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Monthly precise levelling data of peat surface motion from upland and lowland blanket peatland in the Flow Country, Scotland, 2017-2019

Publisher
Environmental Information Data Centre
Updated
30 July 2026
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Summary

The datasets contains monthly Leica LS15 precise levelling data which is used to measure monthly peat surface motion from 49 points in 1km2 of upland (RSPB Forsinard Knockfin Heights) and 49 points in a 1km2 of lowland (Plantlife Munsary) blanket peatland within the Flow Country, Caithness and Sutherland. Data was obtained between August 2017 and February 2019 covering the 2018 European Drought Event. Also included are loop closures and measurement standard deviation data. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/f4f79d46-dac7-4628-a0b3-7427761737a6

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Source Metadata
XML, HTML
Date added
25 July 2026
Harvest GUID
f4f79d46-dac7-4628-a0b3-7427761737a6
Extent (Latitude)
58.544° to 58.216°
Extent (Longitude)
-4.403° to -3.424°
Dataset reference date (publication)
2021-03-02
Access constraints
University of Highlands and Islands
Responsible party
(author, pointOfContact, publisher, custodian)
ISO 19139 resource type
dataset
Metadata language
eng