AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Plant community basal data from a hedgerow cutting experiment in England, 2016

This dataset contains plant community data from a hedgerow experiment investigating the effects of cutting regimes on plant species richness. There were four sites, one in Buckinghamshire, two in Oxfordshire and one in Devon. Data were collected in 2016, using 1m x 10m quadrats on each side of the hedgerow at two positions. One quadrat was situated beneath the woody vegetation of the hedge (inner) and one adjacent to the inner quadrat (outer) to sample plant communities growing beside the hedge. Percentage vegetation cover was surveyed up to a height of 80cm. The hedgerow experiment was one of three long running hedgerow experiments focusing on management to maintain and restore the hedgerow resource under agri-environment schemes. These long running experiments were funded by Defra and managed by the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/cfeceb7e-b6b5-4f40-a1bc-c25f38deeb9f

Tags: Buckinghamshire, Devon, Environmental Monitoring Facilities, Oxfordshire, hedgerow, plant species richness
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Coastal Biodiversity and Ecosystem Service Sustainability (CBESS) macrofaunal community metrics - total abundance (TA), total biomass (TB), species richness (SR), evenness (J) and community bioturbation potential (BPc) in mudflat and saltmarsh habitats

The dataset details total abundance (TA), total biomass (TB), species richness (SR) and evenness (J) [all based on abundance and biomass] and community bioturbation potential (BPc) across six intertidal sites in the winter and summer of 2013. The data provide metrics relating to the macrofaunal communities present within the top 10cm of sediment. Three sites were located in Essex, South East England and the other three in Morecambe Bay, North West England. Each site consisted of a saltmarsh habitat and adjacent mudflat habitat. 22 sampling quadrats were placed in each habitat covering four spatial scales. Three replicate cores of sediment were collected at each quadrat. They were sieved on a 0.5mm mesh and the macrofauna was removed, identified to species (or appropriate taxon) and individuals were identified to species (or most appropriate taxon), counted and weighed. The resulting abundance and biomass data were then used to calculate TA, TB, SR, J (based on abundance and biomass) and BPc. The data for mudflat habitats across Essex and Morecambe are complete, however, saltmarsh data is only available for one full Essex site (Tillingham Marsh), in one season (Winter) and across all sites, at the 1m scale. This data was collected as part of Coastal Biodiversity and Ecosystem Service Sustainability (CBESS): NE/J015644/1. The project was funded with support from the Biodiversity and Ecosystem Service Sustainability (BESS) programme. BESS is a six-year programme (2011-2017) funded by the UK Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) and the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) as part of the UK's Living with Environmental Change (LWEC) programme. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/f7bad4d2-aef2-4db6-be34-adbe185b88c3

Tags: BESS, BPc, CBESS, Habitats and Biotopes, bioturbation, community bioturbation potential, evenness, macrofauna, mudflat, season, spatial scale, species richness, total abundance, total biomass
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Lepidoptera distribution and behaviour data from a mown boundary experiment within the Stonehenge landscape, UK, in 2012

his dataset consists of behaviour and distribution data of Lepidoptera from mown chalk grassland boundaries at the Stonehenge World Heritage Site in Wiltshire, UK, between July and August 2012. The landscape consisted of a mosaic of chalk grassland fragments on ancient burial mounds (barrows) and slopes, grassland re-creation fields of different ages since sowing, semi-improved pasture, arable farmland and woodland. In one of the grassland re-creation fields, two large areas were mown and eight 20 m long survey boundaries were set up. Four of these were set up on the edge of one of two mown areas and four were set up in areas of continuous un-mown grass which had dummy 'boundaries' parallel to the mown boundaries. The survey was conducted from the survey boundary and the flight path of individual Lepidoptera was tracked in the area 10 m either side of the survey boundary. Each individual Lepidoptera flight path was surveyed for three minutes. Each boundary was surveyed for a total of 20 minutes on three occasions over a five week period. The sequence of boundaries surveyed was chosen randomly and equal survey effort was allocated to visually searching both sides of the boundary. The order and time of day for surveying each survey area was random so to spread surveys throughout the survey period and throughout the day. Measures of vegetation characteristics and nectar flower availability were recorded for survey areas. Recorded vegetation characteristics included vegetation height and density. Nectar flower availability was measured as the number of flowering units of nectar flowers and numbers of those in the Asteraceae, Fabaceae and Dipsacaceae families. 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/e3598268-22d7-4913-a736-890728ea858b

Tags: Environmental Monitoring Facilities, day flying moths, grassland restoration
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
European Monitoring and Evaluation Program Model for the UK (EMEP4UK) daily atmospheric composition for 2002-2021

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 3x3 km² grid for the years 2002 to 2021. 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), SO₂, NH₃, NOX, and O₃. The EMEP4UK model version used here is rv4.36, and the WRF model version is the 4.2.2. 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/ca302d30-7b8b-46ec-90b6-67b79df00c92

Tags: Atmospheric Conditions, EMEP, EMEP4UK, European Monitoring and Evaluation Programme, HNO3, NH3, NO2, NOx, Nitric Acid, O3, Oxides of nitrogen, PM10, PM2.5, SO2, Sulphate particulate, UK-SCAPE, VOC
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Land Cover Map 2020 (10m classified pixels, N. Ireland)

This is a 10m pixel data set representing the land surface, classified into 21 UKCEH land cover classes, based upon Biodiversity Action Plan broad habitats. The pixel product is given as a two-band raster in geoTiff format. The first band gives the most likely land cover type; the second band gives the probability associated with this land cover. The probability layer is an indicator of uncertainty (rescaled 0 to 100). Low values correspond to low certainty (higher uncertainty). A full description of this and all UKCEH LCM2020 products are available from the LCM2020 product documentation. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/78d3824b-2612-4707-ae2e-26f82bdd5dad

Tags: Biodiversity Action Plan, Great Britain, Land Cover
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Stable isotope and U/Th speleothem measurements from Vietnam, 200,000–334 years BP

The data includes carbon and oxygen stable isotopes together with top and bottom U-Th ages of stalagmites collected in Northwest, Central and Southern Vietnam. The purpose of this work was to identify suitable specimens that can be used for palaeoclimatic reconstructions. The stalagmites collected were found broken in-situ, and the exact location of the caves is not given here for cave protection purposes. The stalagmites were collected in February and March 2023, and geochemical analyses performed between April and December 2023. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/f1415ba4-35cd-40db-a717-db6693b03eb0

Tags: Geology, Vietnam, carbon isotopes, oxygen isotopes, palaeoclimate, speleothem, stable isotopes
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Vegetation chemistry data from Climoor fieldsite in Clocaenog Forest

[THIS DATASET HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN]. This dataset includes vegetation chemistry data from the experimental plots at the Climoor field site in the Clocaenog Forest, NE Wales. It also includes data from material collected from outside, but nearby, the experimental plots. Both green and naturally senesced material was analysed between 1998 and 2010 (although not every year was included within this period). Where green material was analysed, only the current years growth was included in the sample. The dataset also includes analysis of different parts of the plants at the site, for example, Calluna vulgaris stems, Calluna vulgaris leaves. Plant species include Calluna vulgaris, Vaccinium myrtillus, Empetrum nigrum, Deschampsia flexuosa, Pleurozium schreberi. Determinants include carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, calcium, magnesium, lignin, tannin, alpha-cellulose and carbohydrates. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/0e8a3212-3b7a-40b4-890b-4f6565aca87a

Tags: Environmental Monitoring Facilities, Schreber's red-stemmed moss, Wavy Hair-grass, bilberry, crowberry, heather, vegetation, wimberry
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Leaf functional trait data from three experimental sites in the Colombian Andes, June-August 2019

This dataset includes key leaf functional trait data collected from three common garden sites along an elevation/temperature gradient in the Colombian Andes. From eight species, there are a selection of leaf structural (leaf mass per unit area, leaf thickness, leaf dry matter content, leaf area, leaf width) nutrient (nitrogen and phosphorus, expressed on area- and mass-bases) and water-use efficiency (13C and g1) traits. Values for these traits were obtained by a combination of laboratory analysis, raw measurements with handheld equipment, and processing with packages in the ‘R’ environment. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/55ed98e7-f150-43c8-9b93-d639c1c8af3e

Tags: Andean montane forests, leaf functional traits, plasticity, thermal acclimation 
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
River Habitat Survey (RHS) data 2007 [Countryside Survey]

River Habitat Survey (RHS) data from rivers and streams surveyed in 2007 as part of the Countryside Survey project. River Habitat Survey (RHS) is an assessment of the physical structure of freshwater streams and rivers based on a standard 500m length sample unit. It does not require specialist geomorphological or botanical expertise but consistent recognition of features included on the form is essential. To ensure consistency of recording all surveyors must be accredited, and recording follows standard protocols. Data were collected under the Countryside Survey long term monitoring project managed by the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology. 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. Headwater stream surveys have been carried out in 1990, 1998 and 2007 with repeated visits to the majority of sites. 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 headwater stream data, soil data, habitat areas, vegetation species data and linear habitat data are also gathered by Countryside Survey. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/40da9509-999f-4d61-85fe-59d7b32e7ca6

Tags: Countryside Survey, Environmental Monitoring Facilities
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Modelled fluvial flood hazard maps in Vietnam for the period 2070-2100

This dataset contains fluvial flood maps of the present day 1 in 20 year return period, and corresponding flood extents for 3 SSP (Shared Socioeconomic Pathway)/RCP(Representative Concentration Pathway) scenarios for the future (2070-2100). Change in flood return periods are estimated using CMIP6 projections and subsequently used to extract flood maps from a global flood model. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/0d5d69ae-7f50-40ee-a0c9-2522de138f27

Tags: Flood Risk, Future Flood Risk, Vietnam
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Meteorological data and ammonia concentration and deposition rates from an ammonia enhancement experiment site, Queensberry, Sri Lanka, 2023-2024

This dataset contains information about meteorological conditions, ammonia concentration and deposition rates resulting from an experimental ammonia (NH3) enhancement setup in a tropical forest in central Sri Lanka. The experiment is designed for controlled enhancement of ambient NH3 concentration within the study plot under natural field conditions so that effects of NH3 on tropical vegetation can be studied. This will help identify tolerance thresholds of vegetation to NH3 as an air pollutant and determine critical levels that can be incorporated into regional environmental policy. Meteorological measurements were recorded at multiple heights on a meteorological tower. Under suitable wind conditions, NH3 was released towards two vegetation monitoring transects replicating pollution from a point source, and NH3 concentrations in the air were measured using monthly passive samplers. Continuous meteorological data, NH3 release, and NH3 concentration data are provided in 15-minute intervals and this dataset relates to measurements taken in 2023 – 2024. Deposition rates were modelled using a bi-directional resistance model on a monthly timescale based on measured NH3 concentrations in the air, micrometeorology and plant physiology. This dataset provides an extension of the 2022 dataset to enable longer term analysis of NH3 deposition and its effects in a tropical forest. The work was supported by UKRI GCRF South Asian Nitrogen Hub (Grant NE/S009019/1). Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/449e746d-6291-4653-a3e0-b18f897abc3e

Tags: GCRF South Asian Nitrogen Hub, Queensberry, Sri Lanka, UK Status, Change and Projections of the Environme, compensation point, enhancement, field release, resistance modelling
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Distribution of ash trees within areas less than half a hectare in Great Britain

The dataset consists of a distribution map of ash trees (Fraxinus excelsior) within woodland areas of less than half a hectare across Great Britain. The data is derived from Countryside Survey 2007. 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/10.5285/7f7c99c7-5457-444d-978a-fe7b01a85fd0

Tags: Great Britain, Species Distribution
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Model estimates of topsoil moisture [Countryside Survey]

Topsoil moisture data - gravimetric moisture content (%). Data is representative of 0 - 15 cm soil depth. Cores from 1098 plots within 256 1km by 1km squares were measured in 1998 and 2614 plots within 591 1km x 1km squares were analysed in 2007 across Great Britain. See Emmett et al. 2010 for further details of sampling and methods (http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/5201/1/CS_UK_2007_TR3%5B1%5D.pdf). Estimates of mean values within selected habitats and parent material characteristics across GB were made using Countryside Survey (CS) data from 1998 and 2007 using a mixed model approach. The estimated means of habitat/parent material combinations are modelled on dominant habitat and parent material characteristics derived from the Land Cover Map 2007 and Parent Material Model 2009, respectively. The parent material characteristics used were those which minimised AIC in the model (see Data documentation). Please see Scott, 2008 for further details of similar statistical analysis (http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/5202/1/CS_UK_2007_TR4%5B1%5D.pdf). Areas, such as urban and littoral rock, are not sampled by CS and therefore have no associated data. Also, in some circumstances sample sizes for particular habitat / parent material combinations were insufficient to estimate mean values. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/8db84900-5fdb-43be-a607-e56c843d9b87

Tags: Broad Habitat, Countryside Survey, Parent Material Model, Soil
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Countryside Survey estimates of Broad Habitat area change in Great Britain between 1990,1998 and 2007

This dataset consists of change data for areas of Broad Habitats across Great Britain between 1990 and 1998, between 1990 and 2007, and between 1998 and 2007. The data are national estimates generated by analysing the sample data from up to 591 1km squares and scaling up to a national level. The data are summarized as change in habitat area per Land Class (areas of similar environmental characteristics). The sample sites are chosen from a stratified random sample, based on a 15 by 15 km grid of GB and using the 'ITE Land Classification' as a method of stratification. The data were collected as part of Countryside Survey, a unique study or 'audit' of the natural resources of the UK's countryside. The Survey has been carried out at regular intervals since 1978 by the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology. 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. Surveys have been carried out in 1978, 1984, 1990, 1998 and 2007 with repeated visits to the majority of squares. 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/10.5285/7e2981e7-bd4c-4992-b7b0-1b1253bfd20d

Tags: Broad Habitats, Countryside Survey, Habitats and Biotopes
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Land Cover Map 2007 (1km dominant target class, N. Ireland)

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. Product consists of the dominant Target Class per 1km square, raster dataset, Northern Ireland only. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/62dfb6c0-da6b-4b4c-a1c0-595bca2f1e5f

Tags: Land Cover
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Growing season terrestrial methane static chamber fluxes from Abisko, Northern Sweden (June - September 2013)

This dataset contains calculated terrestrial fluxes of methane using static chambers from Stordalen mire, a subarctic peatland (68°20’ N, 19°03’ E) located near Abisko, Northern Sweden . Measurements were carried out during growing season 2013 in three measurement campaigns: 16-27 June (number of sampling occasions, n, = 4), 11-22 August (n=5) and 16-29 September (n=5 for wetland and 4 for birch forest). A total of 60 static chambers were measured, 14 within the birch forest and 46 within the wetland. In addition to fluxes auxiliary measurements such as air and soil temperature, soil moisture and soil nutrients were taken and the vegetation composition was recorded. 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). Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/0dc1cdab-0f4f-4564-a863-a4b43335a5d7

Tags: Abisko, Environmental Monitoring Facilities, Sweden
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Scots pine single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) genotypes for Axiom array validation

The dataset contains genotypes for samples used to validate a 50K single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP, DNA mutation) Axiom array for Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) and closely related members of the Pinus mugo complex. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/7ee55609-d6b1-4693-8b36-2bf84fef76c2

Tags: Divergence , Environmental Monitoring Facilities, Genomic , Genotyping , Micoarray , Natural selection , Polymorphism , Population genomics , SNPs, Speciation 
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Historic Gridded Potential Evapotranspiration (PET) based on temperature-based equation McGuinness-Bordne calibrated for the UK (1891-2015)

Monthly and daily 5km gridded Potential Evapotranspiration (PET) data for the UK. PET was derived using temperature-based equation from McGuinness-Bordne calibrated for the UK (calibration period: 1961-1990). The units are mm/day for daily PET and mm/month for monthly PET. The dataset covers the period from 1891-2015. For both subsets (daily and monthly), a set of performance metrics were calculated, which are provided together with the PET grids. The list of metrics provided is: Mean Absolute Percent Error (MAPE), Nash-Sutcliffe Efficiency (NSE), Kling-Gupta Efficiency (KGE), Correlation Coefficient, Variability Ratio (VR), Bias Ratio and monthly MAPE. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/17b9c4f7-1c30-4b6f-b2fe-f7780159939c

Tags: Drought catalogue, Drought inventory, Droughts , Historic Droughts, McGuinness-Bordne, Meteorological geographical features, Potential Evapotranspiration, Reconstructions, Water scarcity 
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre