Identification

Title

Soil mid-infrared spectroscopy data from arable and grassland in Countryside Survey, Great Britain 2007

Abstract

This dataset consists of mid-infrared (MIR) spectra measured on 427 archived soil samples from arable and grassland habitats across Great Britain in 2007. Data on diffuse reflectance spectra were obtained from subsamples of finely ground soil, recorded as absorbance values for wavenumber range 4000â€“400 cm-1. The soil samples were collected as part of the Countryside Survey monitoring programme, a unique study or â€˜auditâ€™ of the natural resources of the UKâ€™s countryside. The analyses were conducted as part of study aiming to quantify how soil quality indicators change across a gradient of agricultural land management and to identify conditions that determine the ability of different soils to resist and recover from perturbations. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/d66ca0a6-403d-4f5a-bef1-8ee177f1e1b3

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/data/d66ca0a6-403d-4f5a-bef1-8ee177f1e1b3

name: Download the data

description: Download a copy of this data

function: download

https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/d66ca0a6-403d-4f5a-bef1-8ee177f1e1b3.zip

name: Supporting information

description: Supporting information available to assist in re-use of this dataset

function: information

Unique resource identifier

code

https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/d66ca0a6-403d-4f5a-bef1-8ee177f1e1b3

codeSpace

doi:

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

environment

biota

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

Environmental Monitoring Facilities

originating controlled vocabulary

title

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2008-06-01

Keyword set

keyword value

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-8.648

East bounding longitude

1.768

North bounding latitude

60.861

South bounding latitude

49.864

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

2007-01-01

End position

2007-12-31

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2020-08-26

Frequency of update

Quality and validity

Lineage

Soil samples were collected in 2007 by Countryside Survey field surveyors, who were provided with a field sampling manual and underwent training for sample collection and processing. Protocols were also provided to cover all aspects of processing of the soil cores from logging in of cores as they arrived at the laboratory to basic measurements, chemical analysis and archiving the final samples. Soils were sieved to 2 mm and air-dried before storage. Each soil sample was scanned twice to obtain repeat spectra, with the sample cup being rotated 180 degrees between scans, and the average of these two spectra included in the dataset. Each individual spectrum (i.e. both from the paired scans) was visually inspected and those containing scanning errors were discarded. All MIR analyses were conducted at the Organic Geochemistry Facility, BGS (contact chv@bgs.ac.uk for details).

Conformity

Conformity report

specification

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

owner

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

organisation name

Environmental Information Data Centre

full postal address

Lancaster Environment Centre, Library Avenue, Bailrigg

Lancaster

LA1 4AP

email address

info@eidc.ac.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2022-05-18T13:09:31

Metadata language

eng