The electronic Rothamsted Archive, e-RA

Rothamsted (a TAAI member) released the e-RA material to the wider scientific community in 2013. It provides a permanent managed database to both securely store and disseminate data from Rothamsted Research’s long-term field experiments (since 1843) and meteorological stations (since 1853). Both historical and contemporary data are made available via this online database, which provides the scientific community with access to a unique continuous record of agricultural experiments and weather measured since the mid-19th century. Qualitative information, such as treatment and management practices, plans and soil information, accompanies the data and is made available on the e-RA website.

This paper in Nature by Sarah Perryman et al describes the e-RA development, content and curation, as well as the access process for those who wish to use the data.