Deposition and concentration of nitrogen and sulphur for protected sites in the UK, 2017-2019
This dataset provides values of sulphur and nitrogen deposition, deposition of non-marine base cations and concentration values for ammonia (NH3), sulphur dioxide (SO2) and nitrogen oxide (NOx) on the UK nature conservation protected sites, averaged over the years 2017 to 2019. The dataset also includes calculated minimum, maximum and gridded average values for each site. Protected nature sites covered are: (i) Special Areas of Conservation (SAC) (ii) Special Protection Areas (SPA) (iii) Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI). The data consist of values of nitrogen and acid deposition, non-marine base cation deposition, and concentrations of ammonia (NH3) based on the Concentration Based Estimated Deposition (CBED), and concentrations of NOx and SO2 using the Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) model. Nitrogen and acid deposition data is also given for specific habitat types including: (i) moorland/short vegetation everywhere, (ii) forest everywhere, and (iii) the grid square average over multiple land cover types (i.e. arable, grassland, forest, moorland, urban) These habitat-specific data are recommended for use with critical loads for the calculation of critical load exceedances using the relevant deposition/habitat type. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/65ab44a0-58bd-43ab-a3bc-a850ddd9a0f1
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climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere
environment
Protected Sites
publication
2008-06-01
Deposition
Concentration
Ammonia
Nitrogen
Sulphur
-8.648
1.768
60.861
49.864
2017-01-01
2019-12-31
publication
2021-09-10
The Air Pollution Information System (APIS), through the 'Site Relevant Critical Loads' tool and APIS new mapping interface, provides critical loads for acidity and nitrogen and critical levels for ammonia, sulphur dioxide and nitrogen oxides for designated features within every SAC, SPA or A/SSSI in the UK. In addition, deposition and concentration data for nitrogen, sulphur pollutants and non-marine base cations are provided at each site to give an estimate of critical load/level exceedance. The data provided is based on pollutant deposition gridded maps for nitrogen and acid deposition and concentration maps of ammonia, nitrogen oxides, sulphur and non-marine base cations, which are overlayed to a GIS shape file of site boundaries in the UK (e.g. SAC, SPA, SSSI). These gridded maps were then clipped to provide the pollutant values for each grid square including the area of the clipped grid. The resulting data was then queried to generate site statistics in the form of a minimum, maximum and area weighted average values for each of the pollutants. For nitrogen and acid deposition values, base cations deposition and ammonia concentrations, 3 year average pollutant maps were used at a resolution of 5 x 5 km from the CBED model for the years 2017-2019. For nitrogen dioxide and sulphur dioxide concentrations the 1 x 1 km PCM model was used based on the 3 year average (2017-2019). Deposition values are generated for specific habitat types (forest and semi-natural) to be used in critical load exceedance calculations. The full methodology is available in the contextual metadata linked to this record. The work of APIS is jointly funded between the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology and the UK pollution and conservation agencies including Natural Resources Wales (NRW), the Environment Agency, Northern Ireland Environment Agency, Natural England, the Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC), the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA), and Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH).
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2010-12-08
Comma-separated values (CSV)
© UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Natural Resources Wales, Environment Agency, the Northern Ireland Environment Agency, Natural England, the Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC), Scotland and Northern Ireland Forum for Environmental Research (SNIFFER), the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA), Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH)
If you reuse this data, you should cite: Bealey, W.J., Martin Hernandez, C., Levy, P.E., Stedman, J.R. (2021). Deposition and concentration of nitrogen and sulphur for protected sites in the UK, 2017-2019. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/65ab44a0-58bd-43ab-a3bc-a850ddd9a0f1
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
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UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
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UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
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Ricardo Energy & Environment
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UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
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NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
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NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
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UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
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Natural Resources Wales
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Environment Agency
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Northern Ireland Environment Agency
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Natural England
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Joint Nature Conservation Committee
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Scotland and Northern Ireland Forum for Environmental Research (SNIFFER)
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Scottish Environment Protection Agency
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Scottish Natural Heritage
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Environmental Information Data Centre
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Lancaster
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