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Model estimates of aboveground carbon for Great Britain
This dataset presents estimates of total carbon stored in vegetation across Great Britain (GB). Presented as carbon density (tonnes per hectare) the data was obtained by estimating carbon density values for each land cover type and then projecting across GB using the 2007 Land Cover Map. Countryside Survey data from 2007 was also used to derive the carbon density estimates for each land cover type and as such the dataset is a representation for 2007. Changes in size and productivity of the aboveground carbon pool may act as a sink or source for carbon dioxide. As such, the carbon stored in vegetation and its spatial distribution plays a vital role in climate regulation. Full details about this dataset can be found at
https://doi.org/10.5285/9be652e7-d5ce-44c1-a5fc-8349f76f5f5c
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- Date (Publication)
- 2016-03-22
- Identifier
- doi: / 10.5285/9be652e7-d5ce-44c1-a5fc-8349f76f5f5c
- Other citation details
- Henrys, P.A., Keith, A.M., Wood, C.M. (2016). Model estimates of aboveground carbon for Great Britain. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/9be652e7-d5ce-44c1-a5fc-8349f76f5f5c
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- notPlanned Not planned
- GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
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- Land Cover
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- no limitations
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- © Natural England
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- If you reuse this data, you should cite: Henrys, P.A., Keith, A.M., Wood, C.M. (2016). Model estimates of aboveground carbon for Great Britain. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/9be652e7-d5ce-44c1-a5fc-8349f76f5f5c
- Spatial representation type
- grid Grid
- Distance
- 1000 urn:ogc:def:uom:EPSG::9001
- Metadata language
- EnglishEnglish
- Character set
- utf8 UTF8
- Topic category
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- Environment
- Begin date
- 1994-07-01
- End date
- 2007-10-31
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- Unique resource identifier
- OSGB 1936 / British National Grid
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- Date (Publication)
- 2010-12-08
- Statement
- Carbon in vegetation calculated by estimating carbon densities for each land cover type, from either extensive literature search or published timber volume relationships, and scaling up to GB using land cover map 2007. For woodlands the carbon density estimates are age and species specific and therefore use data from the Woodland Inventory of Great Britain on the demographic distribution and data from Countryside Survey 2007 on the spatial distribution of woodland species composition.
- File identifier
- 9be652e7-d5ce-44c1-a5fc-8349f76f5f5c XML
- Metadata language
- EnglishEnglish
- Character set
- ISO/IEC 8859-1 (also known as Latin 1) 8859 Part 1
- Hierarchy level
- dataset Dataset
- Hierarchy level name
- dataset
- Date stamp
- 2025-11-05T08:31:54
- Metadata standard name
- UK GEMINI
- Metadata standard version
- 2.3
Point of contact
NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
Lancaster Environment Centre, Library Avenue, Bailrigg
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Lancaster
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LA1 4AP
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UK
https://eidc.ac.uk/
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