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Cardiff Urban Geo-Observatory, Groundwater Temperature Data 2014-2018

Dataset title Cardiff Urban Geo-Observatory, Groundwater Temperature Data 2014-2018
Dataset creators

Gareth Farr, British Geological Survey
Ashley Patton, British Geological Survey
David Boon, British Geological Survey
David James, City of Cardiff Council
Lynn Coppell, British Geological Survey
Laura James, British Geological Survey

Dataset theme Geoscientific Information
Dataset abstract

Groundwater temperature data from a shallow urban aquifer in Cardiff, Wales, UK between 2014-2018. Monitoring was undertaken as part of the 'Cardiff Urban Geo-Observatory' project. Boreholes are located within the urban area of the City of Cardiff, Wales, UK. The majority of temperature sensors were installed within boreholes that monitor a shallow Quaternary aged sand and gravel aquifer, however the made ground and the Triassic Mercia Mudstone also represented. Temperature sensors installed in 53 boreholes, between depths of 1.5m and 12- m below ground, with measurements every 30 minutes. The dataset comprises of just over 3.5 million temperature measurements. Monitoring was undertaken by the British Geological Survey and was designed to address knowledge gaps of subsurface urban heat island and it use for heat recovery and storage. Spatial Ref Sys: OSGB 1936 / British National Grid [27700].

Dataset content dates 01/01/2014 - 31/12/2018
Dataset spatial coverage Cardiff, UK
Dataset supply format ZIP file containing 63 CSV files and a Readme file.
Dataset language English-United Kingdom
Dataset discovery metadata record Discovery Link to the dataset's BGS Discovery Metadata record
Dataset publisher British Geological Survey
Dataset publication date 21st September 2019
Dataset digital object identifier(DOI) 10.5285/bf150dd6-7b28-49ca-b66f-8b543a33a5c0
Dataset citation text Farr, G., Patton, A.M., Boon, D., James, D., Coppell, L & James., L (2019): Cardiff Urban Geo-Observatory, Groundwater Temperature Data 2014-2018. British Geological Survey. (Dataset). https://dx.doi.org/10.5285/bf150dd6-7b28-49ca-b66f-8b543a33a5c0
Constraints and terms of use This data set is available under Open Government Licence, subject to the following acknowledgement accompanying any reproduced materials: "Contains data supplied by permission of the Natural Environment Research Council [YEAR]".
Access the dataset https://www.bgs.ac.uk/services/ngdc/accessions/index.html#item130165
Further information

Website
https://www.ukgeos.ac.uk/observatories/cardiff

Metadata Report
Farr, G., Patton, A.M., Boon, D., James, D., Coppell, L & James., L. 2019. Cardiff Urban Geo-Observatory, Groundwater Temperature Data 2014-2018 metadata report. UK Geoenergy Observatory Programme Open Report OR/19/053
http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/525332/