Cairngorms (ECN site) - United Kingdom

Basic Information
Site Name
Cairngorms (ECN site)
Short name
T12
Country
United Kingdom
Site Manager
Site Description
UK Environmental Change Network (ECN) site. The Cairngorms site is located high in the Cairngorms, near Aviemore in Speyside, Scotland. The site lies on the North-Western flank of the Cairngorms encompassing the catchment of the Allt a' Mharcaidh (a site in the ECN freshwater network). It is part of the Invereshie and Inshriach National Nature Reserve, within the Cairngorms National Park, and covers some 10 km2. This is the first ECN site in the UK's sub-arctic zone and is an important link not only to other upland ECN sites but to alpine site in Europe and globally through the GLORIA network, and also to networks across the Arctic (SCANNET and INTERACT). The Cairngorms site has been used intensively for research since the 1970s. An Automatic Weather Station (AWS) has been operating at the site since 1984 and was used in the Surface Water Acidification Programme from 1984 to 1994. CEH and MI have used the site for long-term hydrological and snow studies for about 15 years. From 1997-1999 it was one of the ECOMONT (land use change in mountain areas of Europe) sites. Researchers at several universities and institutes use the site for vegetation, soils and nutrient cycling studies. The site forms part of the larger Feshie catchment in the NICHE programme (National Infrastructure for Catchment Hydrology Experiments). This site is nested within the Cairngorms National Park LTSER site (https://deims.org/1b94503d-285c-4028-a3db-bc78e31dea07).
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2024-09-09 11:09:17

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General Characteristics and Status
Site Status
Operational
Year Established
1999
Observed properties
Affiliation and Network Specific Information
Affiliation
ILTERThis site is a verified "ILTER" member.
LTER EuropeThis 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.
SCANNETThe affiliation of this site with "SCANNET" is not verified by the network on DEIMS-SDR.
UK ECN (LTER_EU_UK_058)This site is a verified "UK ECN" member.
INTERACT (https://eu-interact.org/field-sites/ecn-cairngorms/)This site is a verified "INTERACT" member.
Critical Zone Collaborative Network (CZ Net)The affiliation of this site with "Critical Zone Collaborative Network (CZ Net)" is not verified by the network on DEIMS-SDR.
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Cairngorms ECN site
Cairngorms ECN site
Geographic
Centroid/Representative Coordinates

Latitude: 57.1 Longitude: -3.81667

Size
ca. 1000.00ha
Elevation (average)
766.00msl
Elevation (min)
320.00msl
Elevation (max)
1110.00msl
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