54edbdcf-086e-40a7-b2cc-c1e4fcbfbbbc 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 2025-11-13T16:27:45 UK GEMINI 2.3 OSGB 1936 / British National Grid Nitrous oxide fluxes and associated soil measurements from a mixed livestock farm in central Scotland (2012-2013) 2019-06-17 publication 2019-05-15 creation https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/54edbdcf-086e-40a7-b2cc-c1e4fcbfbbbc 10.5285/54edbdcf-086e-40a7-b2cc-c1e4fcbfbbbc doi: Cowan, N.J., Levy, P.E., Skiba, U.M. (2019). Nitrous oxide fluxes and associated soil measurements from a mixed livestock farm in central Scotland (2012-2013). NERC Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/54edbdcf-086e-40a7-b2cc-c1e4fcbfbbbc This data set includes over 500 individual flux measurements of nitrous oxide (N2O) from a mixed livestock farm, carried out in 2012 and 2013 using a high-precision flux chamber method. Measurements of soil properties are also reported for each individual flux measurement. Soil pH, temperature moisture content, bulk density and ammonia and nitrate concentrations (extracted via the KCl method) are reported in the data. The data represents arable and grazed fields (cattle and sheep) as well as other sources of N2O from agricultural lands such as barns, manure heaps and silage storage. This data was used to assess farms scale emissions of N2O from a variety of sources over four seasons. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/54edbdcf-086e-40a7-b2cc-c1e4fcbfbbbc Cowan, N. UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk pointOfContact Cowan, N.J. Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Levy, P.E. 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 Skiba, U.M. Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author NERC Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk publisher NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk custodian Environmental Monitoring Facilities theme GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-06-01 publication livestock farming nitrogen oxides GEMET - Concepts, version 4.1.3 2019-01-28 creation Agriculture Climate and climate change Soil otherRestrictions no limitations otherRestrictions This resource is available under the terms of the Open Government Licence otherRestrictions © Crown Copyright and Database Right (2019) Defra otherRestrictions If you reuse this data, you should cite: Cowan, N.J., Levy, P.E., Skiba, U.M. (2019). Nitrous oxide fluxes and associated soil measurements from a mixed livestock farm in central Scotland (2012-2013). NERC Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/54edbdcf-086e-40a7-b2cc-c1e4fcbfbbbc textTable English utf8 farming climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere 2012-09-24 2013-07-10 -3.462 -2.947 55.702 55.908 Comma-separated values (CSV) NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk distributor https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/data/54edbdcf-086e-40a7-b2cc-c1e4fcbfbbbc Download the data Download a copy of this data download https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/54edbdcf-086e-40a7-b2cc-c1e4fcbfbbbc.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 Flux measurements were made using a high-precision closed chamber system where air was circulated between the chamber and an Aerodyne quantum cascade laser instrument measuring mixing ratios at 1 Hz. Fluxes were calculated from the concentration change in each chamber by linear and non-linear regression using the R package HMR which also provided the 95 % confidence interval in dc/dt. Soil samples were collected and frozen to - 18 ˚C within six hours of collection. Analysis of soils was carried out within 2 months of sampling. NH4+ and NO3- was extracted from the soil samples using 50 ml of 1 M KCl solution for 15 g of soil. The mixture was filtered using 2.5 µm filter paper (Fisherbrand, Hampton, New Hampshire, USA) and the solution was stored and frozen in 20 ml plastic vials. Concentrations of NH4+ and NO3- were measured using a Bran and Luebbe AutoAnalyser (SPX Flow Technology, Norderstedt, Germany) by the analytical department at the School of Geosciences, University of Edinburgh. A sub sample of the dried soils was taken to be ground (via ball milling) for elemental analysis of total carbon and nitrogen content of the soil (vario EL cube, Elemaentar, Hanau, Germany), also by the analytical department at the School of Geosciences, University of Edinburgh.