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Topsoil physico-chemical properties from the Environment and Rural Affairs Monitoring & Modelling Programme, Wales, 2021-2023
This dataset includes a range of physico-chemical properties measured from topsoil (0-15 cm) within a wide range of land use types across Wales, collected as part of the Environment and Rural Affairs Monitoring & Modelling Programme (ERAMMP) between 2021 and 2023. The properties included are: soil organic matter (loss on ignition (LOI)), derived carbon concentration, total soil organic carbon (SOC), nitrogen, total soil phosphorous, Olsen-phosphorous (within improved land only), pH, electrical conductivity, soil bulk density of fine earth, fine earth volumetric water content, gravimetric water content, and soil group. ERAMMP is a resurvey of the 300 locations from the initial monitoring program (300 1km squares) on a rolling annual basis, with the aim to resurvey all sites between 2021 and 2025. Between 2021-2023, ERAMMP resurveyed 224 of those 300 were resurveyed for soil monitoring. The GMEP project was set up by the Welsh Government in 2013 to monitor the effects of the Glastir agri-environment scheme on the environment and ran from 2013 to 2016. The field survey element was based on a stratified random sampling design of 300 x 1km square sites across Wales and was managed by the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH). Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/deabe608-fc6e-4d3a-812f-fb08ae515121
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- Date (Publication)
- 2025-07-21
- Date (Creation)
- 2025-06-24
- Citation identifier
- https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/deabe608-fc6e-4d3a-812f-fb08ae515121
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- doi: / 10.5285/deabe608-fc6e-4d3a-812f-fb08ae515121
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Reinsch, S., Bentley, L., Brentegani, M., Carter, H., Dhiedt, E., Ebuele, V., Emmett, B.A., Hunt, A., Keenan, P., Keith, A., Lebron, I., Lucas, J.R., Monkman, G., Pereira, M.G., Richardson-Jones, V., Rowe, R., Salisbury, E., Tandy, S., Wood, C.M., Ardeshir, D., Biddle, A., Boffey, C., Ceallaigh, C., Cope, S., Fothergill, C., Friend, R., Handley, J., Handley, T., Higgins, A., Horninge, L., Moir, A., O'Neil, A., Savage, C., Scott, H., Shepherd, S., Ward, T., Jan Winder, Jon Winder, Robinson, D.A. (2025). Topsoil physico-chemical properties from the Environment and Rural Affairs Monitoring & Modelling Programme, Wales, 2021-2023. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/deabe608-fc6e-4d3a-812f-fb08ae515121
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GEMET - Concepts, version 4.1.3
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- Agriculture
- Biodiversity
- electrical conductivity
- Olsen phosphorus
- nitrogen
- pH
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Wales
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derived carbon concentration
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environmental survey
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fine earth volumetric water content
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SOC
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soil bulk density of fine earth
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© Crown copyright: Welsh Government licenced under the Open Government Licence v3.0
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© Hawlfraint y Goron: Llywodraeth Cymru Mae’r holl gynnwys ar gael dan Drwydded Llywodraeth Agored v3.0
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For the avoidance of doubt, if the publication of the Licensed Data is not within Wales, the Welsh form of the acknowledgement wording is not required.
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If you reuse this data, you should cite: Reinsch, S., Bentley, L., Brentegani, M., Carter, H., Dhiedt, E., Ebuele, V., Emmett, B.A., Hunt, A., Keenan, P., Keith, A., Lebron, I., Lucas, J.R., Monkman, G., Pereira, M.G., Richardson-Jones, V., Rowe, R., Salisbury, E., Tandy, S., Wood, C.M., Ardeshir, D., Biddle, A., Boffey, C., Ceallaigh, C., Cope, S., Fothergill, C., Friend, R., Handley, J., Handley, T., Higgins, A., Horninge, L., Moir, A., O'Neil, A., Savage, C., Scott, H., Shepherd, S., Ward, T., Jan Winder, Jon Winder, Robinson, D.A. (2025). Topsoil physico-chemical properties from the Environment and Rural Affairs Monitoring & Modelling Programme, Wales, 2021-2023. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/deabe608-fc6e-4d3a-812f-fb08ae515121
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- TIN
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- 10 urn:ogc:def:uom:EPSG::9001
- Language
- English
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- UTF8
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- Biota
- Begin date
- 2023-01-02
- End date
- 2023-12-31
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- OSGB 1936 / British National Grid
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Name Version Comma-separated values (CSV)
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
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Protocol Linkage Name https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/deabe608-fc6e-4d3a-812f-fb08ae515121.zip Supporting information
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Protocol Linkage Name https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/data/deabe608-fc6e-4d3a-812f-fb08ae515121 Download the data
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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
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Within each of 224 x 1-km locations, a set of soil samples were taken from up to 5 pre-determined randomly dispersed locations (where practically possible). The soil sample analysed for soil metrics was taken using a black plastic core ('C-core'), 15 cm long, from a location co-incident with vegetation surveys. After collection, the soil cores were refrigerated and stored until posted, usually within a couple of days, to laboratories at the UKCEH sites in Bangor and Lancaster. Analysed data were transferred to secure databases at UKCEH following sample analysis.
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- deabe608-fc6e-4d3a-812f-fb08ae515121 XML
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- English
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- 8859 Part 1
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dataset
- Date stamp
- 2026-01-13T08:37:01
- Metadata standard name
- UK GEMINI
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2.3
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre Point of contact
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