Realistic Afforestation Scenarios for Great Britain at 1 km Resolution

Two afforestation scenarios covering Great Britain at a 1 km spatial resolution represent potential realistic broadleaf tree planting. The netCDF files contain fractional coverage data for eight land cover types and are designed to run with the JULES land surface model. This dataset was created by Marcus Buechel at the University of Oxford as part of a NERC doctoral training partnership.

Use Cases

• Simulating land surface processes based on fractional land cover data.
• Modeling the hydrological and carbon impacts of broadleaf afforestation.
• Comparing baseline land cover with 50% and 100% afforestation scenarios.
• Validating land surface models against structured data similar to the CHESS-land dataset.

Strengths

• Two distinct scenarios (50% and 100% afforestation) provide comparative modeling inputs.
• High 1 km spatial resolution for detailed regional analysis across Great Britain.
• Structured similarly to the established CHESS-land dataset, suggesting methodological consistency.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

University of Oxford, created by Marcus Buechel.

Collection Method

Created as part of the NERC doctoral training partnerships (grant NE/L002612/1).

Geography

Great Britain