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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. (Dataset). https://doi.org/10.5285/9be652e7-d5ce-44c1-a5fc-8349f76f5f5c
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Model estimates of aboveground carbon for Great Britain
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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Format
Esri Shapefile
Spatial information
- Study area
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- Spatial representation type
- Raster
- Spatial reference system
- OSGB 1936 / British National Grid
Temporal information
- Temporal extent
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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.
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
Correspondence/contact details
Authors
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4758-1482 Other contacts
- Rights holder
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Natural England
- Custodian
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NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centreinfo@eidc.ac.uk
- Publisher
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NERC Environmental Information Data Centreinfo@eidc.ac.uk