Identification

Title

Impacts of increasing land use under energy crops - hydrology data, 2006-2009

Abstract

This data set consists of various hydrological measurements taken over two years of instrumental monitoring in fields of willow and Miscanthus crops from a study as part of the NERC Rural Economy and Land Use (RELU) programme. Future policies are likely to encourage more land use under energy crops: principally willow, grown as short rotation coppice, and a tall exotic grass Miscanthus. These crops will contribute to the UK's commitment to reduce CO2 emissions. However, it is not clear how decisions about appropriate areas for growing the crops, based on climate, soil and water, should be balanced against impacts on the landscape, social acceptance, biodiversity and the rural economy. This project integrated social, economic, hydrology and biodiversity studies in an interdisciplinary approach to assessing the impact of converting land to Miscanthus grass and short-rotation coppice (SRC) willows. Two contrasting farming systems were focused on: the arable-dominated East Midlands; and grassland-dominated South West England. This data set consists of various hydrological measurements taken over two years of instrumental monitoring in fields of both crops. GIS and biodiversity survey datasets are also available. The public attidues questionnaire data from this study are available at the UK Data Archive under study number 6615 (see online resources). Further documentation for this study may be found through the RELU Knowledge Portal and the project's ESRC funding award web page (see online resources).

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/data/647f7fe0-68d7-4d58-ac6b-19d96f0d790a

name: Download the data

description: Download a copy of this data

function: download

Unique resource identifier

code

1316697535636

codeSpace

CEH:EIDC:

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

biota

environment

farming

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

Land Use

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2008-06-01

Keyword set

keyword value

Rural Economy and Land Use Programme

Impacts of increasing land use under energy crops

Bridgwater

East midlands (region)

Lincoln

Retford

South west england (region)

Taunton

Agricultural economics

Agricultural land

Agronomy

Biofuels

Countryside conservation

Crops

Farming systems

Farms

Fuel resources

Land use

Renewable energy

Rural economics

Rural environment

Rural planning

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-4.262

East bounding longitude

1.077

North bounding latitude

54.775

South bounding latitude

51.371

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

2006-01-01

End position

2009-09-30

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2010-12-01

Frequency of update

notPlanned

Quality and validity

Lineage

Research funded by Economic and Social Research Council, Natural Environment Research Council and Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council. Award Number: RES-227-25-0020 Logged and manual measurements of 56 hydrological variables. Dataset consists of two files; one for each sampling site. Sampling carried out 26 Apr 2006 - 21 Feb 2007 for Miscanthus and 12 May 2006 - 6 Dec 2007 for SRC willow. Continuously logged, at hourly intervals, measurements of: downward global solar radiation, net radiation, air temperature, wet bulb temperature, wind speed, wind direction, rainfall, soil, latent and sensible heat fluxes and two sets of soil water contents measured at 6 depths. Intermittent measurements of canopy height and two sets of soil water content measured at 17 depths. Measurements were made using standard, commercially available instruments. Full details of the hydrological measurements, their units and the instruments used are found in the data files, along with information on the two sample sites.

Conformity

Conformity report

specification

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2010-12-08

degree

explanation

Data format

name of format

Microsoft Excel

version of format

11

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

organisation name

UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology

email address

enquiries@ceh.ac.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Responsible party

organisation name

Rothamsted Research, Plant and Invertebrate Ecology Division

email address

angela.karp@bbsrc.ac.uk

responsible party role

principalInvestigator

Responsible party

organisation name

Centre for Ecology & Hydrology

email address

enquiries@ceh.ac.uk

responsible party role

author

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

UK

email address

info@eidc.ac.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2021-06-25T18:40:47

Metadata language