4538e272-f276-472f-b11c-fcf84e2cc306 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 2025-11-13T16:18:21 UK GEMINI 2.3 OSGB 1936 / British National Grid Deposition and concentration of nitrogen and sulphur for protected sites in the UK, 2016-2018 2020-12-11 publication https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/4538e272-f276-472f-b11c-fcf84e2cc306 10.5285/4538e272-f276-472f-b11c-fcf84e2cc306 doi: Bealey, W.J., Martin Hernandez, C., Levy, P.E., Stedman, J.R. (2020). Deposition and concentration of nitrogen and sulphur for protected sites in the UK, 2016-2018. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/4538e272-f276-472f-b11c-fcf84e2cc306 This dataset provides deposition values of sulphur and nitrogen deposition and concentration values for ammonia (NH3), sulphur dioxide (SO2) and nitrogen oxide (NOx) on the UK nature conservation protected sites, averaged over the years 2016 to 2018. The dataset also includes calculated minimum, maximum and gridded average values for each site. Protected nature sites covered are: (i) Special Areas of Conservation (SAC) (ii) Special Protection Areas (SPA) (iii) Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI). The data consist of values of nitrogen and acid deposition, and concentrations of ammonia (NH3) based on the Concentration Based Estimated Deposition (CBED), and concentrations of NOx and SO2 using the Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) model. Nitrogen and acid deposition data is also given for specific habitat types including: (i) moorland/short vegetation everywhere, (ii) forest everywhere, and (iii) the grid square average over multiple land cover types (i.e. arable, grassland, forest, moorland, urban) These habitat-specific data are recommended for use with critical loads for the calculation of critical load exceedances using the relevant deposition/habitat type. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/4538e272-f276-472f-b11c-fcf84e2cc306 Bealey, W.J. UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3708-5864 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 Martin Hernandez, C. UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Levy, P.E. UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8505-1901 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 Stedman, J.R. Ricardo Energy & Environment john.stedman@ricardo.com author Bealey, W.J. UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3708-5864 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 pointOfContact NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk custodian NERC Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk publisher UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk owner Natural Resources Wales enquiries@naturalresourceswales.gov.uk owner Environment Agency enquiries@environment-agency.gov.uk owner Northern Ireland Environment Agency nieainfo@daera-ni.gov.uk owner Natural England enquiries@naturalengland.org.uk owner Joint Nature Conservation Committee enquiries@ceh.ac.uk owner Scotland and Northern Ireland Forum for Environmental Research (SNIFFER) enquiries@ceh.ac.uk owner Scottish Environment Protection Agency enquiries@ceh.ac.uk owner Scottish Natural Heritage INVERNESS_SERVICE_DELIVERY_TEAM@nature.scot owner Protected Sites theme GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-06-01 publication acid deposition critical load atmospheric pollution GEMET - Concepts, version 4.1.3 2019-01-28 creation Pollution source attribution nitrogen deposition natura 2000 ecosystem impacts from atmospheric pollution otherRestrictions no limitations otherRestrictions This resource is available under the terms of the Open Government Licence otherRestrictions © UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Natural Resources Wales, Environment Agency, the Northern Ireland Environment Agency, Natural England, the Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC), Scotland and Northern Ireland Forum for Environmental Research (SNIFFER), the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA), Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) otherRestrictions If you reuse this data, you should cite: Bealey, W.J., Martin Hernandez, C., Levy, P.E., Stedman, J.R. (2020). Deposition and concentration of nitrogen and sulphur for protected sites in the UK, 2016-2018. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/4538e272-f276-472f-b11c-fcf84e2cc306 textTable 5000 1000 English utf8 environment 2016-01-01 2018-12-31 -8.648 1.768 49.864 60.861 Comma-separated values (CSV) NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk distributor https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/datastore/eidchub/4538e272-f276-472f-b11c-fcf84e2cc306 Download the data Download a copy of this data fileAccess https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/4538e272-f276-472f-b11c-fcf84e2cc306.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 The Air Pollution Information System (APIS), through the 'Site Relevant Critical Loads' tool, provides critical loads for acidity and nitrogen and critical levels for ammonia, sulphur dioxide and nitrogen oxides for designated features within every SAC, SPA or A/SSSI in the UK. In addition, deposition and concentration data for nitrogen and sulphur pollutants are provided at each site to give an estimate of critical load/level exceedance. The data provided is based on pollutant deposition gridded maps for nitrogen and acid deposition and concentration maps of ammonia, nitrogen oxides and sulphur, which are overlayed to a GIS shape file of site boundaries in the UK (e.g. SAC, SPA, SSSI). These gridded maps were then clipped to provide the pollutant values for each grid square including the area of the clipped grid. The resulting data was then queried to generate site statistics in the form of a minimum, maximum and area weighted average values for each of the pollutants. For nitrogen and acid deposition values and ammonia concentrations, 3 year average pollutant maps were used at a resolution of 5 x 5 km from the CBED model for the years 2016-2018. For nitrogen dioxide and sulphur dioxide concentrations the 1 x 1 km PCM model was used based on the 3 year average (2016-2018). Deposition values are generated for specific habitat types (forest and semi-natural) to be used in critical load exceedance calculations. The full methodology is available in the contextual metadata linked to this record. The work of APIS is jointly funded between the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology and the UK pollution and conservation agencies including Natural Resources Wales (NRW), the Environment Agency, Northern Ireland Environment Agency, Natural England, the Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC), the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA), and Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH).