Climoor: Soil Respiration in a Welsh Forest (1999-2013)

Soil respiration data was collected at the Climoor field site in Clocaenog forest, north-east Wales. Measurements span 14 years, from March 1999 to October 2013, taken at approximately bi-weekly intervals using three distinct chamber-based methods. The dataset documents ecosystem carbon flux under experimental drought conditions.

Use Cases

• Analyzing temporal trends in soil CO2 flux under experimental drought treatment.
• Comparing soil respiration measurements from three different chamber methodologies.
• Modeling forest carbon budgets using long-term, in-situ observational data.
• Studying the impact of seasonal and multi-year gaps on data continuity for ecological time series.

Strengths

• Covers a 14-year time series from 1999 to 2013, providing long-term ecological context.
• Includes measurements from three distinct, documented methodologies (static chambers, EGM-4, Li8100).
• Data is associated with a persistent Digital Object Identifier (DOI) for citation and traceability.

Limitations

• Dataset is marked as withdrawn on all listed platforms, indicating potential access or quality issues.
• Contains larger gaps in the time series for technical or logistical reasons.
• Key metadata such as row count, specific columns, and license are unavailable from the sources.

Provenance

Source

Environmental Information Data Centre

Collection Method

Field measurements using static chambers and soil respiration chambers (EGM-4, Li8100).

Time Range

1999-03 to 2013-10

Freshness

Last updated metadata recorded on 2026-03-11, but the underlying data collection ended in 2013.

Geography

Clocaenog forest, north-east Wales, United Kingdom