Topsoil physico-chemical properties from the Glastir Monitoring and Evaluation Programme, Wales 2013-2016

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This data set includes a range of physico-chemical properties measured from topsoil within a wide range of land use types across Wales, collected as part of the Glastir Monitoring and Evaluation Programme (GMEP). The properties included are: soil organic matter (loss on ignition (LOI)), derived carbon concentration, total soil organic carbon (SOC), nitrogen, total soil phosphorous, Olsen-phosphorous (within improved land only), pH, electrical conductivity, soil bulk density of fine earth, fine earth volumetric water content when sampled and soil water repellency - water drop penetration time.

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 Centre for Ecology & Hydrology.

Publication date: 2019-07-03

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Comma-separated values (CSV)

Spatial information

Study area

Spatial representation type

Tabular (text)

Spatial reference system

OSGB 1936 / British National Grid

Temporal information

Temporal extent

2013-04-01 to 2016-10-31

Provenance & quality

Within each of 300 x 1km sample squares, a set of soil samples were taken from 5 pre-determined randomly dispersed locations (where practically possible). The soil sample analysed for soil metrics was taken using a black plastic core ('C-core'), 15cm long, from a location co-incident with vegetation surveys.

After collection, the soil cores were refrigerated and stored until posted, usually within a couple of days, to laboratories at the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (CEH), Bangor and Lancaster. Analysed data were transferred to secure databases at CEH following sample analysis.

To ensure confidentiality of the data with respect to land owners and managers, the locations of 1km squares and survey sites were converted to the centres of the containing 10km Ordnance Survey grid squares.

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This dataset is available under the terms of the Open Government Licence

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Robinson, D.A.; Astbury, S.; Barrett, G.; Burden, A.; Carter, H.; Emmett, B.A.; Garbutt, A.; Giampieri, C.; Hall, J.; Henrys, P.A.; Hughes, S.; Hunt, A.; Jarvis, S.G.; Jones, D.L.; Keenan, P.; Lebron, I.; Nunez, D.; Owen, A.; Patel, M.; Pereira, M.G.; Seaton, F.; Sharps, K.; Tanna, B.; Thompson, N.; Williams, B.; Wood, C.M. (2019). Topsoil physico-chemical properties from the Glastir Monitoring and Evaluation Programme, Wales 2013-2016. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/0fa51dc6-1537-4ad6-9d06-e476c137ed09

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For the avoidance of doubt, if the publication of the Licensed Data is not within Wales, the Welsh form of the acknowledgement wording is not required.

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Glastir Monitoring and Evaluation Programme, Wales, 2013-2016

Citations

Robinson, D.A., Thomas, A., Reinsch, S., Lebron, I., Feeney, C. J., Maskell, L.C., Wood, C.M., Seaton, F.M., Emmett, B.A., & Cosby, B.J. (2022). Analytical modelling of soil porosity and bulk density across the soil organic matter and land-use continuum. In Scientific Reports (Vol. 12, Issue 1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-11099-7

Wood, C.M., Alison, J., Botham, M.S., Burden, A., Edwards, F., Garbutt, R.A., George, P.B.L., Henrys, P.A., Hobson, R., Jarvis, S., Keenan, P., Keith, A.M., Lebron, I., Maskell, L.C., Norton, L.R., Robinson, D.A., Seaton, F.M., Scarlett, P., Siriwardena, G.M., … Emmett, B.A.(2021). Integrated ecological monitoring in Wales: the Glastir Monitoring and Evaluation Programme field survey. Earth System Science Data, 13(8), 4155-4173. https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-13-4155-2021

Harrison, P.A., Beauchamp, K., Cooper, J., Dickie, I., Fitch, A., … Dunford, R. W. (2023). An adaptable integrated modelling platform to support rapidly evolving agricultural and environmental policy. In Environmental Modelling & Software (Vol. 169, p. 105821). Elsevier BV. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2023.105821

Supplemental information

Glastir Monitoring and Evaluation Programme (GMEP) website

Correspondence/contact details

Robinson, D.A.

UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology

Environment Centre Wales, Deiniol Road
Bangor
Gwynedd
LL57 2UW
UNITED KINGDOM

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