Topsoil physico-chemical properties from the UKCEH Countryside Survey, Great Britain, 2022

Reinsch, Sabine ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4649-0677; Bentley, Laura ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5055-7673; Brentegani, Michele; Chetiu, Nicolae - Florian; Dhiedt, Els ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2575-6800; Emmett, Bridget ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2713-4389; Fitos, Eleonora; Garbutt, Angus ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9145-9786; Guyatt, Hayley; Henrys, Peter ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4758-1482; Hunt, Alexander; Keenan, Patrick; Keith, Aidan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9619-1320; Lebron, Inma ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8610-9717; Mensah, Eric; Pallett, Denise; Dos Santos Pereira, Gloria ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3740-0019; Risser, Hannah ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9819-1092; Rowe, Rebecca ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7554-821X; Salisbury, Edward; Scarlett, Peter; Smart, Simon ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2750-7832; Tandy, Susan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0662-0991; Wagner, Markus; Wallace, Hilary; Wood, Claire ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0394-2998; Robinson, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7290-4867. Topsoil physico-chemical properties from the UKCEH Countryside Survey, Great Britain, 2022. 7 December 2023, https://doi.org/10.5285/d53fdf1d-767a-4046-821a-ea645001ddd3 [Output (Electronic)]

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Abstract/Summary

This dataset consists of measures of topsoil (0-15 cm) physico-chemical properties from soils sampled from 110 x 1-km squares across Great Britain in 2022 as part of a rolling soil and vegetation monitoring program of 500 1-km squares repeated every 5 years. The properties included are: pH, soil organic matter (loss on ignition, LOI), derived carbon concentration and carbon stock (SOC), soil group, soil bulk density of fine earth, soil moisture of wet soil, fine earth volumetric water content (dry), nitrogen concentration and stock, and Olsen-phosphorus concentration. The UKCEH Countryside Survey is a unique study or 'audit' of the natural resources of the UK's countryside. The sample sites are chosen from a stratified random sample, based on a 15 by 15 km grid of GB. Surveys have been carried out in 1978, 1984, 1990, 1998 and 2007 by the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) and predecessors, with repeated visits to most of the squares. The countryside is sampled and surveyed using rigorous scientific methods, allowing us to compare new results with those from previous surveys. In this way, we can detect the gradual and subtle changes that occur in the UK's countryside over time. In addition to soil data, vegetation species data are also gathered by the current phase of the UKCEH Countryside Survey. This work was supported by the Natural Environment Research Council award number NE/R016429/1 as part of the UK-SCAPE programme delivering National Capability.

Item Type:	Output (Electronic)
Electronic Identifier / URL / DOI:	https://doi.org/10.5285/d53fdf1d-767a-4046-821a-ea645001ddd3
Additional Keywords:	derived carbon concentration , electrical conductivity , Environmental survey , fine earth volumetric water content , Great Britain , Olsen-phosphorous , SOC , Soil , soil bulk density of fine earth , soil nitrogen , soil organic matter , soil pH , total soil organic carbon , UK-SCAPE
Date made live:	21 Feb 2024 09:52 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/536948

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