Snow Survey of Great Britain: transcribed data for Scotland, 1945 to 2007

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Summary

This dataset comprises observations of snowline from the Snow Survey of Great Britain (SSGB) at 140 sites across Scotland . Daily observations were made between 1945 and 2007. Observations were made by a ground observer who looked out from a given location at 0900 GMT each day and noted the elevation at which snow cover was greater than 50%. The initial aim was to 'secure representative data relating to the occurrence of snow cover at different altitudes in the various upland districts over the period October to June'. The data were collated by the British Glaciological Society until 1954 and thereafter by the Met Office. It has been transcribed from paper records held in the Met Office archives in Edinburgh. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/caf989a5-82d7-4db7-b6ff-c0475fdae07e

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2025-03-21
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If you reuse this data, you should cite: Spencer, M. (2016). Snow Survey of Great Britain: transcribed data for Scotland, 1945 to 2007. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/caf989a5-82d7-4db7-b6ff-c0475fdae07e
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caf989a5-82d7-4db7-b6ff-c0475fdae07e
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Latitude: 60.861° to °
Longitude: -8.648° to -0.728°
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2016-10-19 (publication)
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