9209af2c-24f6-4e37-98fe-550032e97a2c English ISO/IEC 8859-1 (also known as Latin 1) dataset dataset NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre Lancaster Environment Centre, Library Avenue, Bailrigg Lancaster LA1 4AP UK info@eidc.ac.uk https://eidc.ac.uk/ EIDC website The Environmental Information Data Centre (EIDC) is the UK's national data centre for terrestrial and freshwater sciences. information pointOfContact 2025-11-13T16:15:26 UK GEMINI 2.3 OSGB 1936 / British National Grid Modelled potential carbon storage based on land cover and published carbon storage values in urban landscapes of the South Midlands 2018-11-16 publication https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/9209af2c-24f6-4e37-98fe-550032e97a2c 10.5285/9209af2c-24f6-4e37-98fe-550032e97a2c doi: Grafius, D.R., Corstanje, R., Harris, J.A. (2018). Modelled potential carbon storage based on land cover and published carbon storage values in urban landscapes of the South Midlands. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/9209af2c-24f6-4e37-98fe-550032e97a2c This dataset shows potential carbon storage as modelled for the urban areas of Milton Keynes/Newport Pagnell, Bedford, and Luton/Dunstable, UK. The modelling approach used the ‘InVEST (Integrated Valuation of Ecosystem Services and Trade-offs) 3.1.0’ ecosystem service model suite, raster land cover maps at two spatial resolutions (5 m and 25 m) and published literature values for carbon storage by land cover. The resulting data are presented in the form of two ‘GeoTIFF’ raster map files (and associated metadata and spatial information files required by software) that can be viewed and manipulated in Geographic Information Software. The units are kg C per square meter. The purpose of the modelling was to help assess and visualise the value that urban green space represents to urban residents and natural systems in just one of many ecosystem services. This research was conducted as part of the larger 'Fragments, Functions, Flows and Urban Ecosystem Services' (F3UES) programme. Detailed methods and results of this analysis are published in: Grafius DR, Corstanje R, Warren PH, et al (2016) The impact of land use/land cover scale on modelling urban ecosystem services. Landsc Ecol 31:1509–1522. doi: 10.1007/s10980-015-0337-7. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/9209af2c-24f6-4e37-98fe-550032e97a2c Grafius, D. University of Sheffield d.grafius@sheffield.ac.uk pointOfContact Grafius, D.R. University of Sheffield d.grafius@sheffield.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6833-4993 ORCID record ORCID is an open, non-profit, community-driven effort to create and maintain a registry of unique researcher identifiers and a transparent method of linking research activities and outputs to these identifiers. information author Corstanje, R. Cranfield University roncorstanje@cranfield.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3866-8316 ORCID record ORCID is an open, non-profit, community-driven effort to create and maintain a registry of unique researcher identifiers and a transparent method of linking research activities and outputs to these identifiers. information author Harris, J.A. Cranfield University j.a.harris@cranfield.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9266-4979 ORCID record ORCID is an open, non-profit, community-driven effort to create and maintain a registry of unique researcher identifiers and a transparent method of linking research activities and outputs to these identifiers. information author NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk custodian NERC Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk publisher Land Use theme GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-06-01 publication F3UES UrbanBESS carbon storage otherRestrictions no limitations otherRestrictions This resource is made available under the terms of the Open Government Licence otherRestrictions Created using data from: Ordnance Survey (GB). (2017). “OS MasterMap Topography Layer [FileGeoDatabase geospatial data].” EDINA Digimap Ordnance Survey Service. otherRestrictions Created using data from: Landmap; Bluesky. (2014). “Colour Infrared (CIR) data for England and Wales.” NERC Earth Observation Data Centre. otherRestrictions © Natural Environment Research Council otherRestrictions © Crown Copyright and Database Right (2017) OS (Digimap Licence) otherRestrictions © GeoPerspectives supplied by Bluesky 2014 otherRestrictions If you reuse this data, you should cite: Grafius, D.R., Corstanje, R., Harris, J.A. (2018). Modelled potential carbon storage based on land cover and published carbon storage values in urban landscapes of the South Midlands. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/9209af2c-24f6-4e37-98fe-550032e97a2c grid 25 English utf8 environment 2016-01-01 2016-12-31 -0.878 -0.357 51.872 52.175 TIFF NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk distributor https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/data/9209af2c-24f6-4e37-98fe-550032e97a2c Download the data Download a copy of this data download https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/9209af2c-24f6-4e37-98fe-550032e97a2c.zip Supporting information Supporting information available to assist in re-use of this dataset information dataset dataset 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 2010-12-08 This dataset is the result of modelling using the 'InVEST 3.1.0' ecosystem service model suite. Input parameters did not involve direct fieldwork measurements but instead drew from existing land cover maps and published literature values of carbon storage by land cover type (kg C per square meter or similar) in comparable study locations (primarily Leicester, UK; with some other UK and European mainland cities considered during the literature review stage). Data gathering, literature review and modelling took place during 2015 and 2016, with the final results published in 2016. Quality control on preliminary model versions was done informally by comparison to results reported in published literature as no empirical measurements of carbon storage were available in our study area at the time of modelling for validation purposes. Focus was therefore placed on ensuring a sound theoretical model structure and use of relevant parameters from comparable studies. This dataset therefore represents purely modelled results and should not be interpreted as empirical measurements. Aboveground carbon values were adapted from: Davies ZG, Edmondson JL, Heinemeyer A, et al (2011) Mapping an urban ecosystem service: Quantifying above-ground carbon storage at a city-wide scale. J Appl Ecol 48:1125–1134. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2011.02021.x. Soil carbon values were adapted from: Edmondson JL, Davies ZG, McCormack SA, et al (2014) Land-cover effects on soil organic carbon stocks in a European city. Sci Total Environ 472:444–453. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.11.025. Detailed methods of this analysis and results/conclusions are published in: Grafius DR, Corstanje R, Warren PH, et al (2016) The impact of land use/land cover scale on modelling urban ecosystem services. Landsc Ecol 31:1509–1522. doi: 10.1007/s10980-015-0337-7.