AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Model estimates of aboveground carbon for Great Britain

This dataset presents estimates of total carbon stored in vegetation across Great Britain (GB). Presented as carbon density (tonnes per hectare) the data was obtained by estimating carbon density values for each land cover type and then projecting across GB using the 2007 Land Cover Map. Countryside Survey data from 2007 was also used to derive the carbon density estimates for each land cover type and as such the dataset is a representation for 2007. Changes in size and productivity of the aboveground carbon pool may act as a sink or source for carbon dioxide. As such, the carbon stored in vegetation and its spatial distribution plays a vital role in climate regulation. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/9be652e7-d5ce-44c1-a5fc-8349f76f5f5c

Tags: Land Cover
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Fluvial hydrochemistry, CO2 efflux and delta 13C-Dissolved inorganic carbon data for the Houzhai Catchment, Southwest China, 2016-2018

The dataset contains measurements of CO2 efflux from streams, springs, reservoirs and ponds in the Houzhai catchment, a typical karst catchment in the karst region of SW China. Data were obtained via direct, field-based measurements during monthly campaigns conducted between January 2016 and February 2017. Also included are water chemistry parameters (water temperature, pH, dissolved oxygen, electronic conductivity, concentration of dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC) and isotopic composition of dissolved inorganic carbon (δ13C-DIC)) and flow velocity (determined prior to in-situ flux measurements). The data were collected under the NERC-funded project: Addressing a significant knowledge gap in fluvial system atmospheric CO2 efflux: the contribution from karst landscapes (NE/N002806/1). Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/22706f2d-2070-425f-b570-d73089359b35

Tags: CO2 efflux, water-atmosphere
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Land Cover Map 2022 (land parcels, GB)

This is a vector data set representing the land surface of Great Britain, classified into 21 UKCEH land cover classes, based upon Biodiversity Action Plan broad habitats. This vector Land Parcel dataset is the result of intersecting the 10m raster classified pixel datasets with the UKCEH Land Parcel Spatial Framework to generate summary land parcel attributes for each land cover parcel. A full description of this and all UKCEH LCM2022 products are available from the LCM2022 product documentation. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/80abddf7-3feb-43f8-9244-c5fdb6980075

Tags: Biodiversity Action Plan, Great Britain, Land Cover
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Long-term multisite Scots pine trial, Scotland: cone and seed phenotypes, 2024

This dataset contains phenotypic data on Scots pine cones and seeds sampled from individual trees in a long-term common garden trial. For each tree, overall cone counts were conducted and five cones were sampled in February 2024. Seventeen phenotypic traits were measured for each cone between June and July 2024. Traits include cone length, cone width, cone dry weight, scale length, scale width, scale count, stalk length, profile and colour, seed number and mean seed weight. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/b98e92cf-6ff5-42e2-8053-021ea04db01c

Tags: Caledonian pinewood, Environmental Monitoring Facilities, Pinus sylvestris, Scotland, Scots pine, common garden experiment, phenotype, reproductive traits
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Geochemical characterisation data of sediments and water, and antibiotic profile of water collected along Vashi creek, Mumbai, 2021-2023

[This dataset is embargoed until December 31, 2026]. This dataset includes a range of determinants present in sediments and water at 8 locations along the Thane River, Vashi Creek, Mumbai between October 2021 and November 2023. Variables measured include geochemical parameters pH, Ec, OM, MC, LOI, TOC, potentially toxic elements; Al, As, Al, Ca, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, Mg, Mn, Ni, Pb, Sn, Se, V, Zn, and anions; fluoride, nitrite, bromide, nitrate, phosphate, and sulphate. Data also includes antibiotic quantification within the Creek over the same time point. Data includes quantity of Azithromycin, Ciprofloxacin, Enrofloxacin, Erythromycin, Levofloxacin, Linezolid, Oxacillin, Penicillin, and Sulfamethazine. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/b22b914c-e2fc-4298-879a-1bd24f242b3c

Tags: CETP, Mumbai, Physicochemical parameters, Potentially toxic elements, Vashi Creek, water
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Surface and groundwater stable isotope analysis using water samples taken from the Gandak River Basin, Bihar, India, 2017-2019

The dataset contains stable isotope data from surface and groundwater samples collected in the Gandak Basin, north India. The data was collected between March 2017 and February 2019. These measurements were taken to improve understanding of surface and subsurface water interconnections and movement through river and canal networks and underlying aquifers. The data were collected as part of the NERC sponsored project Coupled Human and Natural Systems Environment (CHANSE), grant number NE/N01670X/1 Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/09ae86d6-896f-430f-aab4-c5b46c265213

Tags: Coupled Human and Natural Systems Environment (CHA
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Traits data from juvenile trees exposed to a 50% reduction in canopy throughfall at the Caxiuan drought experiment, Brazil, 2017

A data set consisting of seventeen functional traits collected on 43 saplings from a Control and 33 saplings from a long-term drought experiment site in a tropical rainforest in NE Amazonia, Brazil. The experiment was designed to exclude 50% of the incoming rainfall to the soil and was conducted over a 1ha area, alongside the experiment there is a control (non- drought plot) of a corresponding size. The samples were collected in 2017, fifteen years after the start of the experiment on trees with a diameter at breast height (1.3m) of 1-10cm. The purpose of the dataset was to assess if traits relating to plant metabolism (photosynthesis and respiration) and plant hydraulic processes had been significantly altered in trees growing under drought conditions. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/ca147ac9-ac68-4348-b5f0-dcd483ef3a85

Tags: Plant hydraulics, Through-fall exclusion experiment
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Eddy covariance measurements of carbon dioxide, energy and water fluxes at a cropland, Yorkshire, UK, 2021-2023

The dataset includes 30-minute observations of land-atmosphere exchange of net ecosystem carbon dioxide exchange and sensible and latent heat measured over two years in a cropland in Yorkshire, UK. Fluxes were measured using the eddy covariance method. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/11f9dd8a-6dac-40e0-b756-05e1f32171f8

Tags: Environmental Monitoring Facilities, cropland, eddy covariance, maize, net ecosystem exchange, vining pea, winter wheat
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Landscape and habitat area data from the Glastir Monitoring and Evaluation Programme, Wales 2013-2016

This data set consists of measurements of areas of landscape features and associated attributes from sites across Wales, collected between 2013 and 2016. 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 300 x 1km squares across Wales, collected as part of the Glastir Monitoring and Evaluation Programme (GMEP). 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 x 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/10.5285/82c63533-529e-47b9-8e78-51b27028cc7f

Tags: Environmental Monitoring Facilities, Glastir Monitoring and Evaluation Programme (GMEP), Wales, broad habitat, priority habitat
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Seasonal abundance data of all Culex pipiens life stages at a UK field site

This dataset contains details of the seasonal abundance of each of the life stages of the mosquito species, Culex pipiens, at a field site located at the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology in Wallingford. Immature life stages (eggs, larvae and pupae) were monitored three times per week from March until October 2015, whilst adult counts were taken four times per week from April until October in the same year. Immature Cx. pipiens were monitored using 450 litre circular water butts, sampled using a standard dipping procedure. Adults were monitored using light traps. The adult data also includes counts for mosquito species Culiseta annulata and Aedes geniculatus. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/34d6f9e8-8dbd-42f7-9108-f1b21960d35e

Tags: Environmental Monitoring Facilities, mosquito
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Physico-chemical water properties and greenhouse gas measurements across a tidal cycle, Clyde estuary, Scotland, 2020-2022

Greenhouse gas concentrations and physio-chemical water properties for the Clyde estuary in Scotland to support understanding of the GHG sources and sinks and their associated mechanisms in a highly stratified, temperate urban estuary. These measurements look at the changes in GHG from a single point in the middle of the estuary (Breahead pontoon) through a tidal cycle at both the surface and bed so the impact of tidal river flow and stratification can be understood. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/7f5b221e-d251-4bac-9252-16b4553dc345

Tags: Hydrography, Nitrious oxide
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
United Kingdom Butterfly Monitoring Scheme: collated indices 2017

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. The UK Butterfly Monitoring Scheme is organized 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 dataset is updated annually and a more recent version of the UKBMS collated indices is available. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/ace3c3ef-df89-40b9-ba8b-106997fd6d9c

Tags: Environmental Monitoring Facilities
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Plant Respiration Modelling with JULES for a changing climate (1860-2100)

The dataset contains annual global plant respiration (and related diagnostics, such as Net Primary Productivity, Gross Primary Productivity and soil respiration), applicable for pre-industrial times (taken as year 1860) through to the end of the 21st Century (year 2100). The spatial resolution of the data is 2.5 degrees latitude x 3.75 degrees longitude. These diagnostics are outputs from the Joint UK Land Environment Simulator (JULES land surface model) under four different approaches to calcluate leaf respiration. Each of four sets contains a total of 34 runs, each driven by a different CMIP5 model climate pattern, using the Integrated Model Of Global Effects of climatic aNomalies (IMOGEN) system. These are for a "business-as-usual" approach to fossil fuel usage, as the Representative Concentration Pathway scenario RCP8.5. These simulations form the basis for new research paper by Huntingford et al (2017, under review). Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/24489399-5c99-4050-93ee-58ac4b09341a

Tags:  Joint UK Land Environment Simulator, Environmental Monitoring Facilities, JULES, Large-scale respiration
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Woodlands survey tree diameter data 1971-2001

The dataset consists of diameter at breast height (DBH) measurements taken from trees and shrubs recorded in plots in 103 woodland sites surveyed across Great Britain in 1971 and again over the growing seasons of 2000, 2002 and 2003 (referred to as '2001 survey'), using exactly the same field methods. Data were collected under projects managed by The Nature Conservancy (in 1971) and the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (in 2001). Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/4d93f9ac-68e3-49cf-8a41-4d02a7ead81a

Tags: 30 years, Britain, Environmental Monitoring Facilities
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Average Accumulated Exceedance (AAE) of critical loads of acidity and nutrient nitrogen by acid and nitrogen deposition for the UK, 2015-2017

This data resource consists of two files: (a) 1x1 km resolution Average Accumulated Exceedance (AAE) data summarising the exceedances of acidity critical loads for eight habitats; (b) 1x1 km resolution AAE data summarising the exceedances of nutrient nitrogen critical loads for thirteen habitats. The data provide information on the amount of excess acid or nitrogen deposition above the critical load values set to protect acid- and nitrogen-sensitive habitats in the UK. The AAE has been calculated using UK 5x5 km Concentration Based Estimated Deposition (CBED) data for 2015-17 (see related data). The data were generated under Defra-funded work to assess the potential areas of acid and nitrogen sensitive habitats at risk of adverse impacts from excess atmospheric acid and nitrogen deposition. Reducing the area and amount of critical load exceedance continues to be a driver of Government policy on reducing emissions of acidic and nitrogen-containing air pollutants (sulphur dioxide, nitrogen oxides and ammonia). Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/b65abf02-bfdb-4546-a3a3-26e829d80b38

Tags: Environmental Monitoring Facilities, Nutrient Nitrogen
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Gridded drought indices based on remote sensing data for Europe (2000-2015)

This dataset comprises three gridded drought indicators based on remote sensing data for Europe. The data has a spatial resolution of 0.05 degree and a temporal resolution of 1 month for the period going from 2000 to 2015. The three drought indicators are: the Vegetation Condition Index (VCI) based on satellite product NDVI (Normalised Difference Vegetation Index); - the Temperature Condition Index (TCI) based on remotely sensed LST (Land Surface Temperature) - the Vegetation Health Index (VHI) which is a combination of VCI and TCI, calculated using MODIS products Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/4e0d0e50-2f9c-4647-864d-5c3b30bb5f4b

Tags: DrIVER, LST, Land Surface Temperature, MODIS, Meteorological geographical features, NDVI, Normalised Difference Vegetation Index, TCI, Temperature Condition Index, VCI, VHI, Vegetation Condition Index, Vegetation Health Index, moderate-resolution imaging spectroradiometer, monitoring and early warning system
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Coastal Biodiversity and Ecosystem Service Sustainability (CBESS) locations, elevations and proximity metrics of survey quadrats in saltmarsh and mudflat habitats

The dataset details global positioning system (GPS) locations recorded for survey quadrats at six UK saltmarsh sites. Three of the sites were in Morecambe Bay, North West England and three of the sites were in Essex, South East England, each of these sites consisted of a salt marsh area and adjacent mudflat area. Each site comprised 22 quadrats on the unvegetated mudflat and 22 quadrats on the salt marsh. The locations indicated by this dataset correspond to the south-east corner of the quadrats which were 1m square and oriented with their sides aligned North-South and East-West. We combined spatial data relating to the environs of the study sites from a number of sources (Ordnance Survey Digital Terrain Models, Ordnance Survey Boundary Line, Environment Agency Saltmarsh Extents, Natural England Priority Habitat Inventory). These were rasterised and quadrat values were extracted on a pointwise basis for elevation and proximity (distance to creek, habitat edge and high water mark). Tidal height was calculated with reference to the relevant Tidal Gauge and Admiralty Standard Port information. This data was derived 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/10.5285/78a2cab5-dca5-411b-ac5b-c2c080928b1d

Tags: BESS, CBESS, Elevation, GNSS, GPS, Surface elevation, dGPS, geolocation, geopositioning, mudflat, quadrat
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Soil and plant properties in a mesocosm experiment exposed to both new and aged plastic mulch film

This dataset comprises observations from treatments comparing conventional (LDPE) and biodegradable (PLA/PBAT) plastic mulch films in both new and field-weathered conditions. The dataset was generated from a controlled mesocosm experiment designed by researchers to investigate the effects of plastic mulch films on soil and plant systems. The data were collected during the experimental period and include measurements of soil properties, plant growth, nitrogen dynamics, greenhouse gas emissions, and microbial activity. Plastic materials were applied to soil at three concentrations (0.05%, 0.5%, and 1.5% w/w) and as realistic size mixtures of macro-, meso-, and microplastic fractions (1:1:1). The experiment was conducted using radish (Raphanus sativus L.) grown under controlled mesocosm conditions. Data were collected through a combination of soil sampling, plant measurements, and laboratory analyses. These include soil physicochemical properties (e.g. bulk density, moisture), plant biomass and nutrient uptake (including ¹⁵N fertiliser partitioning), greenhouse gas emissions (e.g. N₂O, CO₂), and indicators of microbial activity. The dataset captures responses across different plastic types, degradation states, and concentrations, providing a structured comparison of their effects under controlled conditions. Further methodological details and experimental procedures are provided in the lineage field and the supporting documentation. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/c2d4f068-e6bb-4613-8c43-e96b0aae25e8

Tags: Habitats and Biotopes, Soil
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Corine land cover 2012 (revised) for the UK, Isle of Man, Jersey and Guernsey

This dataset is the 2012 revised Corine Land Cover (CLC) map, consisting of 44 classes in the hierarchical three level Corine nomenclature, produced during the CLC2018 production to improve the CLC2012 inventory. 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/10.5285/9bb7caab-764d-407b-9a81-0d758722d900

Tags: Copernicus, Geospatial data, Land Cover
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Coastal Biodiversity and Ecosystem Service Sustainability (CBESS) Normalised Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) in saltmarsh and mudflat habitats

The Normalised Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) dataset details surface reflectance measured as NDVI. NDVI provides a proxy for the amount and/or the relative 'greenness' of vegetation. Data collection was carried out at six intertidal sites in the winter and summer of 2013. Three of the sites were in Morecambe Bay, North West England and three of the sites were in Essex, South East England, each of these sites consisted of a saltmarsh area and adjacent mudflat area, twenty two sampling quadrats were placed on each area. A single NDVI observation was taken at each quadrat. Spectral reflectance was measured using a portable spectrometer. 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/10.5285/75b1f669-66b3-472b-9d31-eda908826e17

Tags: BESS, CBESS, Habitats and Biotopes, NDVI, mudflat, spectral reflectance
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre