AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Hourly data from automatic water monitoring buoy from Blelham Tarn, 2016 to 2018

This dataset consists of hourly lake temperature, air temperature, solar irradiance and wind speed data from an automatic water monitoring buoy on Blelham Tarn, a lake in the North West of England. The lake temperatures are measured at 0.5, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 12 m depth (see supporting documentation for more information). Measurements were taken every four minutes and calculated as hourly averages. All data is given in GMT (Greenwich Mean Time). The data were collected by the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology. This work was supported by the Natural Environment Research Council award number NE/R016429/1 as part of the UK-SCAPE programme delivering National Capability. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/603629d9-618c-4a26-8a1d-235a4c8f4791

Tags: Blelham Tarn, Hydrography, Lake District National Park, Lake temperature, UK-SCAPE, high-resolution data, solar radiation flux, temperature depth profile, wind speed
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Soil respiration, leaf litter decomposition and root morphotyping in the absence and presence of tree roots at two locations in the UK, October-November 2023

The data encompass measurements in soil and litter, including leaf litter decomposition, soil respiration, and root morphology analysis in the absence and presence of tree roots in the UK. Data were collected in two locations, Alice Holt and Thetford, UK, in October-November 2023, under three different treatments: 1. Root trenching and root ingrowth prevention: roots were severed from the tree in a 2x2 meter area, and a membrane preventing root ingrowth was inserted into the soil, resulting a free of living space. 2. Root trenching: roots were severed from the tree in a 2x2 meter area, but new roots were allowed to grow in that space. 3. Control: The soil remained undisturbed, with no intervention. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/a912c7d5-6f74-4ee8-b192-b414694025b4

Tags: Ectomycorrhiza, Gadgil effect, Oak Forest, Pine Forest, Soil, Soil Carbon
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Sediment short cores from Higher Swineshaw and Cowbury Dale reservoirs, UK, 2018

This dataset contains details of sediment geochemistry, loss-on-ignition and sediment median particle size for two short reservoir cores collected from two reservoirs (Cowbury Dale and Higher Swineshaw), Stalybridge Tameside, Manchester. Cores were collected in 2018 following a severe moorland wildfire (July 2018) in the two reservoir catchments. Cores were collected from the deepest part of the reservoir using gravity coring and sampled at 2.5 mm intervals for analysis. The work was supported by the Natural Environment Research Council (Grant NE/S011560/1). Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/4f447446-5461-48b2-b154-ff7094176502

Tags: Soil, wildfire
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Hourly temperature, environmental parameter and Daphnia magna phenotypic and genetic change in mesocosms with manipulated experimental parameters, 2017-2019

This dataset contains information about hourly temperature variation, phenotypic and genetic change, and change in environmental parameters in a two-year mesocosm study designed to tease apart the impact that phenotypic plasticity and genetic diversity have on rate of adaptation to experimental heatwaves. All data were collected between 2017 and 2019. Thermal data was collected continuously using data loggers. The frequency of natural heatwaves was manipulated using a programmable aquatic mesocosm facility using data collected from real heatwaves from 2006. Phenotypic evolution was tracked using intermittent common garden life-history studies while changes in clone frequency were determined using microsatellite markers to track changes in clone frequency in manipulated populations over two years. Experimental data on zooplankton community dynamics were monitored using intermittent depth integrated sampling of communities in each mesocosm over two years. The work was supported by the Natural Environment Research Council (Grant NE/N016017/1). Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/2ae5e8d3-be36-4517-b80c-c6b91792b769

Tags: Environmental Monitoring Facilities, Experimental evolution, Fitness traits, Freshwater ecology, Heatwaves, Mesocosms, Phenotypic plasticity, clonal diversity
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Nitrous oxide and methane fluxes from different understory treatments in oil palm plantations in Riau, Indonesia 2018-2019

This dataset contains terrestrial fluxes of nitrous oxide (N2O), methane (CH4) and ecosystem respiration (carbon dioxide (CO2)) calculated from static chamber measurements in mature oil palm plantations on mineral soil, managed by Sinar Mas Agro Resources and Technology Research Institute (SMARTRI) and located on the Ujung Tanjung Estate in Riau, Sumatra, Indonesia. Measurements were made monthly, from October 2018 until September 2019. A total of 54 static chambers were installed across nine plots, representing three different understory vegetation treatments: normal complexity (an intermediate-level of understory spraying with herbicide); reduced complexity (spraying of all understory vegetation with herbicides); and enhanced complexity (no herbicide spraying and limited understory cutting). Six chambers were installed in each of the nine plots, resulting in 18 replicates of each treatment. In addition, soil moisture measurements were also taken around each chamber. The dataset was associated with a foreign research permit, issued by Foreign Research Permit Division Ministry of Research and Technology/National Research and Innovation Agency, Indonesia. As the project spanned two years it was covered by two permits, RISTEK permit number: 323/SIP/FRP/E5/Dit.KI/X/2018 and RISTEK permit number: 8B/TKPIPA/E5/Dit.KI/VIII/2019. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/378f028d-ab04-4fa5-a5ca-61f78ea0adb0

Tags: CH4, CO2, N2O, RCFlux, nitrous oxide
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Modelled potential carbon storage based on land cover and published carbon storage values in urban landscapes of the South Midlands

This dataset shows potential carbon storage as modelled for the urban areas of Milton Keynes/Newport Pagnell, Bedford, and Luton/Dunstable, UK. The modelling approach used the ‘InVEST (Integrated Valuation of Ecosystem Services and Trade-offs) 3.1.0’ ecosystem service model suite, raster land cover maps at two spatial resolutions (5 m and 25 m) and published literature values for carbon storage by land cover. The resulting data are presented in the form of two ‘GeoTIFF’ raster map files (and associated metadata and spatial information files required by software) that can be viewed and manipulated in Geographic Information Software. The units are kg C per square meter. The purpose of the modelling was to help assess and visualise the value that urban green space represents to urban residents and natural systems in just one of many ecosystem services. This research was conducted as part of the larger 'Fragments, Functions, Flows and Urban Ecosystem Services' (F3UES) programme. Detailed methods and results of this analysis are published in: Grafius DR, Corstanje R, Warren PH, et al (2016) The impact of land use/land cover scale on modelling urban ecosystem services. Landsc Ecol 31:1509–1522. doi: 10.1007/s10980-015-0337-7. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/9209af2c-24f6-4e37-98fe-550032e97a2c

Tags: F3UES, Land Use, UrbanBESS, carbon storage
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Volatile organic compound fluxes and source apportionment factor fluxes measured by Proton-Transfer-Reaction Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometer (PTR-TOF-MS), Delhi, India, November 2018

This dataset contains high‑frequency measurements of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and their surface-atmosphere fluxes collected at an urban site in Old Delhi, India. The measurements capture both VOC concentrations and bidirectional fluxes, allowing users to investigate emission and deposition processes within a densely populated megacity. Data were collected between 9 October and 23 November 2018 at a 25‑metre tower located at the Indira Gandhi Delhi Technical University for Women (IGDTUW), within an urban footprint influenced by traffic, domestic combustion, industrial activity, evaporative sources and occasional pyrotechnic events. The dataset includes 5 Hz VOC concentration time series from a Proton‑Transfer‑Reaction Time‑of‑Flight Mass Spectrometer (PTR‑QiTOF‑MS), co‑located high‑frequency wind measurements from a sonic anemometer, Virtual Eddy Accumulation (VEA) updraft and downdraft concentration data, and fluxes derived using both standard eddy‑covariance and numerical VEA methods. It also provides Positive Matrix Factorisation (PMF) outputs, including source‑resolved VOC factors and their associated fluxes. Relevant meteorological variables and supporting chemical indicators are included to aid interpretation. These data allow users to assess local emission sources, bidirectional VOC exchange, diurnal patterns, and chemical drivers relevant to ozone formation and atmospheric reactivity. The dataset is suitable for researchers studying urban air pollution, VOC source apportionment, atmospheric chemistry and model development. The work was supported by the Natural Environment Research Council (NE/P016502/1, NE/P016472/1, NE/L002558/1 and NE/R000131/1) and the Earth System Science Organization, Ministry of Earth Sciences (Government of India, MoES/16/19/2017-APHH) Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/9fdea71b-7719-4c2f-8ddf-7311ecdb4418

Tags: Bidirectional Fluxes, Positive Matrix Factorisation, source apportionment
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Cultural ecosystem services provided by cockles in Portugal, Spain, France, Ireland and the UK, 2018-2020

Data comprise scores (from 0 to 5) of examples of cultural ecosystem services provided by cockles from Portugal, Spain, France, Ireland and the UK. All data were collected using an a priori framework to classify evidenced examples of services during a face-to-face workshop held in Vigo in north-west Spain, 10th April 2018, with 28 participants from eleven organisations. The workshop was followed up over the following months by smaller country-specific meetings, mostly held by teleconference call or video call and by email. The data were collected as part of a research and industry collaboration, under the COCKLES project ‘Co-operation for restoring cockle shellfisheries and its ecosystem services in the Atlantic Area’, co-funded through the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF). Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/a924f41c-ae29-427c-8113-aebe6bc2d349

Tags: Bivalves, Cultural ecosystem services, Habitats and Biotopes, Nature’s contributions to people
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Carbon and nitrogen stocks in soil organic matter fractions along grassland-to-forest conversion chronosequences across Scotland in 2018

This dataset contains the carbon and nitrogen content of soil organic matter fractions collected along grassland-to-forest conversion chronosequences. Four chronosequences of grassland-to-forest conversion were used across Scotland, from Alyth to Craik. Soil samples were collected in summer 2018. Soil samples were collected using soil corers. In 2020, soil samples were fractionated in the laboratory, and the elemental composition of bulk soil and soil fraction samples was determined. The goal of the study was to determine the changes in the quantity of soil organic carbon and nitrogen, and the form in which these carbon and nitrogen are stored. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/ad3d4c0a-66d5-4367-a41c-5f3cdff752f7

Tags: Coniferous forests, Grasslands, Scot pine, Scotland, Soil, Soil carbon, Soil fractions, Soil organic matter
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Headwater stream quality for Britain

Data consist of modelled estimates of observed/expected Biological Monitoring Working Party (an index for measuring the biological quality of rivers using selected families of macroinvertebrates as biological indicators) scores for freshwater streams across Great Britain (GB). The BMWP scores (1-10) are based on the principle that macroinvertebrates differ in their perceived sensitivity or tolerance to organic pollution (i.e. nutrient enrichment). Values greater than 1 indicate high water quality. Data pooled across two survey years (1998 and 2007) was used to model the relationships between headwater stream quality and catchment/stream characteristics for headwater streams across GB based on known relationships for headwater streams in Countryside Survey squares. Modelled estimates of stream water quality were based on a Boosted Regression Tree modelling approach . Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/85e7beb6-e031-4397-a090-841b8c907d1b

Tags: Countryside Survey, GB, Hydrography, headwater streams, modelled, water quality
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
UK Environmental Change Network (ECN) atmospheric nitrogen chemistry data: 1993-2012

[THIS DATASET HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN]. Atmospheric Nitrogen Dioxide data from the UK Environmental Change Network (ECN) terrestrial sites. These data (weight of NO2) are collected by diffusion tubes at all of ECN's terrestrial sites using a standard protocol. They represent continuous fortnightly records from 1993 to 2012. ECN is the UK's long-term environmental monitoring programme. It is a multi-agency programme sponsored by a consortium of fourteen government departments and agencies. These organisations contribute to the programme through funding either site monitoring and/or network co-ordination activities. These organisations are: Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute, Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru - Natural Resources Wales, Defence Science & Technology Laboratory, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Environment Agency, Forestry Commission, Llywodraeth Cymru - Welsh Government, Natural England, Natural Environment Research Council, Northern Ireland Environment Agency, Scottish Environment Protection Agency, Scottish Government and Scottish Natural Heritage. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/c770b7c2-8d52-454f-936c-2999338bdee7

Tags: Alice Holt, Atmospheric Conditions, Drayton, Environmental Change Network, Glensaugh, Hillsborough, ILTER, LTER, Moor House - Upper Teesdale, North Wyke, Rothamsted, Sourhope, Wytham, Yr Wyddfa - Snowdon
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Individual effects of mechanical and chemical control treatment on Ligustrum lucidum and other exotic species invading subtropical forests, Horco Molle, Tucumán, Argentina, 2021-2023

The data resource consists of invasive tree species individual responses to mechanical-chemical/chemical treatments on plots established on invaded sub-tropical mountain secondary forests (Yungas). Those plots are in the Horco Molle experimental reserve and Parque Sierra de San Javier (Horco Molle), Tucumán, Argentina. The current database belongs to an experiment that we conducted to investigate management control of the invasion of non-native species Ligustrum and other exotic species to restore native tree diversity from June 2020 to November 2023. The work was carried out as part of NERC grant NE/S011641/1 Optimising the long-term management of invasive species affecting biodiversity and the rural economy using adaptive management. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/199d5e9f-0a23-4166-a200-0b03384835a4

Tags: Subtropical secondary forest, invaded forest, invasive alien species, invasive tree control, montane forest, super invader
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Macroinvertebrate leaf decomposers in response to organic matter addition to streams in the Welsh uplands (2013)

These data are macroinvertebrate composition and abundance in eight Welsh upland rivers with contrasting land-use, moorland and exotic conifer, in response to riparian deciduous leaf addition. Eight sampling reaches were chosen at two sites, Llyn Brianne (4 reaches) and Plynlimon (4 reaches). The experiment consisted of adding deciduous leaves to half of the reaches whilst the other half were maintained as control (no addition). Nylon mesh bags containing deciduous leaves were fixed in both experimental and control reaches to estimate leaf decomposition rates. The macroinvertebrate composition of the nylon mesh bags was surveyed in January 2013 and again in March 2013 in each sampling reach. The main goal of this survey was to examine how aquatic biodiversity responds to leaf addition in moorland and conifer forested rivers. Dr Isabelle Durance was responsible for organising the surveys, Dr Hugh Feeley, Dr Dan Perkins and Marian Pye were in charge of collecting, processing and sorting the invertebrate samples. The work was carried out under Diversity in Upland Rivers for Ecosystem Service Sustainability (DURESS) project (Grant reference NERC NE/J014818/1). DURESS was a project funded by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) Biodiversity and Ecosystem Service Sustainability (BESS) programme Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/3e6a9ffd-59f2-48ea-840b-1582dc6c1e3d

Tags: Environmental Monitoring Facilities, Llyn Brianne, Plynlimon, aquatic invertebrates, benthic community
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Larval mass and survival data for Maniola jurtina under drought stress, UK

Larval mass and survival data for Meadow Brown butterflies (Maniola jurtina) originating from nine different source populations in the UK and reared under one of two host plant treatment groups (either control or drought stress) in an outdoor insectary at UKCEH under natural environmental conditions. Each individual larva was monitored at three growth check points throughout development: 49 days after hatching (pre-overwintering), 162 days after hatching (post overwintering during larval growth) and 309 days after hatching (late larval growth and pupation phase). Larval masses (mg) were recorded for all individuals that survived up to the second growth monitoring point and the number of larvae that survived until the third growth monitoring point were recorded. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/f26f391f-a17b-4a0d-85c7-ab8af85c3f1b

Tags: Environmental Monitoring Facilities, Meadow Brown, drought tolerance, host plant, life history
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Real-time bioaerosol emission data from a range of environmental sources, UK, 2016-2018

The data offers insights to utility of single particle ultraviolet light- induced fluorescence (UV-LIF) measurements in providing quantification and spatio-temporal characterisation of bioaerosols alongside the size distribution and characteristics of biological materials in airborne particles based on intrinsic bio fluorophores signatures. A novel ultraviolet light-induced fluorescence (UV-LIF) based bioaerosol sensor unit (Spectral Intensity Bioaerosol Sensor (SIBS)) was evaluated. The SIBS measures size, number, shape, and resolved fluorescence emission across 16 wavelength bands from 298 - 735 nm for two excitation wavelengths (285 nm and 370 nm) for single particles in real-time. Measurements entailed the chamber-based studies and real world environments (composting, dairy farms, chicken farms, sewage treatment plants, urban background, agricultural). This data stems as a part of a project (Detection and characterisation of inflammatory agents associated with bioaerosol emitted from biowaste and intensive agriculture) funded by the Natural Environment Research Council [NE/M01163/1]. The award was made under the auspices of the Environmental Microbiology and Human Health programme. The principal purpose was to assess the capabilities of the SIBS to enhance understanding of the bioaerosols emission and dispersion from industrial processes. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/98970053-b34c-44da-97bd-fbfc38fa8b7a

Tags:  Bioaerosol, Atmospheric Conditions, Emissions characterisation, Real-time monitoring, Ultraviolet light- induced fluorescence 
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Passive sampler ammonia measurements indoors and outdoors at a rural dwelling in South Lanarkshire, 2021

This dataset consists of ammonia (NH3) measurements at two sites in a rural location in South Lanarkshire. The sites are located in a dwelling, one site is inside and the other is outside in the garden area. The garden backs onto grassland which is part of a large dairy farm. The ammonia measurements are taken from a set of UKCEH ALPHA® (Adapted Low-cost Passive High Absorption) samplers from January 2021 to December 2021. Samplers are exposed in monthly cycles at the beginning of each month. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/366dee48-80c1-44a2-8a8d-2723a0fc3985

Tags: Ammonia monitoring, Atmospheric Conditions, Passive samplers, Rural dwelling
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
High-resolution temperature and precipitation measurements for fire-affected locations in Australia (2019-2020) and Tenerife (2020-2021)

This dataset includes temperature and precipitation depth measurements in 10 min intervals taken in 2 locations and time periods after forest fires: - Madre del Agua (Tenerife, Spain): 17/11/20 to 19/11/2021 - Thompson reservoir (Victoria, Australia): 28/03/19 to 13/01/2020 Data was collected using RainWise Rainew raingauges coupled to Onset HOBO pendant dataloggers (UA-003-64) to monitor environmental parameters related to runoff occurrence. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/26774f3b-d535-4800-97e4-f2fc7cf9b2da

Tags: climatic parameters, wildfires
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Nitrogen fixation and phosphatase activity of 97 nitrogen-fixing and non-fixing trees in Panama

This data includes information about nitrogen fixation, phosphatase activity, plant nitrogen and phosphorus demand and soil nitrogen and phosphorus availability of nitrogen-fixing and non-fixing trees from seven species grown in an experimental plantation at the Agua Salud Native Species Plantation, El Giral, Panama (9°12'50.15''N, 79°43'26''W). Data were collected by the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute and Princeton University and were analysed by the University of Leeds. This work was funded by the following organisations: Heising-Simons Foundation, Hoch Family, ForestGEO®, HSBC, Stanley Motta, Small World Institute Fund, Smithsonian Institution's Competitive Grants for Science, Smithsonian Institution's Grand Challenges, National Science Foundation (award reference: EAR-1360391), National University of Singapore, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Yale-NUS college, Princeton University, Princeton Environmental Institute, Princeton Carbon Mitigation Initiative, University of Leeds and NERC (award reference: NE/M019497/1) Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/3578bae2-4b88-4b2e-93e1-6965dfe1348c

Tags: biogeochemical niche, nutrient acquisition, nutrient limitation, nutrient stategy, phosphatase activity, species-specific differences, symbiotic nitrogen fixation, tropical carbon sink
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre