W N McClean hydrometric data collection

Beginning in 1912, William Newsam McClean commenced a survey of the river levels and flows, loch levels, and rainfall inputs of the Inverness-shire River Garry catchment in Scotland, later expanding to the whole of the Ness basin, and the adjacent catchments of the Rivers Lochy, Spey and Aberdeenshire Dee. McClean disseminated the results of his survey through articles published by the Institution of Water Engineers, the Royal Meteorological Society and the Royal Geographical Society, as well as through privately publishing richly-illustrated quarterly and other reports of his monitoring programme.

An extensive collection of McClean’s papers has been held in the University of Dundee Archives since 1997. Given their value to studies of hydrology and environmental change, time series of McClean’s measurements and calculations are being published online to enhance access and promote utilisation, in line with McClean’s commitment to publishing during the operation of his organisation River Flow Records.
Time series of water levels, river flows and rainfall are being published in digital records linked from this record. Future publications of time series, journal articles and other digital objects will be linked to this central record and will be discoverable via digital object identifiers.

Access to the archive of McClean papers may be arranged via University of Dundee Archives - see https://www.dundee.ac.uk/archives