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  • Description:

    Meteorological data was first collected in Brooms Barn in 1963, though only data from 1982 is currently available in e-RA. Fewer variables are measured than at Rothamsted and Woburn. Most manual observations ceased in 1996, and meteorological records are now measured by a range of sensors attached to an automatic data logger. Between August 2009 and May 2012 the weather station was not fully functional, and raw data supplied by the Brooms Barn Met Office weather station was used for some variables. Hourly data from 2016 (radiation from 2003) are available from the e-RA Curators.

    The Brooms Barn meteorological station is approx. 30m from the main buildings, which are approx. 10m high. This may cause some interference with the measurement of wind speed and wind direction, as ideally a mast with wind sensors should be a minimum of 10 times the height of the nearest building away from the nearest building (ie at least 100m apart). This gives enough fetch for the wind to settle down. The met station and main building have always been in these positions.

    Mean annual temperature 1964-2008 was 9.9 °C. Rainfall averages 612mm (1963-2008).

    Real-time hourly, daily and yearly weather charts for Brooms Barn are available on-line over 28 days or 365 days (rolling) via the Rothamsted Environmental Change Network (ECN) pages

  • Date Start: 1982.
  • Date End: Ongoing.
  • Recording: Daily at 0900GMT.
  • Automatic data recording began: 1996.
  • Manual recording finished: 1996 (except sunshine).
  • Address: Higham, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, IP28 6NP, United Kingdom.
  • OS Grid Ref: TL 75195 65582.
  • Latitude/Longitude: 52.2605 N 0.5656 E.
  • Altitude: 70 m asl.

Key Contacts

  • Andy Gregory

  • Role: Principal Investigator
  • Organisation: Rothamsted Research
  • Address: West Common, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, AL5 2JQ, United Kingdom.

  • Tony Scott

  • Role: Data Manager
  • Organisation: Rothamsted Research
  • Address: West Common, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, AL5 2JQ, United Kingdom.

  • Sarah Perryman

  • Role: Data Manager
  • ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0056-2754
  • Organisation: Rothamsted Research
  • Address: West Common, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, AL5 2JQ, United Kingdom.

  • Margaret Glendining

  • Role: Data Manager
  • ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6466-4629
  • Organisation: Rothamsted Research
  • Address: West Common, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, AL5 2JQ, United Kingdom.

Funding

  • The e-RA database, including the published datasets generated from it, is part of the Rothamsted Long-Term Experiments - National Bioscience Research Infrastructure (RLTE-NBRI), which also includes the Long-Term Experiments, the Rothamsted Sample Archive and Rothamsted's environmental monitoring activities including the weather stations and its role in the UK Environmental Change Network.
  • The RLTE-NBRI is funded by UK Research and Innovation - Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (UKRI-BBSRC) under award BBS/E/RH/23NB0007 (2023-2028). The RLTE-NBRI is also supported by the Lawes Agricultural Trust.
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For further information and assistance, please contact the e-RA curators, Sarah Perryman and Margaret Glendining using the e-RA email address: era@rothamsted.ac.uk