{"access":"Lowland Peat Network Data are freely available via the UKCEH Environmental Information Data Centre (EIDC).  Field sites may be accessed for research; initial enquiries via Chris Evans, UKCEH Bangor.","capabilities":"The capabilities of the Lowland Peat Network are similar to the wider UK Land Flux Network.  The Lowland Peat Network provides high-frequency continuous monitoring of CO2 and water fluxes at multiple sites covering geographic, environmental and land-use gradients.  Auxiliary hydrometeorological measurements include temperature, rainfall, energy fluxes, water table, soil moisture.  Some sites also monitor CH4 or N2O.","description":"The purpose of the Lowland Peat Network is to monitor greenhouse gas (GHG) fluxes in near real time across lowland peat sites in England and Wales.  It contributes to the wider UK Land Flux Network (listed separately above) which otherwise focuses predominantly on uplands.  Peatlands store very large volumes of carbon, and their performance as a source or sink of greenhouse gases depends on how they are managed.  Quantifying net GHG emissions and storage in peatland is important to meet the UK's GHG accounting commitments, and to inform environmental policy and mitigation actions to achieve Net Zero.","fundingSources":"The Lowland Peat Network is funded by UKRI-NERC National Capability LTSS: UK-SCaPE programme; plus government funding (Defra, BEIS, DAERA).","id":"45273234-051a-4656-8dc0-da71512b149e","infrastructureCategory":{"value":"instrumentedSites","description":"Instrumented sites","infrastructureClass":"Environmental observatories","uri":"http://vocabs.ceh.ac.uk/ri/instrumentedSites"},"infrastructureChallenge":[{"value":"Climate change: mitigation"}],"infrastructureScale":"UK","lifecycle":"The Lowland Peat Network was established in 2016.","locationText":"Lowland Peat Network sites are situated in England (East Anglia, South Yorkshire, Somerset), Wales (Anglesey, Ceredigion) and Northern Ireland.  The number of sites fluctuates, with more than 15 active or scheduled in 2022.","metadataDate":"2025-04-09T09:24:37","owners":[{"displayName":"Ross Morrison","organisationName":"UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology","organisationIdentifier":"https://ror.org/00pggkr55","role":"owner","email":"enquiries@ceh.ac.uk","address":{"country":"United Kingdom"},"fullName":"Ross Morrison"}],"resourceIdentifiers":[{"code":"https://catalogue-staging.ceh.ac.uk/id/4f8b74f2-e928-4753-b1b1-65e53817ce1f"},{"code":"https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/45273234-051a-4656-8dc0-da71512b149e"}],"scienceArea":"Soils and Land Use","title":"Lowland Peat Network","type":"infrastructureRecord","uniqueness":"The Lowland Peat Network is unique in focusing specifically on lowland peat sites, many of which are used for intensive agriculture.","uri":"https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/45273234-051a-4656-8dc0-da71512b149e","users":["The Lowland Peat Network is used by: UKCEH scientists; external visiting researchers; farming partners; and government (eg Defra Lowland Agricultural Peat Task Force, BEIS National Atmospheric Emissions Inventory)."]}