AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Land Cover Map 2007 (1km raster dominant target class, GB)

[THIS DATASET HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN]. Land Cover Map 2007 (LCM2007) is a parcel-based thematic classification of satellite image data covering the entire United Kingdom. The map updates and upgrades the Land Cover Map of Great Britain (LCMGB) 1990 and LCM2000. Like the earlier 1990 and 2000 products, LCM2007 is derived from a computer classification of satellite scenes obtained mainly from Landsat, IRS and SPOT sensors. It also covers Northern Ireland and incorporates information derived from other ancillary datasets. LCM2007 was classified using a nomenclature corresponding to Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC) Broad Habitats, which encompasses the entire range of UK habitats. In addition, it recorded further detail where possible , incorporating land cover classes sought by other users. LCM2007 is produced in both vector and raster formats, with a number of different versions containing varying levels of detail and at different spatial resolutions. Dataset consists of the dominant Target Class per 1km square, raster dataset (Great Britain only). Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/337f9dea-726e-40c7-9f9b-e269911c9db6

Tags: Great Britain, LCM2007, Land Cover
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Land Cover Map 2020 (land parcels, GB)

This is a polygon (land parcel) dataset describing the entire land surface of GB in 21 UKCEH land cover classes, based upon Biodiversity Action Plan broad habitats. Each land parcel contains attributes which include the land cover type and classification confidence. Full details of this and all UKCEH LCM2020 products are available from the LCM2020 product documentation which accompanies this data. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/0e99d57e-1757-451f-ac9d-92fd1256f02a

Tags: Acid Grassland, Arable and Horticulture, Broadleaved woodland, Calcareous Grassland, Coniferous woodland, Fen, Marsh and Swamp, Heather, Heather grassland, Improved grassland, Inland Rock, LCM2020, Land Cover, Littoral Rock, Littoral Sediment, Neutral Grassland, Suburban, Supralittoral Rock, Supralittoral Sediment, UK BAP Broad Habitats, Urban, Vector
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Future flows hydrology data

Future Flows Hydrology (FF-HydMod-PPE) is an 11-member ensemble projections of river flow and groundwater levels time series for 283 catchments and 24 boreholes in Great Britain. It is derived from Future Flows Climate, an 11-member 1-km bias-corrected and downscaled climate projection products based on the SRES A1B emission scenario. River Flows data are at a daily time step: Groundwater Levels data are at a monthly time step. Future Flows Hydrology span from 1951 to 2098. The development of Future Flows Hydrology was made during the partnership project 'Future Flows and Groundwater Levels' funded by the Environment Agency for England and Wales, Defra, UK Water Research Industry, NERC (Centre for Ecology & Hydrology and British Geological Survey) and Wallingford HydroSolutions. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/f3723162-4fed-4d9d-92c6-dd17412fa37b

Tags: Environmental Monitoring Facilities, river flow, water
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Critical load/level linkages for interest features at UK protected sites (revised 2018)

[THIS DATASET HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN]. This dataset contains the linkages between designated features and their relevant critical loads or levels. The designated features come from the UK network of protected nature sites including: (i) Special Areas of Conservation (SAC) (ii) Special Protection Areas (SPA) (iii) Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) - England, Scotland, Wales (iv) Areas of Special Scientific Interest (ASSI) - Northern Ireland. Critical loads and levels are set under the auspices of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution. For nutrient nitrogen critical loads are based on empirical evidence, mainly observations from experiments and targeted gradient studies. These empirical critical loads are assigned to habitat classes of the European Nature Information System (EUNIS) to enable consistency of habitat terminology and understanding across Europe. In order to assign the relevant critical load to Annex I features, A/SSSI habitat features, or habitats of Annex II/SPA features, habitat correspondence tables are used to determine the relationship between the EUNIS classes for which nitrogen critical loads are set and the interest features. Critical loads of acidity are based on soil and habitat types. They are set for six Broad Habitats; acid grassland, calcareous grassland, dwarf shrub heath, bogs, montane, unmanaged coniferous and broadleaved woodland. Critical Levels for air pollutants are not habitat specific and have been set to cover broad vegetation types (e.g. forest arable, semi-natural), often with critical values set for sensitive lichens and bryophytes. They have been derived from experiments and observation that show varied effects on vegetation including visible injury symptoms of exposure and species composition changes in semi-natural vegetation. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/95139a35-8880-4a17-86e4-5eb2f54073c4

Tags: Protected Sites, acid deposition, ammonia, critical levels, critical loads, natura 2000, nitrogen deposition, nitrogen dioxide, sulphur dioxide
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Physical and chemical properties of wildfire ash collected from different ecosystems and burn severities across the globe, 2003-2021

This dataset describes the chemical and physical properties of wildfire ash collected following wildland fires in different ecosystems and burn severity conditions across the globe. For the chemical properties, ash was collected from sampling sites across eight countries (Australia, Canada, South Africa, US, UK, The Netherlands, Spain and Austria). For the physical properties, ash was collected from four locations in Tenerife (Spain), Victoria (Australia), Manchester (UK) and Idaho (US). Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/cd3d8b4e-0e0c-461c-8ec4-55e81d32eebb

Tags: Wildfires, nutrient mobilization, physical properties, wildfire impacts
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
United Kingdom Butterfly Monitoring Scheme: species trends 2021

This dataset provides linear trends, over varying time periods, for the Collated Indices of individual butterfly species across the UK. The main statistical values derived from a linear regression (slope, standard error, P-value) are presented for the entire time series for each species (1976# to the present year), for the last 20 years, and for the last decade. In addition, trends are classified based on the direction and significance of a linear slope together with an estimated percentage change for that time period. These trend data are provided for all UK butterfly species for which we have sufficient data (58 species). Trends are calculated by performing a linear regression on the annual Collated indices for each species. Collated indices are calculated using a log-linear model incorporating individual site indices from all monitored sites across the UK for a given species in a given year. Trends across different time series allow us to determine the long and short-term status of individual species. This enables us to focus conservation and research and also to assess species responses to conservation already in place. 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 work was supported by the Natural Environment Research Council award number NE/R016429/1 as part of the UK-SCAPE programme delivering National Capability. #Because the Collated indices are only calculated for each species in years in which it was recorded on five or more sites, the starting year for the series is later than 1976 for a number of rarer species. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/512a71c7-dd2e-4caf-b0db-702b711bd153

Tags: England, Environmental Monitoring Facilities, Northern Ireland, Scotland, UK-SCAPE, United Kingdom, Wales
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Gridded estimates of daily and monthly areal rainfall for the United Kingdom (1890-2014) [CEH-GEAR]

[THIS DATASET HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN]. 1 km gridded estimates of daily and monthly rainfall for Great-Britain and Northern Ireland (together with approximately 3000 km2 of catchment in the Republic of Ireland) from 1890 to 2014. The rainfall estimates are derived from the Met Office national database of observed precipitation. To derive the estimates, monthly and daily (when complete month available) precipitation totals from the UK rain gauge network are used. The natural neighbour interpolation methodology, including a normalisation step based on average annual rainfall, was used to generate the daily and monthly estimates. The estimated rainfall on a given day refers to the rainfall amount precipitated in 24 hours between 9am on that day until 9am on the following day. The CEH-GEAR dataset has been developed according to the guidance provided in BS 7843-4:2012. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/f2856ee8-da6e-4b67-bedb-590520c77b3c

Tags: Daily, Great Britain, Meteorological geographical features, monthly
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Landscape area data 1978 [Countryside Survey]

This dataset consists of stock (area) data for Biodiversity Action Plan (BAP) Broad Habitats across Great Britain in 1978. Data are presented as areas of Broad (or Priority) Habitats within a set of 256 1km squares across Great Britain. The Countryside Survey is a unique study or 'audit' of the natural resources of the UK's countryside. The sample sites are chosen from a stratified random sample, based on a 15 by 15 km grid of GB. Surveys have been carried out in 1978, 1984, 1990, 1998 and 2007 by the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, with repeated visits to the majority of squares. The countryside is sampled and surveyed using rigorous scientific methods, allowing us to compare new results with those from previous surveys. In this way we can detect the gradual and subtle changes that occur in the UK's countryside over time. In addition to habitat areas, vegetation species data, soil data, linear habitat data, and freshwater habitat data are also gathered by Countryside Survey. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/86c017ba-dc62-46f0-ad13-c862bf31740e

Tags: Countryside Survey, Environmental Monitoring Facilities
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Ecosystem function and vegetation data from Parsonage Down, UK, in 2013

This dataset contains vegetation survey data and nitrate and ammonium concentrations, microbial biomass data, particle size, and nitrification and mineralisation rates within soils 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 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 2013 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/10.5285/4c7c9343-0624-4249-9ab2-183d49d41fe6

Tags: Environmental Monitoring Facilities, PAR, Shannons Diversity Index, Wessex BESS, mineralisation rate, nitrification rate, particle size
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Hydrogeochemical data for groundwater remediation systems in Bihar, India, 2018-2022

This dataset contains water chemistry for inlet samples for remediation systems in Bihar, India and associated remediation system efficiency for arsenic removal. The dataset contains paired inlet-outlet data for 31 household and community groundwater remediation systems of different technology types (split into reverse osmosis/RO and non-reverse osmosis) and settings (household and non-household). The chemical data includes the composition of inlet water (concentrations of Fe, P, As, Ca, Mg, Na and Si) and associated arsenic removal. This data was generated as part of the Indo-UK Water Quality Programme Project FAR-GANGA (NE/R003386/1 and DST/TM/INDO-UK/2K17/55(C) & 55(G)). Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/77700f8e-5da6-45ab-9c12-df1a7d20bc32

Tags: decision-support, inorganic contaminants, remediation
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Actuarial and phenotypic senescence in a wild field cricket (Gryllus campestris) population in North Spain (2006 to 2016)

Data comprise monitoring records of a population of Gryllus campestris, a flightless, univoltine field cricket that lives in and around burrows excavated among the grass in a meadow in Asturias (North Spain). The area has an altitude range from around 60 to 270 metres above sea level. The data include birth and death days, age at capture, air temperature and calling activity. Data were collected from 2006 to 2016. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/5c8c8f74-5287-4251-87f7-2b965b400624

Tags: Species Distribution
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Acoustic Doppler Velocimeter measurements from Durleigh Reservoir, August 2018

The dataset contains 5-day of water velocities at Durleigh Reservoir in Somerset, England. A Nortek Vector acoustic doppler velocimeter (ADV) was used to collect the dataset. The ADV was deployed between 20 August 2018 (15:00) and 24 August 2018 (09:15), located approximately 30 m north of the surface mixers in Durleigh reservoir. The surface mixers were operating when the ADV was deployed and were switched off between 07:17 on 22 August and 16:42 on 23 August 2018. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/fd3eb9f3-832e-4a16-b9db-fd6045242ecf

Tags: Durleigh reservoir, Environmental Monitoring Facilities, water velocity
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Faecal indicator data from 54 lakes in Greater Glasgow, Cumbria, and Norfolk, UK, 2016-2017

This dataset contains information about water quality based on faecal indicators at eighteen lakes in each of three lake districts: - Greater Glasgow conurbation, Scotland - Cumbria, NW England - Norfolk, E England. Lakes were sampled once in each of three seasons (spring, summer and autumn) in either 2016 (Norfolk) or 2017 (Cumbria and Greater Glasgow) with faecal indicators being quantified at three discrete sampling stations in each lake (>50m apart) and at three points at each station (i.e. nine samples per lake per sampling date). Faecal indicators were quantified based on standard dilution, membrane filtration and incubation, followed by colony counting. The data were collected to investigate the fine scale connectivity between Faecal Indicator Organisms (FIO) densities within water bodies and diffuse and point source inputs from the adjacent catchment and from biological vectors. They also provide an indication of the relative sources of variation in reported concentrations that is relevant for environmental regulatory purposes. The work was supported by the Natural Environment Research Council grant NE/N006437/1 (Hydroscape: connectivity x stressor interactions in freshwater habitats). Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/5f988cd4-479d-4e35-8835-42f80ebc1698

Tags: Connectivity, Environmental Monitoring Facilities, Human health, Rural-urban, faecal indicators, spatial variation
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Degradation efficiency, rate, and similarity to natural field-aged plastics of plastic mulch films exposed to four artificial methods

This dataset includes measurements of chemical and physical changes in both conventional and biodegradable mulch films subjected to different degradation treatments, alongside comparisons with field-weathered reference materials. The data was generated from a 20-week laboratory experiment designed to evaluate artificial degradation methods for plastic mulch films. The dataset comprises observations from four artificial degradation methods-heat treatment and ultraviolet irradiation (UVA and UVC at two intensities)-applied to plastic mulch films over a period of approximately five months. These treatments were assessed against field-aged samples exposed under natural conditions for six months, enabling comparison of degradation rate, efficiency, and similarity to environmental weathering. Data were collected using a combination of laboratory analytical techniques and physical measurements. Chemical changes were characterised using attenuated total reflectance-Fourier transform infrared (ATR-FTIR) spectroscopy to derive carbonyl indices, as well as differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA). Physical properties were assessed through measurements of film thickness and surface roughness. The dataset provides a structured comparison of degradation responses across different methods, polymer types, and analytical parameters. Further details on experimental design, methodologies, and data processing are provided in the lineage field and the supporting documentation. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/f595a53b-de36-4cff-b92a-33872b4c0622

Tags: Agricultural and Aquaculture Facilities
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Reproductive and early-acting life-history traits in the perennial grass Festuca ovina exposed to drought conditions

The dataset provides measurement of timing of germination and seed mass in the F1 progeny, the P1 paternal contribution to F1 offspring (paternal reproductive success), and assesses the effects of flowering time on the mating system for Festuca ovina (F. ovina) after seventeen years of in-situ experimental drought treatment. The study was conducted at the Buxton Climate Change Impacts Laboratory (BCCIL) and began in July 2010. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/65c14df6-b762-441c-8d8d-9112f7350f03

Tags: Environmental Monitoring Facilities, Sheep's fescue
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Terrestrial habitat, vegetation and soil data from Cumbria, England, 1975

This dataset comprises plant species, soils, habitat types and major biota present, collected during a survey of the English county of Cumbria, using standardised survey methods. The survey was undertaken by the Institute of Terrestrial Ecology (a forerunner of the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology) in 1975 within a stratified random set of sites. In total, up to 650 plots were surveyed from within 48 x 1km squares. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/e96b909d-d52e-4b36-bc51-905ece420794

Tags: Environmental Monitoring Facilities, bryophytes, soil, vascular plants
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Saturated hydraulic conductivity, bulk density and soil organic carbon content from three paired upland woodland and grassland sites in northern England, July 2019-April 2021

Saturated hydraulic conductivity, bulk density and soil organic carbon content were determined on soil samples extracted from the upper 50 cm of the soil profile for three paired upland woodland and grassland sites in northern England. The site pairs consisted of new deciduous plantation (less than five years old) and pasture, Fifteen year old deciduous plantation and pasture, and finally a site with mature deciduous woodland and pasture. Comparisons were made between woodland and pasture soil properties. The work was supported by the Natural Environment Research Council Grant NE/R004595/1: Optimising Natural Flood risk Management (NFM) in headwater catchments to protect downstream communities. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/03bbb1a9-703b-484b-aa16-5924c11e1f2d

Tags: Environmental Monitoring Facilities, grassland, hydraulic conductivity, soil organic carbon, woodland
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Land Cover Map 2023 (10m classified pixels, GB)

This is a 10m pixel data set representing the land surface of Great Britain, classified into 21 UKCEH land cover classes, based upon Biodiversity Action Plan broad habitats. It is a two-band raster in GeoTiff format. The first band gives the most likely land cover type; the second band gives the per-pixel probability of the land cover. A full description of this and all UKCEH LCM2023 products are available from the LCM2023 product documentation. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/7727ce7d-531e-4d77-b756-5cc59ff016bd

Tags: Biodiversity Action Plan, Great Britain, Land Cover
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Taxonomy for macroinvertebrates in Welsh upland rivers (2012-2013)

These data are for macroinvertebrate taxonomy and abundance of Welsh upland rivers. The sampling sites were located in small and medium catchments across Wales. Sampling took place in either spring 2013 for sites in the Wye catchment or during 2012 for the other catchments. At each sampling point, 2-minute kick-samples were taken from river riffles to represent macroinvertebrate composition. Samples were preserved in industrial methylated spirit on site. Samples were then sorted and identified in the laboratory. The main goal of this survey was to characterise a gradient of aquatic biodiversity associated with different environmental settings for example land-use intensify and recovery from acidification. Dr Isabelle Durance was the responsible of organising the surveys, Dr Hugh Feeley was in charge of collecting, processing and sorting the invertebrate samples. Kath Layer was commissioned by Cardiff University for the identification. The work was carried out under Diversity in Upland Rivers for Ecosystem Service Sustainability (DURESS) project (Grant reference NERC NE/J014818/1). DURESS was a project funded by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) Biodiversity and Ecosystem Service Sustainability (BESS) programme. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/8f7b2269-73b1-449f-8590-e36c7c850913

Tags: DURESS, Environmental Monitoring Facilities, aquatic invertebrates, benthic community
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Tree and shrub vegetation surveys in Monks Wood National Nature Reserve, Cambridgeshire, England, 2005-2006

Vegetation surveys from 35 transects in 2005 and 34 transects in 2006, focusing on tree and shrub abundance and sizes, in Monks Wood National Nature Reserve (Cambridgeshire, England). The transects were located in occupied territories of Marsh Tits, and also unoccupied areas of the wood used as controls, in order to sample the birds' habitat. However, the surveys also provide representative and widespread sampling of the overall woodland. The surveys include all woody tree and shrub species, and also standing and fallen deadwood, in different size categories. Fieldwork was undertaken and supervised by the authors and funded by the Natural Environment Research Council's National Capability investment. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/65edb979-eebd-4331-94f6-52f0844fb3cb

Tags: Cambridgeshire, Environmental Monitoring Facilities, Monks Wood, NNR, National Nature Reserve
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre