Peatland Carbon Flux and Spectral Reflectance: Lab, Field, and Satellite Data

Peatland vegetation data from the Environmental Information Data Centre integrates laboratory, field, and satellite measurements to model carbon dynamics. Laboratory experiments on Sphagnum capillifolium and Sphagnum papillosum from the Forsinard Flows reserve measure Gross Primary Productivity and respiration under simulated drought. Field data from 2017 includes carbon fluxes, spectral reflectance, and microclimate measurements, while MODIS satellite data supports Temperature-Greenness-Wetness model development for peatland restoration assessment.

Use Cases

• Calibrating remote sensing indices like NDVI and NDWI using ground-truth spectral reflectance and carbon flux measurements.
• Modeling peatland Gross Primary Productivity and respiration responses to moisture stress and temperature.
• Assessing the effectiveness of peatland restoration projects using the developed Temperature-Greenness-Wetness (TGWa) model.
• Upscaling site-specific carbon flux measurements from field collars to landscape scales using MODIS satellite data.

Strengths

• Integrates three complementary data layers: controlled laboratory experiments, in-situ field measurements, and satellite remote sensing.
• Field data covers the main growing season from March to September 2017, providing temporal continuity.
• Laboratory data includes explicit drought simulations, allowing for stress response analysis.

Limitations

• Key metadata such as row count, specific column names, and data license are unavailable across all sources.
• The dataset's size and structure are unknown, which may complicate initial data exploration.
• Conflicting metadata exists: one source lists a 'ZIP' tag while others do not, suggesting potential format inconsistencies.

Provenance

Source

Environmental Information Data Centre; data from a PhD project at the University of Reading part-funded by NERC SCENARIO DTP (NE/L002566/1) and The James Hutton Institute.

Collection Method

Combines laboratory rainfall simulations, field collar measurements, and analysis of MODIS satellite products (LST, NDVI, NDWI).

Time Range

2017 (field data), with satellite data time range unspecified.

Freshness

2026-04-16 10:15:12.729042

Geography

Forsinard Flows RSPB reserve, Northern Scotland, and Glencar bog, Ireland.