (ECN) butterfly data: 1993-2015
Sourhope: UK Environmental Change Network (ECN) carabid beetle data: 1992-2015
Sourhope: UK Environmental Change Network (ECN) frog data: 1994-2015
Sourhope: 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.