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Coyle, M. et al

Carbon dioxide and methane fluxes with associated environmental observations from a plantation forest to bog restoration site, Lonielist, Forsinard Flows RSPB Reserve, Scotland, 2014-2022

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https://doi.org/10.5285/cbeab8b9-31ed-4fb2-946d-cf8e77f30fe7
This dataset contains measurements of greenhouse gas exchange (carbon dioxide and methane) over a site restored from plantation forest to peat in 2003/2004, in the Flow Country, Caithness and Sutherland. It contains eddy-covariance and associated meteorological and pedological measurements from 2014-07-08 14:30 to 2022-12-31 at half-hourly intervals. The carbon dioxide time series has been gap-filled to allow the calculation of annual budgets for carbon exchange.

The site reference is UK-LNS ( 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
2014-07-08    to    2022-12-31
Temporal resolution
30 min

Provenance & quality

The site was first installed in June 2014 by the James Hutton Institute on a square lattice mast. The instrumentation was removed in early 2018 to allow reprofiling and other further restoration work on the site and reinstalled in later in 2018. 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). The 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.

The tower sits on a felled conifer plantation which was rewetted after the trees were harvested in 2003 and there was further reprofiling work and furrow blocking in 2018. Some brash is still visible but the surface is quite level and peatland vegetation has returned to the footprint. Small areas that do not appear to have been forested lie to the north-west and south-east of the tower and have pool systems. The pools are 60 m (north-west) and 90 m (south-east) approximately.

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.

Licensing and constraints

THIS DATASET HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN

This resource has been withdrawn due to the discovery of errors in the data. Specifically, a correction to the original 20Hz carbon dioxide data will be required to adjust for instrument drift. The dataset will be re-deposited as soon as this has been corrected.

If you need access to the archived version, please contact the EIDC

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

Cite this dataset as:
Coyle, M.; Andersen, R.; Cash, J.; Cowdery, E.; Gilbert, P.; Johnson-Marshall, A.; Morrison, R.; Vidis, M.; Artz, R.R.E. (2024). Carbon dioxide and methane fluxes with associated environmental observations from a plantation forest to bog restoration site, Lonielist, Forsinard Flows RSPB Reserve, Scotland, 2014-2022. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/cbeab8b9-31ed-4fb2-946d-cf8e77f30fe7

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
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
Morrison, R.
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
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 , 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
29 January 2025 10:21