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Bare sand, wind speed, aspect and slope at four English and Welsh coastal sand dunes, 2014-2016

This data contains values of bare sand area, modelled wind speed, aspect and slope at a 2.5 m spatial resolution for four UK coastal dune fields, Abberfraw (Wales), Ainsdale (England), Morfa Dyffryn (Wales), Penhale (England). Data is stored as a .csv file. Data is available for 620,756.25 m2 of dune at Abberfraw, 550,962.5 m2 of dune at Ainsdale, 1,797,756.25 m2 of dune at Morfa Dyffryn and 2,275,056.25 m2 of dune at Penhale. All values were calculated from aerial imagery and digital terrain models collected between 2014 and 2016. For each location, areas of bare sand were mapped in QGIS using the semi-automatic classification plugin (SCP) and the minimum distance algorithm on true-colour RGB images. The slope and aspect of the dune surface at each site was calculated in QGIS from digital terrain models. Wind speed at 0.4 m above the surface of the digital terrain model at each site was calculated using a steady state computational fluid dynamics (CFD). Data was collected to statistically test the relationship between bare sand and three abiotic physical factors on coastal dunes (wind speed, dune slope and dune slope aspect). Vertical aerial imagery was sourced from EDINA Aerial Digimap Service and digital terrain models from EDINA LIDAR Digimap Service. Wind speed data was generated and interpreted by Dr Thomas Smyth (University of Huddersfield). Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/972599af-0cc3-4e0e-a4dc-2fab7a6dfc85

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Date (Publication)
2022-11-15
Citation identifier
https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/972599af-0cc3-4e0e-a4dc-2fab7a6dfc85
Citation identifier
doi: / 10.5285/972599af-0cc3-4e0e-a4dc-2fab7a6dfc85
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Smyth, T.A.G. (2022). Bare sand, wind speed, aspect and slope at four English and Welsh coastal sand dunes, 2014-2016. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/972599af-0cc3-4e0e-a4dc-2fab7a6dfc85

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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

University of Huddersfield

Smyth, T.A.G.

t.ag.smyth@hud.ac.uk

Author

University of Huddersfield

Smyth, T.A.G.

t.ag.smyth@hud.ac.uk

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NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre

info@eidc.ac.uk

Custodian
NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre

info@eidc.ac.uk

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University of Huddersfield

t.ag.smyth@hud.ac.uk

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GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

  • Land Use

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If you reuse this data, you should cite: Smyth, T.A.G. (2022). Bare sand, wind speed, aspect and slope at four English and Welsh coastal sand dunes, 2014-2016. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/972599af-0cc3-4e0e-a4dc-2fab7a6dfc85

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2.5  urn:ogc:def:uom:EPSG::9001
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Comma-separated values (CSV)

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NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre

info@eidc.ac.uk

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https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/data/972599af-0cc3-4e0e-a4dc-2fab7a6dfc85

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https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/972599af-0cc3-4e0e-a4dc-2fab7a6dfc85.zip

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dataset

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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

Date (Publication)
2010-12-08
Statement

For each location, areas of bare sand were created in QGIS using the semi-automatic classification plugin (SCP) and the minimum distance algorithm on true-colour RGB vertical aerial images. The slope and aspect of the dune surface at each site was calculated in QGIS from digital terrain models. Wind speed at 0.4 m above the surface of the digital terrain model at each site was calculated using computational fluid dynamics (CFD). Vertical aerial imagery was sourced from EDINA Aerial Digimap Service and digital terrain models from EDINA LIDAR Digimap Service. Data was generated and interpreted by Dr Thomas Smyth (University of Huddersfield)

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972599af-0cc3-4e0e-a4dc-2fab7a6dfc85 XML
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English
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dataset

Date stamp
2025-03-21T09:21:59
Metadata standard name
UK GEMINI
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2.3

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NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre

info@eidc.ac.uk

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GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

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