NitroEurope C1 - C3 Database Field Metadata

Guide to the NitroEurope Database and available parameters

Key to NEU dataset (form) names

C1L1_

refers to field measurements at "Inferential" sites; Bulk measurements" of anions, cations and total water soluble N; "DELTA" measurements of gaseous HNO3, HONO, SO2, HCl, NH3, aerosol NO3, NO2-, SO4-, Cl-, NH4+ and basic cations

C1L2_

refers to field measurements at regional sites across Europe

C1L3_

refers to field measurements made at the network of 13 "supersites" across Europe

C2_

refers to measurements made at manipulation sites across Europe

C3_

has no data uploaded

Metadata_One_offs

refers to site description data, and other data that are measured once-only

Methods

refers to instrument, field and laboratory methods used

Annual_and_time_series

refers to measurements that are made once a year, once a season, once a month, every one or two weeks, and other highly resolved time-series data

N_and_aerosol_flux_data

refers to the data sets specific for C1L1, where nitrogen compounds and aerosol flux concentrations were measured

Site Management

Redundant - not used