AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Survey data of greenspace users' preference scores for planted urban meadows and demographic data, Bedford and Luton, UK, 2014

The data comprise outcomes from questionnaire surveys conducted with greenspace users on their perceptions of experimentally manipulated urban meadows (varying levels of diversity and vegetation height of sown wildflower meadows), and associated socio-economic data of respondents to the questionnaire surveys. The experimental meadows were located in Bedford and Luton. Data was collected by the data authors, and participants gave informed consent before completing the questionnaires. The work was initially completed under the Fragments, functions and flows NERC BESS project in 2014. The scaling of biodiversity and ecosystem services in urban ecosystems was funded by grant NE/J015369/1 from the Biodiversity and Ecosystem Service Sustainability (BESS) programme. Subsequent analysis was carried out under the NERC grant ‘Location, Configuration, Distribution: the Role of Landscape Pattern and Diversity in Ecosystem Services’ (NE/K015508/1). Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/29d6345f-9f53-4894-8f60-80843f49c017

Tags: Diversity, Environmental Monitoring Facilities, Greenspace, Meadows, Urban
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Soil water table and river hydrology data from six UK riparian observatories, 2023-2025

This dataset comprises water heights in rivers and adjacent riparian soils for six riparian observatory sites in NE Scotland and NW England. The dataset includes hourly height of soil water table (WT; when depth is below the soil surface), including times of flood inundation (water above the soil surface) and soil water temperature at six positions in each site and the hourly river water stage height. This dataset supports analysis of hillslope to floodplain water table and river flood functions of catchment hydrology and the role of saturation on soil biogeochemistry across climatic and land use gradients. All verified observations are aggregated into a single table (soil_river-_hydrology_uk_riparian_observatories_data.csv), with accompanying metadata (soil_river-_hydrology_uk_riparian_observatories_metadata.csv) describing variable definitions, units, relevant depths of equipment and ground, measurement procedures and context of the soil horizons. Monitoring was carried out as part of the NERC-funded project "Accelerating Nutrient Cycles at the Riparian Land : Water Interface" (NE/V012460/1) investigating riparian zone biogeochemistry across temperate regions. The six riparian observatories of the CARRI project were established to evaluate and extrapolate riparian zone processes controlling C, N and P stocks, mobility and climate change sensitivity. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/70109fe8-a415-4aeb-8184-d82f7c334fe2

Tags: Environmental Monitoring Facilities, saturation duration, temperate region, wetting-drying frequency
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Digital elevation models and bathymetry data of Tsho Rolpa glacier lake, Nepal, 2019

3D digital elevation models of Tsho Rolpa glacier lake, Nepal, generated from unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) imagery, with a spatial resolution of 10 centimetres. It is combined with bathymetry data so that both the lakebed elevation (DTM) and the lake surface elevation (DSM) are obtained. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/8e483692-3b65-41d2-a7fd-5a3cd589a71c

Tags: bathymetry
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Vegetation plot data from the UKCEH Countryside Survey, Great Britain, 2022 and 2023

This dataset consists of plant species presence and abundance in different sizes of plots recorded from 259 1km squares across Great Britain in 2022 and 2023, as part of a rolling soil and vegetation monitoring program of 500 1km squares, beginning in 2019 and repeated every 5 years. The UKCEH 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 previously been carried out in 1978, 1984, 1990, 1998 and 2007 by the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) and predecessors, 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 vegetation data, soil data are also gathered by the current phase of the Countryside Survey. 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/10.5285/2859b031-ec69-48df-891f-58fbf6f942cb

Tags: Environmental Monitoring Facilities, Environmental survey, Great Britain, Land Cover, UK-SCAPE, ground flora, pollinator
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Carbon dioxide and methane emission and pore fluid concentration data from peat mesocosm experiments under variable water table treatments

This dataset presents greenhouse gas emissions data from controlled peat mesocosm experiments conducted between February 2023 and December 2025. The study investigated carbon dioxide (CO₂) and methane (CH₄) emissions from drained peat soils collected from three sites in the East Anglian Fens, UK, by researchers at the Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge. The experiments were carried out in laboratory mesocosms to examine how changes in water table levels influence greenhouse gas fluxes and porewater chemistry. CO2 and CH4 emission data are provided for "short-term" experiments in which columns of drained peat were subjected to a high water table and then gradually drained over ~50 days with CO2 and CH4 emissions monitored as the water table is lowered. CO2 and CH4 emission and pore fluid concentration data are provided for "long-term" experiments in which mesocosms of drained peat were subjected to high water table (5cm above the soil surface) for a period of around 5 months. These data were generated to improve understanding of how peatland rewetting and water table management affect greenhouse gas dynamics in lowland fen systems, supporting assessments of peatland restoration and climate mitigation strategies. This work was carried out as part of the Centre for Landscape Regeneration at the University of Cambridge (Landscape Regeneration Solutions to the Interlinked Extinction and Climate Crises that support Sustainable Development, NE/W00495X/1) with analytical facilities funded by LASER-ENVI - A LASER spectrometer based ENVIronmental Gas and Gas-Isotope Facility (NE/V015435/1). Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/0cefa296-33ad-4a73-8783-3471c6f64ee7

Tags: East Anglian Fens, Soil
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Vegetation survey data from Climoor fieldsite in Clocaenog Forest

[THIS DATASET HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN]. This dataset contains vegetation survey data from an upland heath site in the Clocaenog Forest. Vegetation was surveyed in the experimental plots at the Climoor site in 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012. The vegetation at the site is a typical UK upland heathland, dominated by Calluna vulgaris, with Vaccinium myrtillus and Empetrum nigrum also being present in the vegetation understory. In each year, measurements were taken at a time period of maximum growth, which was late August/early September. This was done by pin point methodology, and data includes both pin hits as well as measurements converted into plant biomass. Individual species can be examined, as well as the different components of the higher plants (i.e. leaf, stem, flower). Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/143e1a69-d4d7-4ae0-9650-6ffad9fd75b2

Tags: Environmental Monitoring Facilities, vegetation
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
United Kingdom Butterfly Monitoring Scheme: collated indices 2013

Collated indices are a relative measure of butterfly abundance across monitored sites in the UK, calculated from data collected by the UK Butterfly Monitoring Scheme (UKBMS). Collated indices are calculated annually for each individual butterfly species that has been recorded on five or more sites in that year. Based on this criterion collated indices have been calculated for the entire UKBMS time series from 1976 to the current year for the majority of species. For some rarer species the time series starts in a later year due to lack of data. Collated indices are calculated using a statistical model that accounts for missing data. The number of sites for each species ranges from 5 to several hundred and varies from year to year. Since 2008 more than 1,000 sites have been monitored across the UK each year. Collated indices are calculated so that we can determine how butterfly populations are changing over time across the UK. This data can be used, for example, to determine where to target conservation efforts and to measure the condition of the UK countryside. Butterflies are recognised as important indicators of biodiversity and environmental change (e.g. as official UK Biodiversity Indicators), and have been used in numerous research studies to understand the impacts of changes in climate and the extent and condition of habitats. Although the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) and Butterfly Conservation (BC) are responsible for the calculation and interpretation of the Collated indices, the collection of the data used in their creation is ultimately reliant on a large volunteer community. The UKBMS is funded by a consortium of organisations led by the Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC). This dataset is updated annually and more recent versions of the UKBMS collated indices are available. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/31f301f5-5374-45c5-8db5-37ea43422b8d

Tags: Species Distribution
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Lepidoptera distribution and behaviour data from chalk grassland fragment boundaries within the Stonehenge landscape, UK, in 2011

This dataset consists of behaviour and distribution data of Lepidoptera from chalk grassland fragments at the Stonehenge World Heritage Site in Wiltshire, UK, in 2011. The landscape consists of small fragments of ancient chalk grassland on slopes and groups of burial mounds (barrows) which have retained many of the characteristic chalk grassland plant and butterfly species. Surveys were located at four of these chalk grassland fragments. At each chalk grassland fragment, four 20 m long survey boundaries, were set up on boundaries with adjacent land cover of either arable land or new grassland re-creation sown in the years 2009 or 2010. Control surveys were also carried out in areas of continuous habitat within the chalk grassland fragment and in the adjoining land cover type. Surveys of Lepidoptera behaviour were carried out from May to July between 10am and 4pm and effort was taken to survey the same site at different times of the day in order to minimise the effect of survey time on behaviour. Standing at the chalk grassland fragment edge the flight path of individual Lepidoptera was tracked in the survey area for up to three minutes. Measures of vegetation characteristics and nectar flower availability were recorded for each plot. Vegetation characteristics were measured as vegetation height and density and the percentage cover of bare ground and dead vegetation. Nectar resources were measured in terms of the number and percentage coverage of flowering units, the total number of nectar flowering units and of relevant families (Dipsacaceae, Fabaceae and Asteraceae). The data were collected as part of a PhD project funded by the Natural Environment Research Council and the National Trust. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/61561232-3307-470a-b8dc-a923b25e1641

Tags: Environmental Monitoring Facilities, chalk grassland fragments, day flying moths
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Channel topography and grain-scale sediment structure, measured in Bury Green Brook (UK) between 2014 and 2018

Dataset contains Terrestrial laser scanner (TLS) and CT scan data collected during fieldwork on a small gravel-bed river. TLS data show the river bed surface topography collected at five intervals between September 2014 and October 2018. CT scan data show the 3D structure of sections of the river bed. CT data has been processed to segment the images into gravel grains and fine-grained matrix. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/b30b4d56-f0a9-43e8-aacc-09d9b5b1f9fc

Tags: Environmental Monitoring Facilities, gravel-bed river, riffle-pool channel, sediment structure
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Atmospheric gas and vegetation survey data from Parsonage Down, UK, in 2014

This dataset contains greenhouse gas flux data and vegetation survey data from an experiment based at Parsonage Down, UK. The vegetation survey comprises total species percentage cover and species richness data from four 50 cm by 50 cm quadrats. The greenhouse gas flux data comprises net ecosystem carbon dioxide exchange, photosynthesis and respiration data measured with an Infra-red Gas Analyser (IRGA); methane, carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide data measured using gas chromatography; and nitrate and ammonium from soil samples extracted with potassium chloride. The experiment investigated the effect of different plant groups on soil carbon stores and nutrient cycling, by using a mixture of hand weeding and herbicide spot spraying to create different plant communities on the species rich grassland at Parsonage Down. The resulting carbon and nutrient cycling rates were compared to the characteristics of the plant groups. The experiment ran from 2013 to 2015 and this dataset contains data from 2014 only. This experiment was part of the Wessex BESS project, a six-year (2011-2017) project aimed at understanding how biodiversity underpins the ecosystem functions and services that landscapes provide. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/e05b350f-3cf4-4f8d-aa3c-24d562ca756b

Tags: Environmental Monitoring Facilities, Shannon's Diversity Index, Wessex BESS, net ecosystem CO2 exchange, nitrous oxide, respiration, species richness, vegetation biomass
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Grid-to-Grid model estimates of river flow for Great Britain driven by UK Climate Projections 2018 (UKCP18) Regional (12km) data (1980 to 2080)

[THIS DATASET HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN]. Gridded hydrological model river flow estimates on a 1km grid over Great Britain for the period Dec 1980 - Nov 2080. The dataset includes monthly mean river flow, annual maxima of daily mean river flow (water years Oct - Sept), along with the date of occurrence, and annual minima of 7-day mean river flow (years spanning Dec-Nov), along with the date of occurrence (units: m3/s). The data are provided in gridded netCDF files. There is one file for each variable and ensemble member. To aid interpretation, two additional spatial datasets are provided: a) digitally-derived catchment areas and b) estimated locations of flow gauging stations both on the 1km x 1km grid. The data were produced as part of UK-SCAPE (UK Status, Change And Projections of the Environment; www.ceh.ac.uk/ukscape, Work Package 2: Case Study – Water) programme, a NERC-funded National Capability Science Single Centre award number NE/R016429/1. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/b7a98440-8742-40d5-a518-46dc6420416e

Tags: Annual maximum, Annual minimum, Great Britain, Grid-to-Grid (G2G), Hydrography, Monthly, River flow, UK-SCAPE 
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Distribution of individual ash trees in Great Britain

The dataset consists of a map of individual ash trees (Fraxinus excelsior) across Great Britain. The data is derived from Countryside Survey 2007 and includes individual trees in the landscape, clumps of trees and veteran trees. Trees were mapped in 569 1km sample squares across Britain, and this national estimate dataset was derived from the sample data using ITE Land Classes. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/0c3567a8-3700-4d52-a21f-de1bd709141a

Tags: Great Britain, Species Distribution
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Driving data for the period 2015-2025 for running the JULES Land Surface Model over Riau, Indonesia

This dataset contains remapped driving data for a rectangular domain covering Riau, Indonesia, for 2015-2025 at a daily timestep. It is intended that these files will facilitate a run of the land surface model JULES https://jules.jchmr.org/ , but they may be used for any LSM that allows NetCDF input files. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/7a6b34b9-eb95-4926-889a-92adebe23d8d

Tags: Environmental Monitoring Facilities
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Electrical resistivity tomography surveys from the Makutapora Basin, Tanzania, June-July 2019

This datasets contains Electrical Resistivity Tomography surveys taken in the Makutapora Basin, Central Tanzania, using an AGI SuperSting R8 (STING) resistivity meter. Survey geometry, parameters and coordinates are also included. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/1998da32-a978-41a4-8a66-81df1e625cca

Tags: Electrical Resistivity Tomography, Tanzania
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Land Cover Map 1990 (1km percentage aggregate class, N. Ireland)

This dataset consists of the 1km raster, percentage aggregate class version of the Land Cover Map 1990 (LCM1990) for Northern Ireland. The 1km percentage product provides the percentage cover for each of 10 aggregated land cover classes for 1km x 1km pixels. This product contains one band per aggregated habitat class (producing a 10 band image). The 10 aggregate classes are groupings of the 21 target classes, which are based on the Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC) Broad Habitats, which encompass the entire range of UK habitats. The aggregate classes group some of the more specialised classes into more general categories. For example, the five coastal classes in the target class are grouped into a single aggregate coastal class. This dataset is derived from the vector version of the Land Cover Map, which contains individual parcels of land cover and is the highest available spatial resolution. LCM1990 is a land cover map of the UK which was produced at the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology by classifying satellite images (mainly from 1989 and 1990) into 21 Broad Habitat-based classes. It is the first in a series of land cover maps for the UK, which also includes maps for 2000, 2007, 2015, 2017, 2018 and 2019. LCM1990 consists of a range of raster and vector products and users should familiarise themselves with the full range (see related records, the UK CEH web site and the LCM1990 Dataset documentation) to select the product most suited to their needs. 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/10.5285/1278d7b5-da47-46b5-b1a6-049e726425a7

Tags: Land Cover, UK-SCAPE
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Local tree names, uses and species identification in Mozambique

The dataset includes lists of local tree names, tree species identification and local uses of trees in seventeen different villages across three Districts in Mozambique, Africa. We collated species lists from seven villages in Mabalane District, Gaza Province, ten villages in Marrupa District, Niassa Province, and ten villages in Gurue District Zambezia Province. Data were collected in Mabalane between May-Sep 2014, Marrupa between May-Aug 2015, and Gurue between Sep-Dec 2015. Lists of local tree names were collated from several forest plots and agricultural field surveys occurring within the sampled villages, and their species identified in the field by the authors and/or from dried and pressed samples by botanists at the Universidade Eduardo Mondlane in Maputo. Tree species uses by local populations were recorded through a mixture of key informant interviews, focus group discussions, village surveys and ad-hoc observations. This dataset was collected as part of the Ecosystem Services for Poverty Alleviation (ESPA) funded ACES project , which aims to understand how changing land use impacts on ecosystem services and human wellbeing of the rural poor in Mozambique. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/52371ef0-855f-40c8-8567-f8965f9cbf03

Tags: Africa, construction, cultural, firewood, medicine
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Radiocarbon measurements on river wood deposits collected in August 2019, Mackenzie River, Canada

The data comprises of dimensions of large wood pieces and the isotope composition (radiocarbon, stable carbon isotopes) of cellulose extracted from the wood samples. Large Wood (LW) samples were collected from the Mackenzie River delta region, Northwest Territories, Canada, in August 2019 and were analysed at the National Environmental Isotope Facility, UK. The scientific aims were to help constrain the source and age of wood carried by this large river system draining to the Arctic Ocean. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/19be1a45-c457-40af-a582-395257d7a3b0

Tags: Age, Canada, Isotope geochemistry, Mackenzie River, Radiocarbon, Wood
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Aquatic carbon and greenhouse gas concentrations in the Auchencorth Moss catchment following drain blocking

This dataset contains concentrations of dissolved organic carbon, inorganic carbon, CO2, CH4 and N2O in the Black Burn stream which drains Auchencorth Moss peatland in South East Scotland. Concentrations and fluxes have been measured within the Black Burn on an approximately weekly to fortnightly basis from approximately 2006 to present (see https://doi.org/10.5285/3f0820a7-a8c8-4dd7-a058-8db79ba9c7fe). Concentrations in this dataset are from a series of new sites, upstream of the long-term sampling record, adjacent to an area of drains blocked by Scottish Natural Heritage. Measurements began during the drain blocking. Data was collected initially as part of a masters project for University of Edinburgh through Scotland's Rural College and continued by the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/88ffbf44-0ec0-41d6-9814-04bc3535cd84

Tags: Environmental Monitoring Facilities, aquatic, nitrous oxide, peatland
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre