Model estimates of topsoil moisture [Countryside Survey]

Topsoil moisture data - gravimetric moisture content (%). Data is representative of 0 - 15 cm soil depth. Cores from 1098 plots within 256 1km by 1km squares were measured in 1998 and 2614 plots within 591 1km x 1km squares were analysed in 2007 across Great Britain. See Emmett et al. 2010 for further details of sampling and methods ( http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/5201/1/CS_UK_2007_TR3%5B1%5D.pdf). Estimates of mean values within selected habitats and parent material characteristics across GB were made using Countryside Survey (CS) data from 1998 and 2007 using a mixed model approach. The estimated means of habitat/parent material combinations are modelled on dominant habitat and parent material characteristics derived from the Land Cover Map 2007 and Parent Material Model 2009, respectively. The parent material characteristics used were those which minimised AIC in the model (see Data documentation). Please see Scott, 2008 for further details of similar statistical analysis ( http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/5202/1/CS_UK_2007_TR4%5B1%5D.pdf). Areas, such as urban and littoral rock, are not sampled by CS and therefore have no associated data. Also, in some circumstances sample sizes for particular habitat / parent material combinations were insufficient to estimate mean values. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/8db84900-5fdb-43be-a607-e56c843d9b87

Date (Publication): 2014-06-26

Citation identifier: CEH:EIDC: / 1395932301823

Citation identifier: https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/8db84900-5fdb-43be-a607-e56c843d9b87

Citation identifier: doi: / 10.5285/8db84900-5fdb-43be-a607-e56c843d9b87

Other citation details: Henrys, P.A., Keith, A.M., Robinson, D.A., Emmett, B.A. (2014). Model estimates of topsoil moisture [Countryside Survey]. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/8db84900-5fdb-43be-a607-e56c843d9b87

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Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology	Keith, A.M.	enquiries@ceh.ac.uk	Point of contact
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology	Henrys, P.A.	enquiries@ceh.ac.uk	Author
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology	Keith, A.M.	enquiries@ceh.ac.uk	Author
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology	Robinson, D.A.	enquiries@ceh.ac.uk	Author
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology	Emmett, B.A.	enquiries@ceh.ac.uk	Author
NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre		info@eidc.ac.uk	Custodian
NERC Environmental Information Data Centre		info@eidc.ac.uk	Publisher

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Soil
Broad Habitat
Countryside Survey
Parent Material Model

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Title: 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

Date (Publication): 2010-12-08

Statement: Data used are taken from the Countryside Survey Soils Report (Emmett et al. 2010) which can be found at http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/9354/1/CS_UK_2007_TR9.pdf

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