AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) Bathymetric Survey HI1640, EA12A Pakefield Road Focussed, (15/10/2019 to 20/10/2019)

Samples and associated geological data are held at the British Geological Survey for Maritime Coastguard Agency (MCA), Civil Hydrography Programme (CHP), Bathymetric Survey HI1640; EA12A Pakefield Road Focussed, Standard: IHO S44ed5 Order 1a, FY 2019/2020

Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) Bathymetric Survey HI1659, DWR SWB Area A, (09/07/2019 to 12/10/2019)

Samples and associated geological data are held at the British Geological Survey for Maritime Coastguard Agency (MCA), Civil Hydrography Programme (CHP), Bathymetric Survey HI1659; DWR SWB Area A, Standard: IHO S44ed5 Order 1a, FY 2019/2020

Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) Bathymetric Survey HI1649, DWR C1 Tail of the Falls, (06/07/2019 to 08/07/2019)

Samples and associated geological data are held at the British Geological Survey for Maritime Coastguard Agency (MCA), Civil Hydrography Programme (CHP), Bathymetric Survey HI1649; DWR C1 Tail of the Falls, Standard: IHO S44ed5 Order 1a, FY 2019/2020

Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) Bathymetric Survey HI1637, EA3b Cockle Shoal Focused Area, (14/09/2019 to 09/10/2019)

Samples and associated geological data are held at the British Geological Survey for Maritime Coastguard Agency (MCA), Civil Hydrography Programme (CHP), Bathymetric Survey HI1637; EA3b Cockle Shoal Focused Area, Standard: IHO S44ed5 Order 1a, FY 2019/2020

Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
3D structured light surface scan of ammonite, Lytoceras jurense. BGS GSM 26215

3D structured light surface scan of a fossil held within the BGS Type and Stratigraphical Reference Collection Sample number: BGS GSM 26215 Species: Lytoceras jurense (Ammonite) Age: Inferior Oolite Group, Jurassic Location: Quarry Hill, Chideock, Dorset

Tags: Fossils, Imagery, Jurassic, NERC_DDC
Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) Bathymetric Survey HI1729, Barrow_to_Seascale, (18/02/2021 to 06/05/2021)

Samples and associated geological data are held at the British Geological Survey for Maritime Coastguard Agency (MCA), Civil Hydrography Programme (CHP), Bathymetric Survey HI1729; Barrow_to_Seascale

Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
Plynlimon research catchments: vegetation map

Vegetation map of Plynlimon catchments. The vegetation map was created for assisting with identifying soil survey vegetation boundaries, and is not an authoritative vegetation survey. The defined vegetation classes correspond with the classes defined in CEH Land Cover Map 2000 (LCM 2000). LCM2000 was classified using a hierarchical nomenclature corresponding to the Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC) Broad Habitats which encompasses the entire range of UK habitats. 

Tags: Land Cover, cyff, gwy, hafren, hore, iago, plynlimon, severn, soil, tanllwyth, vegetation, wye
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Sub-daily actual evapotranspiration data for 45 monitoring sites (2014-2024) [COSMOS-UK]

This dataset provides derived measurements of land-atmosphere energy and water exchanges from selected COSMOS-UK environmental monitoring sites across the United Kingdom, collected between 2014 and 2024. It contains estimates of sensible heat flux (H), latent heat flux (LE), and evapotranspiration (ET), alongside supporting hydrometeorological and soil physics variables, enabling detailed analysis of surface energy balance and water fluxes. The data cover 45 COSMOS-UK sites, where a 3D sonic anemometer is installed and operational, mobile telemetry is available, and no relevant instrumentation or telemetry faults are present. These sites are distributed across a range of UK land cover types, supporting regional and cross-site comparison of land-atmosphere processes. Measurements are provided at sub-daily resolution, with evapotranspiration and associated variables calculated at 30-minute intervals. The dataset spans the operational periods of eligible sites and takes into account changes in site configuration and land use over time. Fluxes are derived from high-frequency (20 Hz) wind component and sonic temperature measurements using specialist processing software (EddyPro Software v7.0.9, LI-COR Biosciences). The dataset includes site metadata, flux and ancillary variables (both quality-controlled and non-quality-controlled), dynamic metadata documenting instrumentation and land cover changes, and a dictionary describing all variables. These data support applications such as evaluating and driving land-surface and hydrological models, comparing observations across sites and networks, and improving understanding of land-atmosphere interactions relevant to floods, droughts, and water balance studies. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/c0b5caf4-c14a-49e8-a720-2401c8d3d135

Tags: COSMOS-UK, Environmental Monitoring Facilities, energy, latent heat, micrometeorology, momentum flux, radiation, sensible heat
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Plynlimon research catchments: Wye elevation contour lines

Elevation contour lines within the Wye catchment at 10 and 20 metre intervals. The contour lines have been digitised from a scanned topographic map.

Tags: Elevation, Hafren, Plynlimon, Severn, cyff, gwy, hore, hydrochemistry, iago, tanllwyth, wye
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Plynlimon research catchment hydrochemistry (2016-2019)

This dataset includes stream and rainfall hydrochemistry of the Plynlimon research catchments in Mid Wales. The data cover the period from March 2016 to March 2019. Sampling was carried out fortnightly from March 2016 to July 2017. From August 2017 to November 2018 stream samples were collected every four weeks and the rain sample every two weeks. From December 2018 onwards all samples were collected every four weeks. Data are presented for major anions and cations, pH, conductivity, alkalinity, in-situ measurements of water temperature and stream flow for the six stream locations, and air temperature and volume for the rainfall sites. Stream samples were taken using a grab technique and filtered in the field. Rain samples were collected using bulk precipitation collectors. Fieldwork was carried out by CEH members of staff trained in the fieldwork techniques required. Chemical analysis was carried out by qualified CEH chemists at laboratories at CEH Lancaster and CEH Bangor. The Plynlimon research catchments lie within the headwaters of the River Severn and the River Wye in the uplands of mid-Wales. Intensive and long-term monitoring within the catchments underpins a wealth of hydrological and hydro-chemical research. Monitoring is funded by the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, and is ongoing since 1968. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/54fe47f3-778e-4e0b-8cf5-b2fda2473b7f

Tags: Bulk precipitation, Environmental Monitoring Facilities, Gwy, Hafren, Plynlimon, Rainfall, Severn, Stream, UK-SCAPE, Wye
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Plynlimon research catchment high-frequency hydrochemistry data

This dataset includes rainfall, river and stream hydro-chemistry data from the River Hafren (Severn). The dataset represents high-frequency (7 hourly) monitoring of stream hydrochemistry at both the Lower and Upper Hafren site from 2007-2009, as well as rainfall hydrochemistry near the Carreg Wen meteorological site. Data for over 50 chemical determinands are presented alongside data for some in-situ measurements such as water temperature. Full descriptions of the analytical methods used for each determinand is included. The Plynlimon research catchments lie within the headwaters of the River Severn in the uplands of mid-Wales. Intensive and long-term monitoring within the catchments underpins a wealth of hydrological and hydro-chemical research; other linked datasets include river flow, meteorology and a variety of detailed spatial datasets representing the topography, soils and rivers of the catchments. Monitoring is funded by the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, and is ongoing since 1968. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/551a10ae-b8ed-4ebd-ab38-033dd597a374

Tags: Environmental Monitoring Facilities, Hafren, Plynlimon, Severn, rainfall, stream
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
County Geodiversity Sites

The polygons are the official County Geodiversity Sites (or CGS) boundaries, formally known as Regionally Important Geological and Geomorphological Sites (or RIGS) , as designated by the County Geodiversity Sites group ( a sub-group of Norfolk’s geological conservation group). Planning decisions can take account of these sites - so planners and highways designers etc. need access to the site boundary polygons. As well as the need for access to this data by the environment section of ETD. The attributes within the dataset are currently: The site name; the site number (reference number); the hyperlink to the official PDF citation.The dataset is updated annually (unless exceptional circumstances), usually in April. This is officially via the Norfolk County Wildlife Site CD each year; the GIS datasets are then published internally for NCC users in Mapinfo .tab format and ESRI shapefiles. The dataset and PDF citation is also available via the NMB browser.

Organization: Norfolk County Council
Norfolk County Wildlife Sites

The County Wildlife Polygon GIS layer shows the official County Wildlife Site boundaries, as designated by the County Wildlife Site Steering group (of which NCC is a partner). Planning decisions need to take account of these sites - so planners and highways designers etc. need access to the site boundaries.  The dataset is integral to the work carried out in the Environment section of ETD. The attributes within the dataset are currently:  The site reference number; the site name; and the hyperlink to the PDF of the official citation. The dataset is updated annually (unless exceptional circumstances), usually in April.  This is officially via the Norfolk County Wildlife Site CD each year; the GIS datasets are then published internally for NCC users in Mapinfo .tab format and ESRI shapefiles.  The dataset is also available via the NMB browser, including hyperlinks to the PDF citations.

Organization: Norfolk County Council
Plynlimon research catchments: digital terrain model

Hydrologically corrected digital terrain model (DTM) of Plynlimon catchments. The DTM was derived from digitised elevation data from scanned topographic maps.

Tags: DEM, DTM, Elevation, cyff, digital elevation model, digital terrain model, ground surface, gwy, hafren, hore, iago, plynlimon, severn, stream, tanllwyth, wye
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Calculated air pollutant emissions from domestic solid fuel burning in Scotland, 2023

Gridded emissions of key air pollutants from domestic burning of solid fuels (wood, coal or manufactured solid fuel (MSF)) in Scotland. These emissions were generated from newly available fuel use and emission factor data, spatially distributed using population, land use and household Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) data. They were used in EMEP4UK modelling of air pollutant concentrations in Scotland caused by domestic solid fuel burning. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/e82af684-6f84-4d2c-9ec7-dfa8c97b880f

Tags: Environmental Monitoring Facilities, Scotland
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
National Plant Monitoring Scheme survey data (2015-2025)

This data resource provides plot-level plant occurrence data for the first 11 years (2015-2025) of the National Plant Monitoring Scheme (NPMS, covering the UK, the Channel Islands, and the Isle of Man). Data consist of individual observations of plants, and other habitat characteristics, at the metre-scale; observations are accompanied by percentage cover information recorded according to the Domin frequency-abundance scale commonly used in plant community ecology. Other information provided includes the plot type (size, shape, according to the NPMS classification), the volunteer-recorded NPMS habitat, the date of sampling, and information regarding the spatial location of the plot. Information contained within the metadata file should allow users to reconstruct the sampling history (including gaps) of any plot that has been sampled within the NPMS scheme between 2015 and 2025. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/64caeed0-160f-48f1-b182-cd24a1d7dca8

Tags: Environmental Monitoring Facilities
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
The Linked Open British National Bibliography

Please note: The Linked Open BNB  has moved to a new (beta) home: https://bl.natbib-lod.org 

The British National Bibliography is the first national bibliography tenant for the Share Family National Bibliographies Portal. For further details on this initiative, please see our blogpost [https://blogs.bl.uk/digital-scholarship/2023/07/share-family-british-national-bibliography.html].

This service is made available in BETA. You can tell us what you think about the service or report problems by contacting metadata@bl.uk.

At the moment, the BNB is available through this human readable portal and descriptions of entities can be downloaded one at a time. Access to the data via data dumps or SPARQL endpoint will be provided from the new system in the future.

From 2011 to 2022, the Linked Open BNB was published to a different data model. Some historic datasets are available from the British Library Research Repository pending the creation of more comprehensive documentation about the whole project.

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The British National Bibliography (BNB) records the publishing activity of the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland and has been doing so since the 1950s. This has traditionally included printed works and has recently been extended to electronic publications. The dataset includes metadata about published books, already published and forthcoming, and serials i.e. journals, periodicals, magazines, newspapers, etc. 

The Linked Open BNB is a subset of the full British National Bibliography. It currently includes published and forthcoming books and serial publications, representing approximately over 6 million records.






Organization: The British Library
Plynlimon research catchment hydrochemistry

This dataset includes rainfall, cloud, river and stream hydro-chemistry of the Plynlimon research catchments. The data is from weekly monitoring of stream hydrochemistry of the River Hafren (Severn) at both the Lower and Upper Hafren site from 1998, stream hydrochemistry of the River Hore at the Lower Hore site from 1983 and Upper Hore site from 1984 as well as rainfall hydrochemistry near the Carreg Wen meteorological site from 1983 and cloud hydrochemistry near the Carreg Wen meteorological site from 1990. Data for over 50 chemical determinands are presented alongside data for some in-situ measurements such as water temperature. Full descriptions of the analytical methods used for each determinand is included. The Plynlimon research catchments lie within the headwaters of the River Severn and the River Wye in the uplands of mid-Wales. Intensive and long-term monitoring within the catchments underpins a wealth of hydrological and hydro-chemical research; other linked datasets include river flow, meteorology and a variety of detailed spatial datasets representing the topography, soils and rivers of the catchments. Monitoring is funded by the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, and is ongoing since 1968. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/44095e17-43b0-45d4-a781-aab4f72da025

Tags: Environmental Monitoring Facilities, hafren, hore, hydrochemistry, plynlimon, rainfall, severn, stream
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Plynlimon research catchments: soil parent materials

Distribution of soil parent materials in the Severn and Wye catchments. These were mapped during the Soil Hydrology Study conducted by JP Bell in 1968-1969: Bell, J.P. (1969). The Soil Hydrology of the Plynlimon Catchments. Institute of Hydrology Report No. 8, Institute of Hydrology, Wallingford, UK.

Tags: Soil, cyff, gwy, hafren, hore, hydrochemistry, iago, plynlimon, severn, tanllwyth, wye
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Plynlimon research catchment hydrochemistry (2024-2025)

This dataset includes stream and rainfall hydrochemistry of the Plynlimon (Pumlumon in Welsh) research catchments in Mid Wales. The data cover the period from March 2024 to March 2025. Sampling was carried out every four weeks by a team of researchers from UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology. Stream samples were taken using a grab technique and filtered in the field. Rain samples were collected using bulk precipitation collectors. Data are presented for major anions and cations, pH, conductivity, alkalinity and in-situ measurements for the water temperature and stream flow for the six stream locations and air temperature and volume for the rainfall sites. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/bb431417-01e8-43e7-bfe5-e48441b2e091

Tags: Plynlimon, Wales
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Sub-hourly river flow data observations from 1369 river gauges in the UK, 1948-2023 (UK-Flow15)

This dataset provides a coherent, quality-controlled collection of 15-minute river flow observations from across the United Kingdom. It brings together more than 1,300 gauging stations and over 50,000 station-years of data collected by the main UK measuring authorities - the Environment Agency (England), Scottish Environment Protection Agency, Natural Resources Wales, the Department for Infrastructure (Northern Ireland), and the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology. The records span from 1948 to the present day and represent the first national-scale compilation of sub-daily flow data in a consistent format. The dataset was created by assembling raw hydrometric records from open APIs and data requests to measuring authorities, then standardising them to a uniform 15-minute time step. A structured quality control framework was applied to identify and flag potential issues such as missing or duplicated values, irregular time steps, and implausible flow events. Each record includes a detailed quality code indicating the outcome of these checks, and a suite of accompanying metadata files provides full traceability of data provenance, quality control results, and any adjustments made during processing. The resource is designed to support large-sample and national-scale hydrological research, particularly for applications requiring high-resolution data such as flood analysis, catchment response studies, and model calibration. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/211710ac-f01b-4b52-807f-373babb1c368

Tags: Environmental Monitoring Facilities
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Maximum inundation depth rasters for urban pluvial flood risk assessment modelled under four different scenarios, Ninh Kieu District, Can Tho City, Vietnam

[This dataset is embargoed until January 4, 2027]. The dataset contains 20 GeoTIFF rasters of maximum overland water depth simulated using a GPU-accelerated two-dimensional hydrodynamic framework (HiPIMS) with a per-timestep bidirectionally coupled Sustainable Drainage System (SuDS) module, applied to complement urban pluvial flood risk assessment in Ninh Kieu District, Can Tho City, Vietnam. Can Tho City experiences frequent flooding - with tidal surges from the Can Tho River - significant flood management works are currently underway through the Can Tho Urban Development and Resilience Project. Rasters are provided for four scenario types (one no-SuDS baseline and three SuDS types: green roof, bio-retention cell, and rain garden) under five design rainfall return periods (5, 10, 20, 50, and 100 years), yielding 20 simulations in total. Each raster records the maximum overland water depth (m) at each 1 m grid cell across the full 3-hour simulation. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/9f801d1f-01a2-44a2-8f10-2881332c846a

Tags: Can Tho, GPU acceleration, HiPIMS, Hydrography, Mekong Delta, Nature-based solutions, Sustainable Drainage Systems, Vietnam, bio-retention, green roof, hydrodynamic modelling, rain garden, scenario analysis, suDS, urban pluvial flooding
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Mangrove litterfall in the mangrove-shrimp system of Kien Giang, Mekong Delta, Vietnam, 2023

[This dataset is embargoed until January 4, 2027]. The data shows 13 different carbon pool sources identified in two mangrove shrimp ponds, collected in Kien Giang province in 2023. The carbon content in the reservoir includes total carbon above ground, carbon below ground, and carbon in the bottom of the pond; from which the total amount of carbon that the shrimp pond has absorbed was calculated. Total carbon above ground is equal to the total amount of carbon of the trunk, branches, leaves, and roots above ground. The underground carbon reservoir is the sum of the biomass carbon of the underground plant and the carbon accumulated in the soil. The carbon reservoir at the bottom is quite complex, including the amount of carbon from fallen debris into the water which will decompose as the main food source for aquatic species such as shrimp, crabs, clams, fish, etc. in the pond. However, the amount of decomposed debris still has some unused material which will sink to the bottom of the pond and accumulate in the sediment. The research objective was to simulate the carbon cycle in mangrove shrimp farming ponds. Mangrove forest runs through the middle and along the length of the ponds, accounting for 50% and 70% of the area, while the remaining area is water where local farmers release shrimp. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/3224b8e4-5efd-4fc3-a90f-4dd9e2f39ced

Tags: Habitats and Biotopes, Litterfall, Mangrove, Mangrove litterfall, Mekong Delta, Pond, Shrimp, Shrimp farming, Shrimp pond, Vietnam
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
European Monitoring and Evaluation Programme Model for the UK (EMEP4UK) daily atmospheric composition and fluxes for 2022-2024

This dataset includes daily averaged atmospheric composition for the UK for key air pollutants nitrogen, sulphur, particulates and ozone for the years 2022 - 2024. The dataset was generated with the European Monitoring and Evaluation Programme for the UK (EMEP4UK) model version 5.0, modified to improve wet deposition rates. The underlying meteorology was generated using the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model version 4.4.2. The UK emissions were taken from the 2025 release of the National Atmospheric Emissions Inventory (NAEI), with base year 2023. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/ed9b9379-49b5-41b3-86d9-b88fb3e9f58d

Tags: Atmospheric Conditions, United Kingdom
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre