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Carbon dioxide and methane fluxes and associated environmental observations between 2019 and 2021 from paired burned/unburned blanket bog undergoing restoration from afforestation at Forsinard, Sutherland, UK

Publisher
Environmental Information Data Centre
Updated
30 July 2026
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Summary

This dataset contains time series observations of land surface-atmosphere exchanges of net ecosystem carbon dioxide exchange (NEE), sensible heat (H) and latent heat (LE), methane (CH4) and meteorological observations measured at two locations in the Flow Country blanket bog complex, Caithness and Sutherland, UK. The tower over the area affected by wildfire after initial felling (UK-DKF) is located at 58.431, -3.96 and monitors across a footprint affected by a wildfire in early May 2019. The tower over the area felled for restoration after previous afforestation (UK-DKE-RESTORED, which was not affected by the wildfire) is located at 58.428, -3.967 and measures fluxes from a footprint identical in ground flora, topography, soil type and previous management to that of the FIRE tower, with the only exception that the fire did not reach as far as the footprint monitored. The dataset comprises eddy covariance CO2, water and energy fluxes, originally collected at 20Hz and processed to 30-minute data, as well as accompanying meteorological observations, originally collected at 15 min and processed to 30-minute data. The time period covered in this dataset is 25/09/2019 – 20/05/2021. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/d4a7ca90-0c62-4a31-986e-f433e1644bf3

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Source Metadata
XML, HTML
Date added
25 July 2026
Harvest GUID
d4a7ca90-0c62-4a31-986e-f433e1644bf3
Extent (Latitude)
61.138° to 55.089°
Extent (Longitude)
-8.648° to 0.019°
Dataset reference date (publication)
2022-03-07
Access constraints
If you reuse this data, you should cite: Artz, R.R.E., Coyle, M., Bass, A., Andersen, R. (2022). Carbon dioxide and methane fluxes and associated environmental observations between 2019 and 2021 from paired burned/unburned blanket bog undergoing restoration from afforestation at Forsinard, Sutherland, UK. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/d4a7ca90-0c62-4a31-986e-f433e1644bf3
Responsible party
James Hutton Institute (author, pointOfContact); University of Glasgow (author); University of the Highlands and Islands (author); (publisher, custodian); Natural Environment Research Council (owner)
ISO 19139 resource type
dataset
Metadata language
eng