Identification

Title

Unmanned aerial vehicle images of drought-stressed European beech forests in the Rhӧn Biosphere Reserve, Germany, 2020

Abstract

This dataset comprises four RGB unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) images collected in September 2020 of European beech (Fagus sylvatica) forest within core protected areas of the UNESCO Rhӧn Biosphere Reserve, Germany. The study forests were subject to the extreme drought event that impacted central Europe in 2018/2019 and this project sought to collect data to enable the analysis of individual tree and stand level response (canopy damage and defoliation) of European beech trees to extreme drought events. The RGB images available in this dataset have approx. 3cm pixel size with an associated 10cm pixel digital elevation model (DEM) and are suitable for identifying individual trees and the degree of canopy damage (defoliation, discolouration, and mortality) sustained by individuals/stands within the forest. The work was supported by the Natural Environment Research Council (Grant NE/V00929X/1). Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/b2d17962-3c7f-4193-a180-cde885d1a83e

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/datastore/eidchub/b2d17962-3c7f-4193-a180-cde885d1a83e

name: Download the data

description: Download a copy of this data

function: download

https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/b2d17962-3c7f-4193-a180-cde885d1a83e.zip

name: Supporting information

description: Supporting information available to assist in re-use of this dataset

function: information

Unique resource identifier

code

https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/b2d17962-3c7f-4193-a180-cde885d1a83e

codeSpace

doi:

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

biota

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

Habitats and Biotopes

originating controlled vocabulary

title

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2008-06-01

Keyword set

keyword value

Germany

European beech (Fagus sylvatica)

Forest Health

UAV

RGB

Canopy Condition

Extreme Drought

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

10.082

East bounding longitude

10.116

North bounding latitude

50.508

South bounding latitude

50.466

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

2020-09-09

End position

2020-09-10

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2023-05-05

Frequency of update

Quality and validity

Lineage

The RGB UAV data and associated Digital Elevation Model were collected using a DJI Phantom 4 UAV. Individual images were processed by the NERC Field Spectroscopy Facility with the orthorectified mosaics made available.

Conformity

Conformity report

specification

title

Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services

publisher

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

organisation name

Environmental Information Data Centre

full postal address

Lancaster Environment Centre, Library Avenue, Bailrigg

Lancaster

LA1 4AP

email address

info@eidc.ac.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2023-08-09T10:17:39

Metadata language

eng