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UK Environmental Change Network (ECN) Cairngorm environmental and phenological data derived from fixed-point repeat photography, 2002-2019
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This dataset includes the dates and/or duration of all the environmental and phenological events that could be derived from a series of photographs taken by a fixed-point repeat camera system at the UK Environmental Change Network (ECN) site in the Cairngorms National Park, Scotland. The data covers the timing of permanent winter snow fall and subsequent spring melt on northern and eastern facing hill slopes between 2002 and 2019, as well as invertebrate (spittlebug spittlemass) and plant (heather flowering, scots pine leaf flushing) phenological events between 2010 and 2019. Three photographs were taken on a daily basis to maximise the chances of cloud free images, with the clearest image used for analysis. Event detection was generally achieved using manual assessment, but heather flowering showed a high degree of subjectivity, and so an automated pixel colour counting method was used to determine the peak flowering season. This work was supported by the Natural Environment Research Council award number NE/R016429/1 as part of the UK-SCAPE programme delivering National Capability.

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Contact Emailenquiries@ceh.ac.uk
Contact NameChristopher Andrews
Contact Urihttps://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/8e30cead-700c-425c-841f-74c70659666a_c0
Dcat Typehttp://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Dataset
Guidhttps://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/8e30cead-700c-425c-841f-74c70659666a
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Identifierhttps://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/8e30cead-700c-425c-841f-74c70659666a
Language["eng"]
Provenancen397da48a82c34dd09ae0ca5ff473b4bab4968
Publisher Urihttps://ror.org/04xw4m193
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Urihttps://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/8e30cead-700c-425c-841f-74c70659666a
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