Simulated peat heights and water-table depths for UK blanket bog
These data are the simulated peat heights and water-table depths (both in cm) from a DigiBog run. The virtual peatland was configured as a 2-D transect of 100 x 2m x 2m columns. The data were generated for each year of a 5,100-year run. After 4,900 years, six ditches were added and the model allowed to run for a further 100 years. After this time, the ditches were ‘restored’ and the simulation continued until a total runtime of 5,100 years had elapsed.
Publication date: 2021-07-01
Where/When
- Study area
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Provenance & quality
The virtual peatland was set up with driving data and an underlying topography to represent a typical UK blanket peatland. The aim of the simulation was not to replicate peatland development at a specific location, but to create an analogue for blanket peat.
Related
This dataset is included in the following collections
Supplemental information
DigiBog website
Young, D. M., A. J. Baird, P. J. Morris, and J. Holden (2017). Simulating the long-term impacts of drainage and restoration on the ecohydrology of peatlands. Water Resources Research, 53(8), 6510–6522.
Correspondence/contact details
Other contacts
- Custodian
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NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centreinfo@eidc.ac.uk
- Publisher
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NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centreinfo@eidc.ac.uk
- Rights Holder
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University of Leedsd.m.young@leeds.ac.uk
Additional metadata
- Topic categories
- Environment
- Keywords
- Blanket peat, DigiBog, Economic valuation, Water table
- INSPIRE Theme
- Environmental Monitoring Facilities
- Funding
- Natural Environment Research Council Award: NE/P00783X/1
- Spatial representation type
- Tabular (text)
- Spatial reference system
- OSGB 1936 / British National Grid
- Last updated
- 18 May 2022 12:21