AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Sitka spruce-associated biodiversity in the UK (Sitka spruce Ecol)

Here we collate a database of all known birds, bryophytes, fungi, invertebrates, lichens and mammals that use Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis) in the UK. Sitka spruce is the most commonly planted commercial tree species in the UK. In total 564 species are listed in the database. For each species we provide a level of association with Sitka spruce, ranging from obligate (only found on Sitka spruce) to cosmopolitan (found on a wide range of other tree species). Data on the ecology of each Sitka spruce associated species were collated: part of tree used, and use made of tree (feeding, roosting, breeding). Data on use or otherwise of 34 other tree species were also collated for each of the 564 species. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/1ce52c10-e3ab-4996-b9b7-052c70b3c1ba

Tags: Sitka spruce, commercial forest
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Vegetation map of Roudsea Wood National Nature Reserve, 1962

This is a digital map containing polygons representing areas of vegetation within Roudsea Wood National Nature Reserve (NNR), Cumbria. Vegetation was mapped in the field on a basemap as parcels according to tree cover type, tree stocking rates and ground flora communities. The map covers the western side of the reserve (the woodland). The field map was originally created by staff at the Nature Conservancy’s Merlewood Research Station, Grange-over-Sands, Cumbria in 1962 and digitized by the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology from the original field map in 2019. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/a8d710fb-177d-467c-b2c1-2b215f582d2c

Tags: Bio-geographical Regions, Cumbria, National Nature Reserve, Roudsea
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Growing season methane and nitrous oxide static chamber fluxes from Sodankylä region, Northern Finland

This dataset contains calculated terrestrial fluxes of methane and nitrous oxide using static chambers from the Sodankylä region of Northern Finland across both forest and wetland ecosystems. Measurements were carried out during growing season 2012 in two measurement campaigns (Summer: 12th July - 2nd August; Autumn: 22nd September - 14th October) using 60 static chambers (21 within the forest and 39 within the wetland). Fluxes were measured on approximately 2 day intervals resulting in a total of 10 measurements for all chambers during the summer campaign, and 7 for the forest and 8 for the wetland chambers during the autumn campaign. In addition to fluxes, auxiliary measurements include soil temperature, water table depth (wetland only), soil moisture (forest only) and soil respiration. The data was collected as part of the MAMM project (Methane and other greenhouse gases in the Arctic: Measurements, process studies and Modelling, http://arp.arctic.ac.uk/projects/) funded by the UK Natural Environment Research Council (grant NE/I029293/1) involving partners from CEH and the Finnish Meteorological Institute (Climate Change Research, FI-00101 Helsinki, Finland). Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/6b8501c8-3931-4c5e-8e1b-584a6ea0d233

Tags: Environmental Monitoring Facilities, fluxes, nitrous oxide
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Land Cover Map 2023 (1km summary rasters, GB and N. Ireland)

This 1 km summary pixel data set represents the land surface of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, classified using two classification schemas, target and aggregate classes. The target class schema comprise 21 UKCEH land cover classes based upon Biodiversity Action Plan broad habitats. The aggregate class schema comprises 10 aggregate classes that are groupings of the 21 target classes. The aggregate classes group some of the more specialised target classes into more general classes. For example, the five coastal classes in the target class are grouped into a single aggregate class. The 1km percentage product provides the percentage cover for each of the 21 land cover classes for 1km x 1km pixels. This product contains one band per habitat class, producing 21 and 10 band images for the target and aggregate class products respectively. The 1km dominant coverage product is based on the 1km percentage product, and reports the land cover class with the highest percentage cover for each 1km pixel. A full description of this and all UKCEH LCM2023 products are available from the LCM2023 product documentation accompanying this dataset. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/96bc980a-31b4-4d1b-87e9-007d4932a56b

Tags: Biodiversity Action Plan, Great Britain, Land Cover
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Land Cover Map 2007 (1km percentage aggregate class, GB)

[THIS DATASET HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN]. Land Cover Map 2007 (LCM2007) is a parcel-based thematic classification of satellite image data covering the entire United Kingdom. The map updates and upgrades the Land Cover Map of Great Britain (LCMGB) 1990 and LCM2000. Like the earlier 1990 and 2000 products, LCM2007 is derived from a computer classification of satellite scenes obtained mainly from Landsat, IRS and SPOT sensors. It also covers Northern Ireland and incorporates information derived from other ancillary datasets. LCM2007 was classified using a nomenclature corresponding to Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC) Broad Habitats, which encompasses the entire range of UK habitats. In addition, it recorded further detail where possible, incorporating land cover classes sought by other users. LCM2007 is produced in both vector and raster formats, with a number of different versions containing varying levels of detail and at different spatial resolutions. This dataset consists of the 1km raster, percentage Aggregate Class. Great Britain only. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/3f3fa303-d019-4b28-ad79-9a45f8ee04d0

Tags: Land Cover
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
United Kingdom Butterfly Monitoring Scheme: site location data 2023

This dataset provides the details of all sites on which butterflies have been monitored as part of the UK Butterfly Monitoring Scheme (UKBMS). This includes all standard UKBMS transect sites, Wider Countryside Butterfly Survey (WCBS) sites and targeted species survey sites (timed counts, single-species transects, larval web and egg counts). Data includes the location within the UK, the length and number of sections for the butterfly transect on each site and the number of years each transect has been monitored. The location of some sites are sensitive and are excluded from this dataset. Users requiring access to the complete dataset, including sensitive site location data, can submit a request via the UKBMS website. The UKBMS started in 1976 with fewer than 50 sites. Since then the number of sites monitored each year has increased to several thousand. There are new sites each year and a small number where the transect is no longer surveyed. Details of this are provided in the site dataset in the form of the first and last year in which each site was surveyed. The majority of site data is provided by recorders at the time a transect is created. Site data are crucial in order to determine where extra recording effort is required and to investigate where butterfly populations are changing most and thus where conservation should be targeted, including across different habitat types. The UK Butterfly Monitoring Scheme is organised and funded by Butterfly Conservation (BC), the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH), the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO), and the Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC). The UKBMS is indebted to all volunteers who contribute data to the scheme. 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/e80f93b7-7673-4535-97ff-a602ac374e38

Tags: England, Environmental Monitoring Facilities, Scotland, UK-SCAPE, United Kingdom, Wales, northern Ireland
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Urban hydro-meteorological observation data 2016-2018 for Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

This dataset represents the hydro-meteorological monitoring activities undertaken in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, during 2016-2018, as part of the DFID funded AMMA-2050 (African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analysis) project (amma2050.org). The data comprises time series of rainfall, water level and river flow recorded at locations across Ouagadougou city for the purposes of building an understanding of hydrological function and hydrological model development. In-situ data were collected using tipping bucket raingauges and pressure level sensors, with spot gauging of river flows used to develop rating curves used to derive flow from level measurements in channels. The network was designed and set-up by the UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (UKCEH) and maintained by the Institut International D'ingénierie De L'eau Et De L'environnement (2iE) and processing was undertaken by UKCEH. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/30ae0230-e352-4a82-901d-ac1d42449044

Tags:  rainfall, African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analysis (AMMA-2, Burkina Faso, Ouagadougou, river flow
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Greenhouse gas, carbon isotopes, water physio-chemical properties and metal concentrations from mine water outflows in the Midland Valley, Scotland, 2022

Greenhouse gas (GHG) concentrations, physio-chemical water properties, metal concentrations and carbon radiogenic and stable isotope data of the GHG were measured to investigate the properties of mine water from legacy coal mines across the Midland Valley, Scotland between June 2022 to September 2022. Sixteen identified outflows from abandoned coal mines were selected for measurement. The locations are distributed from Lathallan Mill in the northeast to Kames in the southwest and included mine water outflows from the Fife, Central (Lanarkshire), Lothian and Ayrshire coal fields. Some of the outflows had treatment systems and others discharged directly into rivers or streams. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/49daf07b-cfbe-48d1-8889-1adafe410a2e

Tags: Carbon stable and radiogenic isotopes, Environmental Monitoring Facilities, Mine water, Scotland
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Grid-to-Grid model estimates of soil moisture for Great Britain and Northern Ireland driven by UK Climate Projections 2018 (UKCP18) Regional (12km) data (1980 to 2080)

Gridded hydrological model soil moisture estimates on a 1km grid over Great Britain and Northern Ireland for the period Dec 1980 - Nov 2080 (units: m water/m soil), driven by UK Climate Projections 2018 (UKCP18) Regional (12km) data (1980 to 2080). The data are provided in gridded netCDF files. There is one file for each ensemble member and separate files for Great Britain and Northern Ireland. To aid interpretation, two additional spatial datasets are provided: 1km x 1km grids identifying majority lake cells for (a) Great Britain, and (b) Northern Ireland. The data were produced as part of UK-SCAPE (UK Status, Change And Projections of the Environment; https://ukscape.ceh.ac.uk, Work Package 2: Case Study - Water) a NERC-funded National Capability Science Single Centre award. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/f7142ced-f6ff-486b-af33-44fb8f763cde

Tags: G2G, Great Britain, Grid-to-Grid, Northern Ireland, Soil, UK-SCAPE
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Corine land cover 2018 for the UK, Isle of Man, Jersey and Guernsey

This dataset is the 2018 Corine Land Cover map, consisting of 44 classes in the hierarchical three level Corine nomenclature. Corine Land Cover (CLC) 2018, CLC change 2012-2018 and CLC 2012 revised are three of the datasets produced within the frame of the Copernicus programme on land monitoring. Corine Land Cover (CLC) provides consistent information on land cover and land cover changes across Europe; these two maps are the UK component of Europe. This inventory was initiated in 1985 (reference year 1990) and established a time series of land cover information with updates in 2000, 2006 and 2012 being the last iteration. CLC products are based on photointerpretation of satellite images by national teams of participating countries – the EEA member and cooperating countries – following a standard methodology and nomenclature with the following base parameters: 44 classes in the hierarchical three level Corine nomenclature; minimum mapping unit (MMU) of status layers is 25 hectares; minimum width of linear elements is 100 metres; minimum mapping unit (MMU) for Land Cover Changes (LCC) for the change layers is 5 hectares. The resulting national land cover inventories are further integrated into a seamless land cover map of Europe. Land cover and land use (LCLU) information is important not only for land change research, but also more broadly for the monitoring of environmental change, policy support, the creation of environmental indicators and reporting. CLC datasets provide important datasets supporting the implementation of key priority areas of the Environment Action Programmes of the European Union as protecting ecosystems, halting the loss of biological diversity, tracking the impacts of climate change, assessing developments in agriculture and implementing the EU Water Framework Directive, among others. More information about the Corine Land Cover (CLC) and Copernicus land monitoring data in general can be found at http://land.copernicus.eu/. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/084e0bc6-e67f-4dad-9de6-0c698f60e34d

Tags: Copernicus, Geospatial data, Land Cover
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Numerical simulations of river bed dynamics for the South Saskatchewan River, Canada

Data were generated to investigate the influence of bed roughness on the dynamics of large sand-bed rivers like the South Saskatchewan, Canada. The influence of roughness was investigated by using a numerical model to simulate the evolution of the river bed for a hypothetical sand-bed river modelled on the South Saskatchewan. The model generated information on the evolving river bed topography, water depth, flow velocities and sediment transport rates, over a period of 28 years as part of NERC project NE/L00738X/1 Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/790e507c-ce99-47ca-99b4-c97a684ee8c6

Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Topsoil particle size distribution from the Glastir Monitoring and Evaluation Programme, Wales 2013-2016

This data set consists of Particle Size Distribution (PSD) measurements, analysed in a sub set of soil samples with a loss on ignition lower than 50%, taken from within a range of land use types across Wales, collected as part of the Glastir Monitoring and Evaluation Programme (GMEP). Laser granulometry was used to measure the PSD. The monitoring programme was set up by the Welsh Government in 2013 to monitor the effects of the Glastir agri-environment scheme on the environment and ran from 2013 to 2016. The field survey element was based on a stratified random sampling design of 300, 1km square sites across Wales, and was managed by the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/d6c3cc3c-a7b7-48b2-9e61-d07454639656

Tags: Environmental Monitoring Facilities, Glastir Monitoring and Evaluation Programme (GMEP)
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
European Monitoring and Evaluation Program Model for the UK (EMEP4UK) daily atmospheric composition and fluxes for 2001-2015

This dataset is a model output from the European Monitoring and Evaluation Programme (EMEP) model applied to the UK (EMEP4UK) driven by Weather and Research Forecast model meteorology (WRF). It provides UK estimates daily averaged atmospheric composition at approximately 5 km grid for the years 2001 to 2015. The data consists of atmospheric composition and deposition values of various pollutants; including PM10, PM2.5, secondary organic aerosols (SOA), elemental carbon (EC), secondary inorganic aerosols (SIA), sulfur dioxide (SO2), ammonia (NH3), nitrogen oxides (NOX) , and ozone (O3). The EMEP model version used here is rv4.17 and the WRF model version is the 3.7.1. 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. A version of this dataset is available (https://doi.org/10.5285/ca302d30-7b8b-46ec-90b6-67b79df00c92), run with the latest release of the Atmospheric Chemistry Transport Model EMEP (rv4.36) and with the latest NAEI emissions. The new set of model runs covers an extended time period from 2002 until 2021 and is available in a higher resolution (3 km2 x 3km2). Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/b0545f67-e47c-4077-bf3c-c5ffcd6b72c8

Tags: Atmospheric Conditions, EMEP, EMEP4UK, European Monitoring and Evaluation Programme, HNO3, NH3, NO2, NOx, O3, PM10, PM2.5, SO2, UK-SCAPE, VOC, coarse nitrate particulate, fine nitrate particulate, nitric acid, sulphate particulate
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Sediment trap diatom assemblages from Rostherne Mere, Cheshire, UK (2004-2017)

This dataset includes sediment trap diatom captures and water column temperature profiles from a PhD research project at Rostherne Mere in Cheshire. These data were collected to show the relationship between climate, especially short-term climatic perturbations, and diatom assemblages. The sediment trap data cover the period from October 2004 to January 2017, while the thermal profiles cover October 2005 to December 2016. Diatom data is presented with date, percentage taxa abundance and diatom fluxes based on total sediment yield. Temperature profiles are presented as mean daily figures. The work was carried out as part of a Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) funded PhD [grant number NE/L002493/1], with the temperature data funded by the UKLEON (UK Lake Ecological Observatory Network) project via a NERC small grant [grant number NE/I007261/1]. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/16f52064-a19d-4cf5-a388-aff04a592179

Tags: Environmental Monitoring Facilities, RTRM, Rostherne Mere, Sediment traps, UK Lake Ecological Observatory Network, UKLEON, relative resistance to thermal mixing, water temperature
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Bird ringing records from Wytham Woods, Oxfordshire, UK during 2020 and 2021

This dataset contains information about the ringing records of mainly great tits, blue tits, marsh tits and coal tits, and a few other bird species. The data were collected in Wytham woods, Oxfordshire, UK during 2020 and 2021, as part of a long-term population monitoring project on the breeding biology and behaviour of birds. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/af4c9b5a-fba9-4133-b782-2a2cbc927280

Tags: Environmental Monitoring Facilities, Ringing records
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Habitat, vegetation, tree and soil data from Native Pinewoods in Scotland, 2018-2022

A set of data arising from a detailed ecological re-survey of the native Scots Pine woodland habitats within Scotland. In all, 27 woods from throughout Scotland were identified as the major remaining native pinewoods, and within each wood sixteen randomly selected 200m2 plots were surveyed between 2018 and 2022. Details about the trees, ground flora, soil, habitat types as well as general plot information were collected for each plot using standardized procedures and coding systems. The survey was a repeat of an identical survey carried out in 1971, and thus allows an assessment of change in the woodlands since that time. The survey was funded by a consortium led by the Woodland Trust, and carried out by staff employed by the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/5e268e86-4a4f-4112-bf2d-c3b0179c915c

Tags: Environment, Environmental Monitoring Facilities, ground flora, native pinewoods
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Landscape area data 1998 [Countryside Survey]

This dataset consists of stock (area) data for landscape features across Great Britain in 1998. Data are presented as areas of Broad (or Priority) Habitats, with associated landscape attributes (such as plant species and land use), within a set of 569 1km squares across Great Britain. The Countryside Survey is a unique study or 'audit' of the natural resources of the UK's countryside. The sample sites are chosen from a stratified random sample, based on a 15 by 15 km grid of GB. Surveys have been carried out in 1978, 1984, 1990, 1998 and 2007 by the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, with repeated visits to the majority of squares. The countryside is sampled and surveyed using rigorous scientific methods, allowing us to compare new results with those from previous surveys. In this way we can detect the gradual and subtle changes that occur in the UK's countryside over time. In addition to habitat areas, vegetation species data, soil data, linear habitat data, and freshwater habitat data are also gathered by Countryside Survey. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/1e050028-5c55-42f4-a0ea-c895d827b824

Tags: Environmental Monitoring Facilities
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Invasion dynamics of Pinus radiata following fire occurrence in South-Central Chile

This dataset was constructed to characterise the invasion dynamics of Pinus radiata from seeds released from commercial plantations into surrounding areas, preferably those dominated by native species, in two situations: after the occurrence of forest fires and in the absence of them. Demographic data were collected concerning three key factors of the invasion process: a) The seed source, in this case, the commercial plantation, where the age, tree density, cone production, and the proportion of cones that remained closed were recorded; b) the characteristics of the habitat surrounding the plantation, as a receiving system for the seeds; this included an assessment of ground cover, understory cover, and canopy cover; and c) The natural regeneration of P. radiata was evaluated regarding its density, ages, heights, and the presence of cones. Information was collected in five geographic areas of Chile: in three of them we were able to establish six study sites per area (three burned and three unburned sites), but in two regions there were no register of recent fires, so only three unburned sites per area were established. Three transects were established in each study site. Fires occurred between 2010 and 2021, and data was collected between 2020 and 2021. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/43dc564c-2054-4e5a-950c-031d35521ebf

Tags: Monterey pine, south-central Chile
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre