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Soil water release curves and hydraulic conductivity measurements at four long-term grassland-to-woodland land use contrasts across England
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
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- Date (Publication)
- 2023-10-27
- Citation identifier
- https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/419af5cd-8adc-4400-9a28-d8e1d48b0bd7
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- doi: / 10.5285/419af5cd-8adc-4400-9a28-d8e1d48b0bd7
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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
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Reinsch, S. Author UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Cagnarini, C. Author UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Cosby, B.J. Author UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Emmett, B.A. Author UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Keith, A. Author UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Lebron, I. Author UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Mason, K. Author UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Robinson, D.A. Author UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Reinsch, S.
Point of contact UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Owner NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre Custodian NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre Publisher
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GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
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Soil
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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
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- Text, table
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- English
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- UTF8
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- Environment
- Begin date
- 2018-01-01
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- 2021-12-31
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- WGS 84
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- OSGB 1936 / British National Grid
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Name Version Comma-separated values (CSV)
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
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Protocol Linkage Name https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/data/419af5cd-8adc-4400-9a28-d8e1d48b0bd7 Download the data
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Protocol Linkage Name https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/419af5cd-8adc-4400-9a28-d8e1d48b0bd7.zip Supporting information
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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
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- 2010-12-08
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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.
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- 419af5cd-8adc-4400-9a28-d8e1d48b0bd7 XML
- Metadata language
- English
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- 8859 Part 1
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- Dataset
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dataset
- Date stamp
- 2025-03-21T09:22:20
- Metadata standard name
- UK GEMINI
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2.3
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre Point of contact
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