UK Deriving Emissions linked to Climate Change Network (UK DECC Network)
Atmospheric Monitoring & Verification of the UK’s Greenhouse Gas Inventory
The UK DECC (Deriving Emissions linked to Climate Change) Network consists of four sites in the UK and Ireland measuring greenhouse and ozone depleting gases from tall telecommunication towers.
Videos of our measurement sites at Ridge Hill, Herefordshire; Tacolneston, Norfolk; Heathfield, East Sussex; Bilsdale, Yorkshire; and Mace Head, Ireland can be viewed through the site name links. These sites are supplemented by data from affiliated sites at Jodrell Bank (part of the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Measurement and Modelling Advancement project), Weybourne, Invergowrie and Lerwick.
High-frequency measurements of major greenhouse gases are made at these sites. All four DECC Network sites measure carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide and sulphur hexafluoride, while Mace Head and Tacolneston also measure and a wide range of halocarbons on a Medusa GCMS.
Further information on this unique atmospheric observations network can be found in the project annual reports.
This work is funded by the Government's Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ).
Further information on how this data is used to support verification of the UK Greenhouse Gas Inventory is available in the UK Greenhouse Gas Inventory Report, which can be found on the National Atmospheric Emissions Inventory website.
DECC Network Data
Data from the DECC Network can be viewed interactively via the DECC Network Dashboard. Data can be downloaded from the Centre for Environment Data Analysis Archive.