9be652e7-d5ce-44c1-a5fc-8349f76f5f5c 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 2026-01-09T12:33:29 UK GEMINI 2.3 OSGB 1936 / British National Grid Model estimates of aboveground carbon for Great Britain 2016-03-22 publication https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/9be652e7-d5ce-44c1-a5fc-8349f76f5f5c 10.5285/9be652e7-d5ce-44c1-a5fc-8349f76f5f5c doi: Henrys, P.A., Keith, A.M., Wood, C.M. (2016). Model estimates of aboveground carbon for Great Britain. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/9be652e7-d5ce-44c1-a5fc-8349f76f5f5c This dataset presents estimates of total carbon stored in vegetation across Great Britain (GB). Presented as carbon density (tonnes per hectare) the data was obtained by estimating carbon density values for each land cover type and then projecting across GB using the 2007 Land Cover Map. Countryside Survey data from 2007 was also used to derive the carbon density estimates for each land cover type and as such the dataset is a representation for 2007. Changes in size and productivity of the aboveground carbon pool may act as a sink or source for carbon dioxide. As such, the carbon stored in vegetation and its spatial distribution plays a vital role in climate regulation. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/9be652e7-d5ce-44c1-a5fc-8349f76f5f5c Henrys, P.A. Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4758-1482 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 Keith, A.M. Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9619-1320 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 Wood, C.M. Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0394-2998 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 NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk custodian NERC Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk publisher Henrys, P.A. UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk pointOfContact Natural England enquiries@naturalengland.org.uk owner notPlanned Land Cover theme GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-06-01 publication above-ground biomass carbon stock GEMET - Concepts, version 4.1.3 2019-01-28 creation Climate and climate change otherRestrictions no limitations otherRestrictions This resource is made available under the terms of the Open Government Licence otherRestrictions © Natural England otherRestrictions If you reuse this data, you should cite: Henrys, P.A., Keith, A.M., Wood, C.M. (2016). Model estimates of aboveground carbon for Great Britain. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/9be652e7-d5ce-44c1-a5fc-8349f76f5f5c grid 1000 English utf8 environment 1994-07-01 2007-10-31 -8.648 1.768 49.864 60.861 Esri Shapefile NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk distributor https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/data/9be652e7-d5ce-44c1-a5fc-8349f76f5f5c Download the data Download a copy of this data download https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/9be652e7-d5ce-44c1-a5fc-8349f76f5f5c.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 Carbon in vegetation calculated by estimating carbon densities for each land cover type, from either extensive literature search or published timber volume relationships, and scaling up to GB using land cover map 2007. For woodlands the carbon density estimates are age and species specific and therefore use data from the Woodland Inventory of Great Britain on the demographic distribution and data from Countryside Survey 2007 on the spatial distribution of woodland species composition.