Model estimates of aboveground carbon for Great Britain

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

Date (Publication): 2016-03-22

Citation identifier: https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/9be652e7-d5ce-44c1-a5fc-8349f76f5f5c

Citation identifier: doi: / 10.5285/9be652e7-d5ce-44c1-a5fc-8349f76f5f5c

Other citation details: 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

Point of contact

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
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	Wood, C.M.	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
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology	Henrys, P.A.	enquiries@ceh.ac.uk	Point of contact
Natural England		enquiries@naturalengland.org.uk	Owner

Maintenance and update frequency: Not planned

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

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GEMET - Concepts, version 4.1.3

Keywords

Climate and climate change

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Other constraints: This resource is made available under the terms of the Open Government Licence

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Other constraints: © Natural England

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Other constraints: 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

Spatial representation type: Grid

Distance: 1000 urn:ogc:def:uom:EPSG::9001

Language: English

Character set: UTF8

Topic category

Environment

Begin date: 1994-07-01

End date: 2007-10-31

Unique resource identifier: OSGB 1936 / British National Grid

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NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre		info@eidc.ac.uk	Distributor

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	https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/9be652e7-d5ce-44c1-a5fc-8349f76f5f5c.zip	Supporting information

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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: 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.

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Metadata language: English

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Date stamp: 2026-01-09T12:33:29

Metadata standard name: UK GEMINI

Metadata standard version: 2.3

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Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre		info@eidc.ac.uk	Point of contact

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