Identification

Title

Peatland condition and change detection from InSAR-derived surface motion time series (RR1356)

Abstract

The data is derived from Sentinel-1 radar data and the point data spacing is related to the spatial resolution of the imagery, ~20 m. The condition data displays one of 3 peatland condition classes (Good, Stiff, Degrading) based on the surface motion time series of the peatland. The change data shows where the peatland is undergoing positive or negative change based on the long-term trend in peatland surface motion. The main use of the data is to assess the impacts of peatland restoration, but it can also be used to assess impacts of development or to assist in the identification and prioritisation of potential peatland restoration areas.

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://gis-downloads.nature.scot/RR1356-InSAR-peatland-condition-data.html

protocol: WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link

name: NatureScot data download site

description: Condition Class and Change Data Download

function: information

https://www.nature.scot/doc/naturescot-research-report-1356-application-surface-motion-remote-sensing-quantify-condition-and

protocol: WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link

name: NatureScot Research report 1356

function: information

Unique resource identifier

code

6f7bd168-48f1-496f-9022-23f660519530_resource

codeSpace

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere

elevation

geoscientificInformation

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

Geology

Elevation

Soil

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2008-06-01

Keyword set

keyword value

Keyword set

keyword value

organic carbon

peat

climate

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2010-01-13

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-7.0442

East bounding longitude

-2.3586

North bounding latitude

58.7389

South bounding latitude

55.1702

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

2015-01-01

End position

2023-12-31

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2024-04-21

Frequency of update

notPlanned

Quality and validity

Lineage

Terra Motion Ltd generate the surface motion time series, from Sentinel-1 imagery, using their APSIS InSAR (Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar) technique, developed from the intermittent small baseline subset technique (Sowter et al 2013; Sowter et al 2016, Bradley et al 2022). This data supplier was chosen as their APSIS method provides near continuous coverage over rural areas. Processing steps and the above citations are detailed in the following report: Large, D. J., Bradley, A.V., Islam, T.I., Mitchell, E., Dryden I., Fallaize, C., Andersen, R. and Marshall, C., 2025. Application of surface motion remote sensing to quantify the condition and trajectory of change of c.680,000 ha of peatland. NatureScot Research Report 1356. https://www.nature.scot/doc/naturescot-research-report-1356-application-surface-motion-remote-sensing-quantify-condition-and A total of forty tiles were provided. Tiles for the northern area are labelled N01 to N026, tiles for the southern area S017 to S029 and one separate tile was generated for Islay and is labelled S000.

Conformity

Conformity report

specification

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2010-12-08

degree

true

explanation

Data format

name of format

CSV

version of format

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

contact position

Peatland Action Data & Evidence Team

organisation name

NatureScot

full postal address

Inverdee House, Baxter Street, Torry

Aberdeen

AB11 9QA

telephone number

email address

peatlandactiondata@nature.scot

web address

https://nature.scot

description:

responsible party role

publisher

Responsible party

contact position

organisation name

University of Nottingham

full postal address

University Park

Nottingham

NG7 2RD

telephone number

0115 951 4114

email address

david.large@nottingham.ac.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

contact position

Data Supply

organisation name

NatureScot

full postal address

Great Glen House, Leachkin Road

Inverness

IV38NW

telephone number

email address

data_supply@nature.scot

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2025-06-13T08:24:58.817Z

Metadata language