419af5cd-8adc-4400-9a28-d8e1d48b0bd7 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 2025-11-13T16:24:59 UK GEMINI 2.3 WGS 84 OSGB 1936 / British National Grid Soil water release curves and hydraulic conductivity measurements at four long-term grassland-to-woodland land use contrasts across England 2023-10-27 publication https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/419af5cd-8adc-4400-9a28-d8e1d48b0bd7 10.5285/419af5cd-8adc-4400-9a28-d8e1d48b0bd7 doi: Reinsch, S., Cagnarini, C., Cosby, B.J., Emmett, B.A., Keith, A., Lebron, I., Mason, K., Robinson, D.A. (2023). Soil water release curves and hydraulic conductivity measurements at four long-term grassland-to-woodland land use contrasts across England. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/419af5cd-8adc-4400-9a28-d8e1d48b0bd7 This dataset contains soil water release curves and un-saturated hydraulic conductivity measurements from four long-term grassland-to-woodland land use contrasts across England between 2018 and 2021. Each land use contrast was assigned one grassland and one woodland plot respectively. Each of the plots was further divided into three grids (grassland grids 1 to 3 / woodland grids 4 to 6) with grids 1 and 6 being the furthest apart. The four grassland-to-woodland contrasts were located across England and sampled once : Gisburn (Gisburn-1, Gisburn-2), Wytham Woods, and Kielder Forest. Soil water release curves were measured for topsoil (0-5 cm) using the HYPROP system (UMS, Munich, Germany). Soil water infiltration (unsaturated hydraulic conductivity) was measured during soil sampling campaigns. Soil hydraulic measurements in this dataset are collocated with aboveground biomass production estimates and litter layer depth measurements, soil physical, chemical and biological properties (0-1 m), and earthworm counts and identification. A file is provided to connect all co-located measurements. This project was part of the UK-SCAPE programme which started in 2018 and was funded by the Natural Environment Research Council as National Capability (award number NE/R016429/1). Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/419af5cd-8adc-4400-9a28-d8e1d48b0bd7 Reinsch, S. UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4649-0677 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 Cagnarini, C. UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5106-2429 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 Cosby, B.J. UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5645-3373 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 Emmett, B.A. UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2713-4389 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 Keith, A. UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9619-1320 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 Lebron, I. UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8610-9717 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 Mason, K. UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3426-3178 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 Robinson, D.A. UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7290-4867 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 Reinsch, S. UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk pointOfContact UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk owner NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk custodian NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk publisher Soil theme GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-06-01 publication soil hydrology subsoil grassland GEMET - Concepts, version 4.1.3 2019-01-28 creation carbon SOC woodland topsoil soil physics soil hydrology HYPROP co-located measurements SOC-D UK-SCAPE otherRestrictions no limitations otherRestrictions This resource is available under the terms of the Open Government Licence otherRestrictions If you reuse this data, you should cite: Reinsch, S., Cagnarini, C., Cosby, B.J., Emmett, B.A., Keith, A., Lebron, I., Mason, K., Robinson, D.A. (2023). Soil water release curves and hydraulic conductivity measurements at four long-term grassland-to-woodland land use contrasts across England. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/419af5cd-8adc-4400-9a28-d8e1d48b0bd7 textTable English utf8 environment 2018-01-01 2021-12-31 -6.452 1.768 49.864 55.812 Comma-separated values (CSV) NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk distributor https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/data/419af5cd-8adc-4400-9a28-d8e1d48b0bd7 Download the data Download a copy of this data download https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/419af5cd-8adc-4400-9a28-d8e1d48b0bd7.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 Both soil hydraulic measurements were taken in grids 2 and 5. The soil samples (n=2-3 per grid) for measuring soil water release curves were taken using the HYPROP system (UMS, Munich, Germany) metal ring (5 cm deep, precise volume). The curves were measured using a WP4 potentiometer (Decagon devices, Pullman, Washington, USA). Data were automatically recorded by the HYPROP software and were exported as a .xlsx file which was then converted to .csv. Soil water infiltration (cm d-1, conductivity) was measured with a Minidisk infiltrometer (n=2-3 per grid). Water volume loss over time (sec) at a relevant tension was recorded using a stopwatch in the field . Data were collected on field sheets, transferred to Microsoft Excel, and data curves were visually inspected before being transferred to a Microsoft Excel Macro to calculate conductivity.