Model estimates of aboveground carbon for Great Britain

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https://doi.org/10.5285/9be652e7-d5ce-44c1-a5fc-8349f76f5f5c

This dataset presents estimates of total carbon stored in vegetation across Great Britain (GB). Presented as carbon density (tonnes per hectare) the data was obtained by estimating carbon density values for each land cover type and then projecting across GB using the 2007 Land Cover Map. Countryside Survey data from 2007 was also used to derive the carbon density estimates for each land cover type and as such the dataset is a representation for 2007. Changes in size and productivity of the aboveground carbon pool may act as a sink or source for carbon dioxide. As such, the carbon stored in vegetation and its spatial distribution plays a vital role in climate regulation.

Publication date: 2016-03-22

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Esri Shapefile

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Study area

Spatial representation type

Raster

Spatial reference system

OSGB 1936 / British National Grid

Temporal information

Temporal extent

1994-07-01 to 2007-10-31

Provenance & quality

Carbon in vegetation calculated by estimating carbon densities for each land cover type, from either extensive literature search or published timber volume relationships, and scaling up to GB using land cover map 2007. For woodlands the carbon density estimates are age and species specific and therefore use data from the Woodland Inventory of Great Britain on the demographic distribution and data from Countryside Survey 2007 on the spatial distribution of woodland species composition.

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Henrys, P.A.; Keith, A.M.; Wood, C.M. (2016). Model estimates of aboveground carbon for Great Britain. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/9be652e7-d5ce-44c1-a5fc-8349f76f5f5c

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Citations

Smeaton, C., Austin, W.E.N., Davies, A.L., Baltzer, A., Howe, J.A., & Baxter, J.M.(2017). Scotland’s forgotten carbon: a national assessment of mid-latitude fjord sedimentary carbon stocks. Biogeosciences, 14(24), 5663-5674 https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-14-5663-2017

Smeaton, C., & Austin, W.E.N.(2017). Sources, Sinks, and Subsidies: Terrestrial Carbon Storage in Mid-latitude Fjords. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 122(11), 2754-2768. Portico https://doi.org/10.1002/2017jg003952