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Dataset

 

Continuous measurements of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) and oxygen (O2) at Heathfield Tower 2021-onwards

Update Frequency: As Needed
Latest Data Update: 2026-04-15
Status: Ongoing
Online Status: ONLINE
Publication State: Published
Publication Date: 2022-04-15
Download Stats: last 12 months
Dataset Size: 6 Files | 112MB

Abstract

Continuous measurements of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) and oxygen (O2) made at Heathfield Tower, East Sussex, UK.

The CO2 is reported in ppm units and was measured using a non-dispersive infrared (NDIR) CO2 analyser from Siemens Corp., model Ultramat 6E. The O2 is reported as O2/N2 in per meg units and was measured using a dual lead fuel cell O2 analyser, Oxzilla from Sable Systems International Inc. These CO2 and O2 measurements were then combined to calculate Atmospheric Potential Oxygen (APO) in units of per meg.

The measurement system was installed in June 2021 and measurements are ongoing. Data are reported at 2-minute intervals. Gaps in the data are due to routine running of calibration cylinders, maintenance, and removal of data with known technical issues. CO2 data are on the WMO NOAA X2019 calibration scale and O2 data are on the Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO) 2023 calibration scale.

This dataset was originally part of the DARE-UK (Detection and Attribution of Regional greenhouse gas Emissions in the UK) project.

Citable as:  Adcock, K.; Pickers, P. (2022): Continuous measurements of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) and oxygen (O2) at Heathfield Tower 2021-onwards. NERC EDS Centre for Environmental Data Analysis, date of citation. https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/bfc2483537a744dca8e3239278b6e522

Abbreviation: Not defined
Keywords: Carbon dioxide, oxygen

Details

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Access rules:
Public data: access to these data is available to both registered and non-registered users.
Use of these data is covered by the following licence(s):
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/
When using these data you must cite them correctly using the citation given on the CEDA Data Catalogue record.
Data lineage:

Data were collected and processed by the project team before uploading to the CEDA archive

File Format:
Data are BADC-CSV formatted.

Process overview

This dataset was generated by instruments deployed on platforms as listed below.
Output Description

None

  • units:
  • var_id: 6
  • long_name: APO.permeg
  • units:
  • var_id: 7
  • long_name: APO.sd.permeg
  • units:
  • var_id: 8
  • long_name: CO2.flag
  • units:
  • var_id: 2
  • long_name: CO2.ppm
  • units:
  • var_id: 3
  • long_name: CO2.sd.ppm
  • units:
  • var_id: 9
  • long_name: O2.flag
  • units:
  • var_id: 4
  • long_name: O2.permeg
  • units:
  • var_id: 5
  • long_name: O2.sd.permeg
  • units:
  • var_id: 1
  • long_name: date.time
  • units:
  • var_id: 8
  • long_name: flag

Co-ordinate Variables

Coverage
Temporal Range
Start time:
2021-06-01T00:00:00
End time:
2025-12-31T00:00:00
Geographic Extent

 
50.9767°
 
0.2306°
 
0.2306°
 
50.9767°