Identification

Title

Modelled Miscanthus yield and soil carbon change data for the tropics (2040-2049) and Europe (2090-2099)

Abstract

This dataset contains potential yields of Miscanthus and changes to soil carbon storage resulting from Miscanthus cultivation. The purpose of this study was to evaluate and compare diverse modelling techniques for evaluating the potential of bioenergy crops to mitigate climate change. Three different types of gridded global models were used: a land surface model, JULES (the Joint UK Land Environment Simulator); a bioenergy crop model, MiscanFor; and an integrated assessment model, IMAGE (Integrated Model to Assess the Global Environment). The simulated scenario uses land use and climatology from RCP (Representative Concentration Pathway) 2.6 and focuses on two study areas: the tropics during 2040-49, and Europe during 2090-99. These data were generated as part of the NERC programme Feasibility of Afforestation and Biomass energy with carbon capture storage for Greenhouse Gas Removal (FAB GGR) (Grant NE/P019951/1). Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/16b26b21-98ce-4c26-8b9e-c80c91403d9e

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/data/16b26b21-98ce-4c26-8b9e-c80c91403d9e

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https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/16b26b21-98ce-4c26-8b9e-c80c91403d9e.zip

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

function: information

Unique resource identifier

code

https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/16b26b21-98ce-4c26-8b9e-c80c91403d9e

codeSpace

doi:

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

environment

farming

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

Environmental Monitoring Facilities

originating controlled vocabulary

title

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2008-06-01

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-180

East bounding longitude

180

North bounding latitude

South bounding latitude

-90

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

2040-01-01

End position

2099-12-31

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2024-01-18

Frequency of update

notPlanned

Quality and validity

Lineage

The data are model output produced for the purpose of evaluating and comparing Miscanthus yields and soil carbon impacts from three different types of global model. The models used are: a land surface model, JULES (the Joint UK Land Environment Simulator); a bioenergy crop model, MiscanFor; and an integrated assessment model, IMAGE (Integrated Model to Assess the Global Environment). All files provided are raw model output and have undergone no post-processing. The units of yield and soil carbon content are described in the Supporting Information. This dataset underpins the analysis in Littleton et al. 2022, "Uncertain effectiveness of Miscanthus bioenergy expansion for climate change mitigation explored using land surface, agronomic and integrated assessment models" (https://doi.org/10.1111/gcbb.12982).

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

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2010-12-08

degree

explanation

Data format

name of format

Comma-separated values (CSV)

version of format

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

If you reuse this data, you should cite: Littleton, E.W., Shepherd, A., Harper, A.B., Hastings, A.F.S., Vaughan, N.E., Doelman, J., Van Vuuren, D., Lenton, T.M. (2024). Modelled Miscanthus yield and soil carbon change data for the tropics (2040-2049) and Europe (2090-2099). NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/16b26b21-98ce-4c26-8b9e-c80c91403d9e

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

organisation name

email address

e.w.littleton@exeter.ac.uk

web address

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5576-5498

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