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DATA AND INFORMATION


The ECN database is managed and developed by the ECN Central Co-ordination Unit (CCU) at CEH Lancaster.  Data are held and made accessible according to the ECN data policy.  A range of data access methods and information products are available:

The ECN Information System
This document provides a detailed description of the ECN Information System.
ic_ecn.gif (1458 bytes) Raw Data Access
Access to ECN's raw data can be provided under licence at the discretion of ECN sponsoring organisations.  Data are available for most ECN terrestrial sites from 1993 and for most freshwater sites from 1994.
ic_graph.gif (990 bytes) Summary Data
Direct access to the ECN Summary Database incorporating monthly and yearly summary statistics derived from the raw data.  The interface can generate graphical time-series, cross-tabulations of the data and datasets can also be downloaded via email. 
ic_weather.gif (1089 bytes) Online Weather Data
Weather data (updated hourly) from the Automatic Weather Station at the Cairngorms ECN site.
Environmental Indicators
ECN data have been used to develop sets of climate change, water quality and biodiversity indicators.  
PRU Publications and Data Use Database
ECN has an extensive database of publications relating to ECN sites or by authors connected to ECN.  An online interface allows you to search this by year, author, keyword, site or a combination of these.  Data on how ECN data are used can also be queried on-the-fly.  
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Weekly Photos
Weekly photos are taken at the some ECN sites.  These photos are archived in the ECN database allowing a pictoral record to be built up of the conditions at these sites.  

ic_eddemo.gif (1691 bytes) Modelling Water Quality
Demonstration system for interpreting and modelling water quality data.
ic_eclipse.jpg (766 bytes) 1999 Eclipse
Measurements were made, at Wytham and Alice Holt, during the 1999 eclipse to look at its effects on the weather, photosynthesis and transpiration.