AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
High resolution European Monitoring and Evaluation Program Model for the UK (EMEP4UK) annual vegetation specific atmospheric deposition of oxidised sulphur, oxidised nitrogen, and reduced nitrogen for 2018

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 annual averages of vegetation specific atmospheric deposition of oxidised sulphur, oxidised nitrogen, and reduced nitrogen on a 1x1 km2 grid for the year 2018. The EMEP4UK model version used here is rv4.36, and the WRF model version is the 4.1.1. 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. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/2adc10bf-e6f4-4e8d-b268-ee5d58d31c50

Tags: Atmospheric Conditions, Coarse nitrate particulate, EMEP, EMEP4UK, European Monitoring and Evaluation Programme, UK-SCAPE, oxides of sulphur, reduced nitrogen
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Occupancy of breeding sites in the non-breeding season, site quality and breeding success data for a population of common guillemots (Uria aalge) on the Isle of May, Scotland, 2017-2020

This dataset contains information on the occupancy of breeding sites in the non-breeding season, breeding timing and success, and breeding site quality for a sample of common guillemots breeding on the Isle of May, Scotland. Data is available for all attributes for the non-breeding season of 2017/18, 2018/19 and 2019/20. These data are part of the Isle of May long-term study to assess population trends of seabirds under environmental change (IMLOTS). Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/40d28d0b-f93d-4c6c-90ef-97a26a510f81

Tags: Environmental Monitoring Facilities, breeding success, common guillemot, non-breeding, site defence, site occupancy, site quality
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Dissolved polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and dissolved organic carbon (DOC) in the River Wyre (northwest England)

Data on concentrations of dissolved PAHs and dissolved organic carbon (DOC) in 20 water samples collected from the River Wyre at five sites between Marshaw Wyre, one of the two headwaters of the River Wyre, and Garstang from August 2010 to June 2011. As typical for this region, the upland reaches of this river drain peatland areas, resulting in a relatively high dissolved organic carbon content. PAHs were measured as freely dissolved PAHs (i.e. freely dissolved in the water phase) and total dissolved PAHs (the sum of freely dissolved and those associated with DOC) and the fractions associated with DOC have been estimated from these two. Where possible, the DOC-water partition coefficient of the PAHs, calculated from the concentrations determined, is given as well. The data is presented as one table and two supporting files containing metadata. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/24200DBA-D0F4-4BE4-AE6F-2C6EC1147FA4

Tags: DOC, Environmental Monitoring Facilities, PAH, River Wyre, upland river, water
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Land Cover Map 2000 (1km dominant target class, GB)

This dataset consists of a 1km resolution raster version of the Land Cover Map 2000 for Great Britain. Each 1km pixel represents the dominant target class (or 'sub class') across the 1km area. The target classes broadly represent Broad Habitats (see below). The dataset is part of a series of data products produced by the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology known as LCM2000. LCM2000 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). Like the earlier 1990 products, LCM2000 is derived from a computer classification of satellite scenes obtained mainly from Landsat, IRS and SPOT sensors and also incorporates information derived from other ancillary datasets. LCM2000 was classified using a nomenclature corresponding to the Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC) Broad Habitats, which encompasses the entire range of UK habitats. In addition, it recorded further detail where possible. The series of LCM2000 products includes vector and raster formats, with a number of different versions containing varying levels of detail and at different spatial resolutions. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/abff8409-0995-48d2-9303-468e1a9fe3df

Tags: Great Britain, Land Cover
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Behaviour, diet, condition and demography data for common guillemots from the Isle of May, 1982-2019

This dataset contains information on the parental behaviour, diet, condition and demography of common guillemots on the Isle of May, south-east Scotland. Annual data are available for 1982 to 2019 inclusive. These data are part of the Isle of May long-term study to assess population trends of seabirds under environmental change (IMLOTS https://www.ceh.ac.uk/our-science/projects/isle-may-long-term-study). Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/f7676346-a67e-4fdf-9d30-e79ad2585195

Tags: Environmental Monitoring Facilities, Guillemot, Isle of May long-term study (IMLOTS)
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Data from the experimental management of arable field options for rare plants

This dataset consists of vegetation abundance data from four experiments investigating the management of arable field options for rare plants. These experiments consisted of a margin management experiment, a herbicide screening experiment, a cereal headland experiment and a crop rotation experiment. All experiments were conducted between 2011 and 2014. The margin management experiment investigated the effects of different cultivation timing and methods and herbicide treatments on the vegetation species composition and abundance within arable field margins. The herbicide screening experiment investigated the effects of different herbicides and their timing of application on the condition of fifteen species of rare arable plants. The cereal headland experiment investigated the effects of standard cereal sowing density versus reduced cereal sowing density, and of standard application of N fertilizer vs no application, on sown rare arable species and on the spontaneous weed flora of cereal stands. The crop rotation experiment was designed to provide baseline data for modelling population dynamics of rare arable species in relation to crop rotation scenarios. The data comes from a project funded by Defra (BD5204: Improving the management and success of arable plant options in ELS and HLS). Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/4592780d-734f-4f62-9780-87afe27555d2

Tags: Environmental Monitoring Facilities
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Physical and ecological characteristics of peatland gully blocks on Kinder Scout, Peak District, UK, 2021

This dataset contains the location, dimension, and ecological characteristics of 492 gully blocks on Kinder Scout, an upland peatland in the UK. Stone and timber dams were installed in 2013-2014 as part of peatland restoration works on Kinder Scout. The survey was undertaken to determine the longer-term (7-8 years) evolution of gully blocks. Location data for dam points was collected using a differential GPS (dGPS). Field measurements of dam dimensions and vegetation were carried out. Some dam characteristics were derived using geospatial methods. Ancillary vegetation data are provided in a separate file to the main dam survey data and can be matched on the dam identification number. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/6ab9c89d-7ba1-4bc8-afc6-c2563f4ff49b

Tags: Habitats and Biotopes, NFM, gully block
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Scots pine single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) for Axiom array

This dataset contains ~50,000 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs, DNA mutations) for Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) and closely related members of the Pinus mugo complex, which were selected for inclusion on a 50K SNP Axiom array Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/cbaa464a-ac18-42bf-8518-c746d8d97270

Tags: Divergence , Environmental Monitoring Facilities, Genotyping , Micoarray, Natural selection , Polymorphism , Speciation
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
United Kingdom Butterfly Monitoring Scheme: collated indices 2014

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/10.5285/560b320e-7859-449a-b565-f80e369ceb0a

Tags: Species Distribution
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Agricultural emission scenarios for Northern Ireland, 2020-2027, under multiple CO2-equivalence metrics

This dataset contains agricultural greenhouse gas emission estimates and projections for Northern Ireland from 2020-2027 reported under multiple emission metrics. Past emissions are taken from the The UK National Atmospheric Emissions Inventory (NAEI). Projections are based on Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA, Northern Ireland) analysis to support the draft Climate Action Plan 2023-2027. These were calculated by DAERA following assumptions of mitigation efficiency and rollout potential, covering 4 scenarios from most to least conservative: headwinds, central, tailwinds and tailwinds + additional adoption of emission suppressing feed additives. Gases are reported in quantities of methane, nitrous oxide and carbon dioxide, then aggregated under a range of 'carbon dioxide equivalent' reporting metric approaches (the 100-year Global Warming Potential, the 20-year Global Warming Potential, the 100-year Global Temperature change Potential and two applications of 'GWP*') based on standard practice and recent carbon reporting literature to illustrate different ways of weighting gases and inferring mitigation value. The weighting factors and calculations used to report emissions under these multiple metrics are supplied in an accompanying xlsx calculator tool. The work was supported by the Natural Environment Research Council (NE/W004976/1). Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/425ba61b-0dbf-4e51-8158-f226ad1427cb

Tags: Agricultural and Aquaculture Facilities, Northern Ireland
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Channel cross-sections for the CEH River Lambourn Observatory at Boxford

This dataset contains channel cross-sections for the River Lambourn and Westbrook Channel at the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (CEH) River Lambourn Observatory at Boxford, Berkshire. The CEH River Lambourn Observatory located in the county of Berkshire, UK (51.445o N 1.384o W) comprises a 600 m reach of the River Lambourn with 10 hectares of associated riparian wetland. The Westbrook Channel divides the wetland into northern and southern meadows. Channel cross-section surveys were conducted using Trimble R8TM dGPS for the Westbrook Channel in May 2013 and the River Lambourn in November 2013. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/e918198d-42e1-48e6-85ba-3916e20a6658

Tags: Hydrography
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Surface temperature, surface oxygen, water clarity, water chemistry and phytoplankton chlorophyll a data from Windermere North Basin, 2014 to 2018

This is part of an ongoing long-term monitoring dataset of surface temperature, surface oxygen, water clarity, water chemistry and phytoplankton chlorophyll a from fortnightly sampling at the North Basin of Windermere in Cumbria, England. Monitoring began in 1945 for some variables. The data comprise surface temperature, surface oxygen saturation, Secchi depth, alkalinity, pH, ammonium, nitrate, soluble reactive phosphate, total phosphorus, dissolved reactive silicon and phytoplankton chlorophyll a. Water samples are based on a sample integrated from 0 to 7 m. Measurements are made from a boat at a marked location at the deepest part of the lake. All data are from January 2014 until the end of 2018 and were collected by the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH). 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/bee7003f-90d8-412b-90b0-0c06dec9c1b6

Tags: Environmental Monitoring Facilities, UK-SCAPE
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Soil protozoa data from Sourhope field experiment site, Scotland [NERC Soil Biodiversity Programme]

This set of data describes protozoa abundance and diversity in samples taken at the Sourhope experimental site in 1999 and 2000 by the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology and the University of Glasgow. Data were collected during a project funded under the NERC Soil Biodiversity Programme. The NERC Soil Biodiversity Thematic Programme was established in 1999 and was centred upon the intensive study of a large field experiment located at the Macaulay Land Use Research Institute (now the James Hutton Institute) farm at Sourhope in the Scottish Borders (Grid reference: NT8545019630). During the experiment, the site was monitored to assess changes in above-ground biomass production (productivity), species composition and relative abundance (diversity). Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/a5737c31-5c8d-43f3-980a-4736510d6b05

Tags: Environmental Monitoring Facilities, Scottish borders, Sourhope
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Unmanned aerial vehicle images of drought-stressed European beech forests in the Rhӧn Biosphere Reserve, Germany, 2020

This dataset comprises four RGB unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) images collected in September 2020 of European beech (Fagus sylvatica) forest within core protected areas of the UNESCO Rhӧn Biosphere Reserve, Germany. The study forests were subject to the extreme drought event that impacted central Europe in 2018/2019 and this project sought to collect data to enable the analysis of individual tree and stand level response (canopy damage and defoliation) of European beech trees to extreme drought events. The RGB images available in this dataset have approx. 3cm pixel size with an associated 10cm pixel digital elevation model (DEM) and are suitable for identifying individual trees and the degree of canopy damage (defoliation, discolouration, and mortality) sustained by individuals/stands within the forest. The work was supported by the Natural Environment Research Council (Grant NE/V00929X/1). Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/b2d17962-3c7f-4193-a180-cde885d1a83e

Tags: Canopy Condition, Extreme Drought, Forest Health, Germany, Habitats and Biotopes, RGB, UAV
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Condition assessment of historic assets from the Environment and Rural Affairs Monitoring & Modelling Programme, Wales, 2021-2023

This dataset contains condition assessments of historic assets and associated threat and severity assessments collected as part of the Environment and Rural Affairs Monitoring & Modelling Programme (ERAMMP) National Field Survey (NFS) between 2021 and 2023. Historic assets are divided into two types: scheduled monuments (SMs) and historic environmental features (HEFs). The ERAMMP NFS is a resurvey of all of the 300 locations from the initial Glastir Monitoring and Evaluation Programme (GMEP) monitoring program (300 1-km squares) on a rolling annual basis, with the aim to resurvey all sites between 2021 and 2025. Between 2021-2023 the ERAMMP National Field Survey resurveyed 225 of those 300 locations of which 95 locations had at least one historic asset located within. The initial monitoring program, GMEP, was set up by the Welsh Government in 2013 to report national trends and 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 x 1-km square sites across Wales of which 156 squares were identified to have at least one historic asset located within. The NFS was managed by the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH). Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/d7eefcce-5dfd-4f5b-813c-8739c846df6c

Tags: ERAMMP, Environment and Rural Affairs Monitoring & Modelli, Wales, historic assets
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Land Cover Map 2020 (25m rasterised land parcels, N. Ireland)

This is a 25m pixel data set representing the land surface of Northern Ireland, classified into 21 UKCEH land cover classes, based upon Biodiversity Action Plan broad habitats. It is a three-band raster in GeoTiff format, produced by rasterising three properties of the classified land parcels dataset. The first band gives the most likely land cover type; the second band gives the per-parcel probability of the land cover, the third band is a measure of parcel purity. The probability and purity bands (scaled 0 to 100) combine to give an indication of 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/c1d73bd3-33aa-4a5f-aac5-47c403c2a0e6

Tags: Biodiversity Action Plan, Habitats and Biotopes, Map
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Köppen-Geiger climate classification prediction maps for the UK at 1 km resolution, 1901–2080

The data deposited here underlie an assessment of the exposure of UK habitats to climate change, and a linked assessment of how well current UK plant monitoring schemes cover these exposure gradients (see Wilson & Pescott, 2023 in press). The current dataset consists of spatially explicit (1 km gridded) classifications of predicted Köppen-Geiger climate types (Peel et al., 2007), based on both past (observed) and future (modelled) climate data. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/4aed4496-f9e2-494d-a0f9-adc297f033a4

Tags: Habitats and Biotopes, Isle of Man, National Plant Monitoring Scheme, UK, climate change, climate change exposure, ecological monitoring, environmental change, habitats
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Physical and geochemical properties of saltmarsh soils from wide diameter gouge cores in Essex, UK, collected in 2019

Physical and geochemical measurements of saltmarsh soils produced from 19 wide diameter gouge cores (60 mm in diameter) collected from eight sites encompassing saltmarshes with different origins (natural, historic breach, managed realignment) in 2019. The work was carried out under the NERC programme - Carbon Storage in Intertidal Environment (C-SIDE), NERC grant reference NE/R010846/1 Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/fa3f4087-528e-4c5d-90d8-6bb4675d6317

Tags: Carbon Storage in Intertidal Environment (C-SIDE), Essex, Soil, UK
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
United Kingdom Butterfly Monitoring Scheme: site indices data 2016

Site indices, as a relative measure of the actual population size, for UK butterfly species calculated from data from the UK Butterfly Monitoring Scheme (UKBMS). Site indices are a relative rather than an absolute measure of the size of a population, and have been shown to relate closely to other, more intensive, measures of population size such as mark, release, recapture (MRR) methods. The site index can be thought of as a relative measure of the actual population size, being a more or less constant proportion of the number of butterflies present. The proportion seen is likely to vary according to species; some butterfly species are more conspicuous and thus more easily detected, whereas others are much less easy to see. Site indices are only calculated at sites with sufficient monitoring visits throughout the season, or for targeted reduced effort surveys (timed observations, larval web counts and egg counts) where counts are generally obtained as close to the peak of the flight period as possible and are subsequently adjusted for the time of year and size of the site (area of suitable habitat type for a given species). Wider Countryside Butterfly Survey (WCBS) sites are thus excluded because they are based on very few visits from which accurate indices of abundance cannot currently be calculated. For transect sites a statistical model (a General Additive Model, 'GAM') is used to impute missing values and to calculate a site index. Each year most transect sites (over 90%) produce an index for at least one species and in recent years site indices are calculated for almost 1,500 sites across the UK. Site indices are subsequently collated to contribute to the overall 'Collated Index' for each species, which are relative measures of the abundance of each species across a geographical area, for example, across the whole UK or at country level in England, Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland. Individual site indices are important in informing conservation management as not all sites show the same patterns for each species and likely reflect a combination of local climate and habitat management at the site. Although the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (CEH) and Butterfly Conservation (BC) are responsible for the calculation and interpretation of site indices, the collection of the data used in its creation is ultimately reliant on a large volunteer community. The UKBMS is run by Butterfly Conservation (BC), the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (CEH) and the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO), in partnership with the Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC), and supported and steered by Forestry Commission (FC), Natural England(NE), Natural Resources Wales (NRW), Northern Ireland Environment Agency (NIEA), and Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH). The UKBMS is indebted to all volunteers who contribute data to the scheme. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/0f64d554-b36f-484a-a231-b6526796877a

Tags: Environmental Monitoring Facilities
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre