Hydrological Measurements From Energy Crop Fields, 2006-2009

Hydrological data collected over two years of instrumental monitoring in fields of willow and Miscanthus energy crops. The study was part of the NERC Rural Economy and Land Use programme, focusing on the arable-dominated East Midlands and grassland-dominated South West England.

Use Cases

• Analyze hydrological impacts of converting land to Miscanthus grass and short-rotation coppice willow crops.
• Assess water balance changes in contrasting farming systems like the arable East Midlands and grassland South West.
• Model the relationship between land use for energy crops and local hydrology over the two-year monitoring period.
• Integrate this hydrological data with available GIS and biodiversity survey datasets for interdisciplinary environmental impact studies.

Strengths

• Data collected over two years of instrumental monitoring, providing temporal depth.
• Focuses on two contrasting UK farming systems: the East Midlands and South West England.
• Part of an interdisciplinary NERC RELU programme integrating social, economic, hydrology, and biodiversity studies.

Limitations

• Specific measurements, column names, row counts, and file formats are unknown from the input.
• Temporal coverage is limited to a two-year period (2006-2009), which may not capture long-term hydrological trends.
• Geographic scope is restricted to two UK regions, limiting broader applicability.

Provenance

Source

Environmental Information Data Centre

Collection Method

Instrumental monitoring in fields of willow and Miscanthus crops.

Time Range

2006-2009

Freshness

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Geography

East Midlands and South West England, United Kingdom