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Coyle, M. et al

Carbon dioxide and methane fluxes and associated environmental observations during use as plantation forest on peat bog, Forsinard Flows RSPB Reserve, Scotland, 2016-2017

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https://doi.org/10.5285/856d0d16-53fe-4560-8976-b4bc75d37adc
This dataset contains measurements of greenhouse gas exchange (carbon dioxide and methane) over a plantation forest on peat, in the Flow Country, Caithness and Sutherland. It contains eddy-covariance and associated meteorological and pedological measurements from 2016/01/01 to 2017/12/31 at half hourly intervals. The time series has been gap filled to allow the calculation of annual budgets for carbon exchange.

The site reference is UK-DKE ( http://www.europe-fluxdata.eu/home/sites-list )
Publication date: 2024-09-20
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Format

Comma-separated values (CSV)

Spatial information

Study area
Spatial representation type
Tabular (text)
Spatial reference system
WGS 84

Temporal information

Temporal extent
2016-01-01    to    2017-12-31
Temporal resolution
30 min

Provenance & quality

The site was first installed in May 2016 by University of Highlands and Islands (UHI) on a triangular lattice mast ~20 m tall. At the time this area was forested with commercial non-native tree species which were harvested in November 2017. It is currently managed by the James Hutton Institute (Aberdeen) as part of the SCO2FLUX network with supporting funding from NERC (Mothership Project) and SRES (CentrePeat project). University of the Highlands and Islands and the RSPB (Royal Society for the Protection of Birds) continue to support maintenance of the site as local site operators.

Measurements are made using standard instrumentation, retrieved remotely at regular intervals and processed using protocols similar to those defined by the FluxNet and Integrated Carbon Observation Systems (ICOS) projects.

A subset of these data, which submitted previously, will differ slightly from this version as QA/QC procedures have been updated and refined (https://doi.org/10.5285/d4a7ca90-0c62-4a31-986e-f433e1644bf3 )

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

Cite this dataset as:
Coyle, M.; Andersen, R.; Morrison, R.; Cash, J.; Cowdery, E.; Gilbert, P.; Johnson-Marshall, A.; Vidis, M.; Artz, R.R.E. (2024). Carbon dioxide and methane fluxes and associated environmental observations during use as plantation forest on peat bog, Forsinard Flows RSPB Reserve, Scotland, 2016-2017. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/856d0d16-53fe-4560-8976-b4bc75d37adc

Correspondence/contact details

Coyle, M.
The James Hutton Institute
 Mhairi.coyle@hutton.ac.uk

Authors

Coyle, M.
The James Hutton Institute
Andersen, R.
University of the Highlands and Islands
Morrison, R.
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Cash, J.
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Cowdery, E.
The James Hutton Institute
Gilbert, P.
Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
Johnson-Marshall, A.
The James Hutton Institute
Vidis, M.
The James Hutton Institute
Artz, R.R.E.
The James Hutton Institute

Other contacts

Rights holder
The James Hutton Institute
Custodian
NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
 info@eidc.ac.uk
Publisher
NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
 info@eidc.ac.uk

Additional metadata

Topic categories
environment
INSPIRE theme
Environmental Monitoring Facilities
Keywords
blanket bog , carbon dioxide , Climate and climate change , Environmental survey , forest , meteorology , methane , NEE , peat
Funding
Natural Environment Research Council
Scottish Government: Rural and Environment Science and Analytical Services
Last updated
14 February 2025 17:12