AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Plynlimon research catchment hydrochemistry (2023-2024)

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 2023 to March 2024. 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/bd33173b-025f-4c50-aa15-0b853d4774bc

Tags: Plynlimon, Pumlumon, Water chemistry, hydrochemistry 
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Plynlimon research catchment hydrochemistry (2011-2016)

This dataset includes rainfall, cloud and stream hydrochemistry of the Plynlimon research catchments in Mid Wales. The data cover the period from June 2011 to March 2016. Sampling was weekly from June 2011 to December 2011 and then fortnightly from January 2012. Data for the whole period are presented for major anions and cations, pH, conductivity, alkalinity and in-situ measurements such as water temperature and stream flow. From June 2011 to March 2013 data are also presented for a range of metals. Data are presented for the whole period for six stream locations and one rainfall site. Data are also for presented for two streams, Nant Iago and Tanllwyth and one cloud site for the period from June 2011 to July 2012. Stream samples were taken using a grab technique. Rain samples were collected using bulk precipitation collectors. Cloud samples were collected using a Centre of Ecology and Hydrology (CEH) Edinburgh pattern lidded harp type passive collector. This data presented follow on from the hydrochemical data presented in the dataset Plynlimon research catchment hydrochemistry (44095e17-43b0-45d4-a781-aab4f72da025) 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/10.5285/794c609b-da62-4a42-a4c1-267219865bb1

Tags: Bulk precipitation, Environmental Monitoring Facilities, Gwy, Hafren, Plynlimon, Rainfall, Severn, Stream, Wye, cloud water
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
United Kingdom Butterfly Monitoring Scheme: site location data 2019

This dataset provides the details of all sites on which butterflies have been monitored as part of the UK Butterfly Monitoring Scheme (UKBMS). This includes all standard UKBMS transect sites, Wider Countryside Butterfly Survey (WCBS) sites and targeted species survey sites (timed counts, single-species transects, larval web and egg counts). Data includes the location within the UK, the length and number of sections for the butterfly transect on each site and the number of years each transect has been monitored. The location of some sites are sensitive and are excluded from this dataset. A full set of UKBMS monitoring sites is available in a separate dataset requested via the UKBMS website. The UKBMS started in 1976 with fewer than 50 sites. Since then the number of sites monitored each year has increased to several thousand. There are year new sites each and a small number where the transect is no longer surveyed. Details of this are provided in the site dataset in the form of the first and last year in which each site was surveyed. The majority of site data is provided by recorders at the time a transect is created. Site data are crucial in order to determine where extra recording effort is required and to investigate where butterfly populations are changing most and thus where conservation should be targeted, including across different habitat types. The UK Butterfly Monitoring Scheme is organized and funded by Butterfly Conservation (BC), the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (CEH), 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. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/8a41e1c8-3018-44f1-8d0a-c1b1ad957fc9

Tags: England, Environmental Monitoring Facilities, Northern Ireland, Scotland, UK-SCAPE, United Kingdom, Wales
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
European Monitoring and Evaluation Program Model for the UK (EMEP4UK) annual air pollutant concentrations from domestic solid fuel burning in Scotland, 2023

This dataset provides modelled annual average near-ground atmospheric composition for Scotland for the key air pollutants nitrogen dioxide, total nitrogen oxides, sulphur dioxide, and fine particulate matter for the year 2023. As well as total concentrations, the dataset includes concentration contributions from domestic solid fuel burning. The dataset was created with the European Monitoring and Evaluation Programme (EMEP) model version 5.5 and the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model version 4.4.2. It was generated under a Scottish Government project which also calculated emissions from domestic solid fuel burning in Scotland and carried out measurements targeting the air pollution impacts of solid fuel burning in Scotland. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/9123cb2b-739d-43cb-b00a-9678a41fc24a

Tags: Atmospheric Conditions, Scotland
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Leaf structural traits and allometry of juvenile trees across temperature treatments in an experimental plantation in the Colombian Andes, 2023-2024

This dataset compiles leaf-level structural trait and tree allometric measurements collected along a tropical elevational gradient in the Colombian Andes across two common garden plantations with contrasting mean annual temperatures (MAT) (13.7 °C, 22.1 °C, and 25.5°C). Experimental sites have been named after their MAT. Sampling included trees from 15 dominant tree species at the 13.7 °C site, 10 species at the 22.1 °C site, and 4 species at the 25.5 °C site. At each experimental site, 360 juvenile trees (1-2 years old) from 15 dominant Andean species (11 montane and 4 lowland species) were planted in 2018/2019. All trees were planted in common soils originating from a high-elevation site and were regularly irrigated; By 2023, only 10 and 4 species remained at the 22.1 and 25.5 °C sites, respectively. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/fd793ac1-d990-4866-8586-3af7daced6dd

Tags: allometry, andean elevation gradient, common garden, growth, juvenile tree, leaf traits
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Catchment boundaries, daily and sub-daily hydrometeorological time series, groundwater level time series and attributes for 671 catchments in Great Britain (CAMELS-GB v2)

This dataset provides catchment boundaries, hydro-meteorological timeseries and landscape attributes for 671 catchments across Great Britain. It collates river flows, river levels, groundwater levels, precipitation, potential evapotranspiration and temperature time series at monthly to hourly timescales. Daily hydro-meteorological timeseries are provided from 1st October 1970 - 30th September 2022, hourly hydro-meteorological timeseries are provided from 1st October 1990 09:00 to 1st October 2022 08:00, and groundwater level timeseries cover a range of time periods (ranging from 7 to 72 years with the earliest records beginning in the 1950s). A comprehensive set of catchment attributes are quantified describing a range of catchment characteristics including topography, climate, hydrology, land cover, soils, hydrogeology, hydrometry and human influences. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/9a46d428-958f-4ac1-86eb-94eee70c0955

Tags: Environmental Monitoring Facilities
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Soil nutrients, bulk density and pyrogenic carbon in permanent monitoring plots along altitudinal and forest perturbation gradients in the Colombian Andes, 2019-2022

The dataset contains information on soil nutrients including pH, available phosphorus, total phosphorus, texture analysis in sand, clay and silt, and exchangeable Ca, Mg, K, Na. Soil pyrogenic carbon, including Total Organic Carbon (TOC) (%C_(Bulk)), pyrogenic carbon D13C (lower, median, and upper), pyrogenic carbon (Cpyc), Cpyc%/CBulk, organic carbon and soil bulk density and dry weight of roots. The datasets include information about the plot location and parameters of the locality. The data were collected between 2019 and 2022 from 27 forest monitoring plots (0.5 ha each) in five locations along an altitudinal (lowland, mid-elevation, and highland forests) and forest perturbation (low, medium, and high perturbation levels) gradient in Andean ecosystems in Colombia. The objective of this data collection was to determine the change in soil characteristics between the disturbance gradients. This information is important for understanding the drivers of variation in forest resilience and the impacts of disturbance on ecosystem functioning. This data set was obtained within the framework of the BioResilience project, a transdisciplinary investigation that seeks to understand the Resilience of forest ecosystems after the post-conflict period in Colombia. This research was supported by the UK Natural Environment Research Council Fund (NE/R017980/1). Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/fbcfc877-a38e-4c26-8d8b-7226392493db

Tags: Altitudinal gradient, Bulk density, Colombian Andean, Dry weight roots, Human modified tropical forests, Human perturbation gradient, Pyrogenic carbon, Soil nutrients
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Thermoregulation and thermotolerance traits in montane tree species in common garden plantations in the Colombian Andes, 2024

This dataset compiles leaf-level functional trait measurements collected along a tropical elevational gradient in the Colombian Andes across three common garden plantations with contrasting mean annual temperatures (MAT) (13.7 °C, 22.1 °C, and 25.5 °C). Experimental sites have been named after their MAT. Sampling included 15 dominant tree species at the 13.7 °C site, 10 species at the 22.1 °C site, and 4 species at the 25.5 °C site. Sampling at the 25.5°C site was done only for a limited type of measurements. The dataset includes: High-resolution leaf thermocouple measurements and leaf level PAR data (1-minute resolution). Leaf temperature, relative humidity and air temperature (10-minute resolution). Leaf angle measurements (pitch, roll, azimuth, and vertical angle). Leaf optical properties (reflectance, transmittance, and absorptance). Minimum leaf conductance (gmin) and leaf area. Leaf thermotolerance traits, including T50, maximum fluorescence (Fm), variable fluorescence (Fv), and PSII efficiency metrics (Fv/Fm and Fv/F₀). Measurement campaigns were conducted between January-February 2024 and April 2025.Together, these data provide a comprehensive characterization of leaf thermoregulation and tolerance traits across contrasting tropical montane environments, supporting research on plant ecophysiology, climate adaptation, and ecosystem responses to environmental stress. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/23a59d77-6f2c-4c48-ac13-77ee7b21fcee

Tags: common garden, elevational gradient, leaf traits, thermoregulation, thermotolerance
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
National Population Database

The National Population Database (NPD) is a point-based Geographical Information System (GIS) dataset that combines locational information from providers like the Ordnance Survey with population information about those locations, mainly sourced from Government statistics.  The points (and sometimes polygons) represent individual buildings, so the NPD allows detailed local analysis for anywhere in Great Britain.

HSE working with Staffordshire University originally created the NPD in 2004.

The database helps assess the risks to society of major hazard sites such as oil refineries, chemical works and gas holders. It includes 'sensitive' populations such as schools and hospitals where the people at those locations may be more vulnerable to harm and potentially harder to evacuate in an emergency.  

The data is split into 5 themes: residential, sensitive populations, transport, workplaces and leisure.

More information about the NPD, and other data and analytics products from HSE is available at  
https://www.hse.gov.uk/products/research-and-consultancy/data-and-analytics.htm


Tags: Population distribution demography
Organization: Health and Safety Executive
Gridded estimates of hourly areal rainfall for Great Britain 1990-2016 [CEH-GEAR1hr] v2

The dataset contains 1km gridded estimates of hourly rainfall for Great Britain for the period 1990-2016. The estimates are derived by applying the nearest neighbour interpolation method to a national database of hourly raingauge observations collated by Newcastle University and the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH). These interpolated hourly estimates were then used to temporally disaggregate the CEH-GEAR daily rainfall dataset. The estimated rainfall on a given hour refers to the rainfall amount accumulated in the previous hour. The dataset also contains data indicating the distance between the grid point and the closest recording raingauge used in its interpolation. When this distance is greater than 50km, or there is zero rainfall recorded in the closest gauge, the daily value is disaggregated using a design storm. The dataset therefore also contains a flag indicating if the design storm was used. These data are provided as an indicator of the quality of the estimates. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/fc9423d6-3d54-467f-bb2b-fc7357a3941f

Tags: CEH-GEAR, Gridded estimates of areal rainfall (GEAR), Meteorological geographical features, subdaily rainfall
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
African Legacy Geoscience Data for Geothermal Exploration - East Africa, Djibouti, Ethiopia and Kenya (NERC Grant NE/X006255/1)

Digitized GIS geological and geochemical datasets taken from maps and reports as part of BGS Overseas Development Research in 1980-90s.

Tags: Geochemical data, Geological data, Geothermal surveys, NERC_DDC
Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
3D laser surface scan of ammonite, Metrolytoceras metretum. BGS GSM 37292

3D laser surface scan of a fossil held within the BGS Type and Stratigraphical Reference Collection. Sample number: BGS GSM 37292 Species: Metrolytoceras metretum (Ammonite) Age: Inferior Oolite Group, Jurassic Location: near Sherborne, Dorset

Tags: Fossils, Jurassic, NERC_DDC
Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
2022, Total E&P UK Ltd, White Caterthun DHSS, Block 22/25, Drilling Hazard Survey, DECC Reference Number GS_1438

An oil and gas industry integrated geophysical drilliing hazard site survey acquired under licences P2544, P111 between September and October 2022. The block number traversed was 20/25.

Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
Five Deeps Expedition to map the Mariana Trench (Pacific Ocean)

The Mariana Trench was surveyed with a Kongsberg EM 124 gondola-mounted to the hull of the 225-foot DSSV Pressure Drop. The survey was conducted over the course of two weeks – April 19th – May 6th, 2019. The data meet the requirements for IHO Special Order standards.

Tags: Bathymetry, Multibeam, NERC_DDC
Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
Five Deeps Expedition to map the Molloy Hole (Arctic Ocean)

The Molloy Hole was surveyed with a Kongsberg EM 124 gondola-mounted to the hull of the 225-foot DSSV Pressure Drop. The survey was conducted over the course of three days – August 24-26, 2019. The data meet the requirements for IHO Order 1 standards.

Tags: Bathymetry, Multibeam, NERC_DDC
Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
2012, Nexen Petroleum UK Ltd, Samedi, Site Survey, DECC Reference Number 2662

An oil and gas industry environmental, drilling hazard, semi-sub rig site survey acquired under licences P300, P310, P811, P928 between April and May 2012. The block numbers traversed were 13/30a, 13/30b, 14/26a.

Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
British Geological Survey (BGS) Sampling Survey 1968/10: Forth Approaches (08/Jul/1968 to 19/Jul/1968)

This British Geological Survey (BGS) marine sampling survey took place in July 1968 in the Forth Approaches on board a 50ft fishing boat MV Girl Anne III. The work was of an experimental nature partly designed to evaluate equipment and technique. The purpose was to obtain data for regional geology mapping. Sea-bed samples were collected using a shipek grab. Sediment cores were collected using a gravity corer. These data are archived by BGS. Technical details of the survey are contained in IGS report 70/1.

Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
Benthic foraminiferal oxygen and carbon stable isotope data (NERC Grant NE/P013112/1)

Carbon and oxygen isotopic composition of benthic foraminifera spanning the early and middle Eocene succession recovered from borehole 16/28-Sb01. For description of this sedimentary sequence see Haughton et al. 2005. Petroleum Geology: North-West Europe and Global Perspectives, Proceedings of the 6th Petroleum Geology Conference, 1077–1094.

Tags: Benthonic foraminifera, Carbon, Eocene, NERC_DDC, Oxygen, Stable isotopes
Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
Bulk sedimentary carbonate oxygen and carbon stable isotope data (NERC Grant NE/P013112/1)

Carbon and oxygen isotopic composition of bulk sediment carbonate spanning the early and middle Eocene succession recovered from borehole 16/28-Sb01. For description of this sedimentary sequence see Haughton et al. 2005. Petroleum Geology: North-West Europe and Global Perspectives, Proceedings of the 6th Petroleum Geology Conference, 1077–1094.

Tags: Carbon, Carbonates, Eocene, NERC_DDC, Oxygen, Stable isotopes
Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
UKGEOS Glasgow post-drill coal mine model

The UK Geoenergy Observatories (UKGEOS) Glasgow 3D coal mine model outputs, created by the British Geological Survey, provide a semi-regional overview of the depth and extent of surveyed and probable coal mine workings, plus stone and coal roads surveyed within the mines. The model allows users to visualise the surveyed and probable coal mine workings to be found beneath this part of Glasgow, applicable at a scale of around 1: 25,000 to 1: 10,000. The data is supplied as grids, triangulated surfaces over a 5 by 4.15 km area, with the depth range to around 300 m below Ordnance Datum. The mine extents are ‘cut out’ of the UKGEOS Glasgow post-drill bedrock model. This model describes both surveyed (recorded on mine abandonment plan) and probable coal mine workings. An area of probable workings has been updated to account for the results of drilling borehole GGC01. Further details and model limitations can be found in the accompanying metadata report http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/531157/

Tags: Bed rock, Coal, Coal fields, Faults, NERC_DDC, Three dimensional models
Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
UKGEOS Glasgow post-drill bedrock model

The UK Geoenergy Observatories (UKGEOS) Glasgow bedrock model outputs, created by the British Geological Survey, provide a semi-regional overview of the depth and extent of bedrock lithostratigraphic units, coals and faults. The model allows users to visualise the likely subsurface sequence to be found beneath this part of Glasgow, applicable at a scale of around 1: 25,000 to 1: 10,000. The data is supplied as grids, triangulated surfaces and shapefiles over a 5 by 4.15 km area, with the depth range to around 350 m below Ordnance Datum. This model describes an interpretation of the bedrock geology after the UKGEOS Glasgow boreholes had been drilled, the results of the nine UKGEOS boreholes that penetrated bedrock have been incorporated. Further details and model limitations can be found in the accompanying metadata report http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/531157/

Tags: Bed rock, Coal, Coal fields, Faults, NERC_DDC, Three dimensional models
Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
UKGEOS Glasgow post-drill superficial deposits model

The UK Geoenergy Observatories (UKGEOS) Glasgow superficial deposits GSI3D model outputs, created by the British Geological Survey, provide a semi-regional overview of the depth, thickness and extent of glacial and post-glacial lithostratigraphic units above rockhead. The model allows users to visualise the likely subsurface sequence to be found beneath this part of Glasgow, applicable at a scale of around 1: 25,000 to 1: 10,000. The data is supplied as grids and shapefiles over a 7 by 4.15 km area, with the depth range to around 40 m below Ordnance Datum. This model describes an interpretation of the shallow geology updated to incorporate the results of drilling the 12 UKGEOS Glasgow boreholes (post-drill model). Further details and model limitations can be found in the accompanying metadata report http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/531155/ . DOI: https://doi.org/10.5285/915f690f-32cf-41b7-984e-c32344d3a543

Tags: Glacial geology, NERC_DDC, Surficial geology, Three dimensional models
Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
Input, output files and source code for the study of subsurface energy balance for a vertical geothermal Ground-Source Heat Exchanger in Scotland (NERC Grant NE/S007407/1)

The dataset consists of a series of input and output files for the 1D and 3D numerical models used to demonstrate the impact of heat mining for a 100-m long vertical Borehole Heat Exchanger (BHE) in Scotland, assuming a constant or fluctuating surface heat flux. Simulations for a constant heat extraction from the BHE were performed using an updated version of the open-source OpenGeoSys finite-element modelling software (https://www.opengeosys.org/) made available in this repository. This updated version allows for calculation of the energy change in each material group in the models, as part of the HEAT_TRANSPORT process. For each model, the input files include the mesh file (MSH), the Boundary conditions (BC), geometry (GLI), Initial conditions (IC), Fluid properties (MFP), Medium properties (MMP), Material solid properties (MSP), Numerical parameters (NUM), Ouput parameters (OUT), Process (PCS), Reference (RFD), Source-term (ST) and Time (TIM) files. The output files consists of temperature time-series, 1D and 2D temperature profiles extracted from the models domain at different time steps (i.e. Tecplot output files) and of a text file indicating the energy content of each material group at each time step.

Tags: Mathematical models, NERC_DDC
Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
Bulk sedimentary elemental analyses by X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF) (NERC Grant NE/P013112/1)

Bulk sediment elemental analyses by X-ray fluorescence (XRF) spanning the early and middle Eocene succession recovered from borehole 16/28-Sb01. For description of this sedimentary sequence see Haughton et al. 2005. Petroleum Geology: North-West Europe and Global Perspectives, Proceedings of the 6th Petroleum Geology Conference, 1077–1094.

Tags: NERC_DDC, X ray fluorescence spectroscopy
Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)