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EDC Serial Number EDC0000149
Title Ecosystem Land Use Modelling and Soil Carbon Flux Trial (ELUM)
Data Location https://data.ukedc.rl.ac.uk/browse/edc/renewables/bioenergy/ELUM
EDC Stored Dataset
Description The Ecosystem Land Use Modelling and Soil Carbon Flux Trial (ELUM) measured greenhouse gas and soil carbon changes arising as a result of direct land-use change to bioenergy crops.
DOI (none given)
Sector Commercial
Coverage United Kingdom
70 UK field sites were visited on a one-off basis to give high spatial resolution soil carbon data.
Start: 01/11/2011
End: 31/12/2013
4 network field sites spread across the UK were visited routinely and were instrumented to give high-resolution temporal greenhouse gases (GHG) data.
Usage Rights for this Data Open Access if terms and conditions accepted (ETI ELUM)
Use of these data indicates your acceptance of the terms and conditions of the ELUM - ETI Open Licence for Materials.
You must acknowledge the source of the data as indicated in the licence.
Data Type Time Series
Parameter Names Soil sample: mass, bulk density, % nitrogen, % carbon, carbon density, nitrogen density, pH.
Greenhouse gas measurements: CO2, N2O, CH4, air temperature, soil temperature, soil moisture, CO2 net ecosystem exchange, CO2 total ecosystem respiration, CO2 gross primary production.
Units 74 x Field sites
Number of Records 12200
IEA Category Production of other biomass-derived fuels (incl. Production from wastes)
Creator of the Data CEH, Aberdeen, Southampton, Edinburgh, York and Aberystwyth Universities, Forest Research.
Data made available by The Energy Technologies Institute (ETI)
Format text/csv
Language English
Project Bioenergy Bioenergy crops and pre-processing.
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Other Information

Ecosystem Land Use Modelling and Soil Carbon Flux Trial (ELUM) was funded and commissioned by the Energy Technologies Institute (the ETI) and carried out by the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (CEH), the University of Aberdeen, the University of Southampton, Forest Research, Aberystwyth University, the University of Edinburgh and the University of York.

The ELUM project aims were to provide greater understanding on the greenhouse gas (GHG) and soil carbon changes arising as a result of direct land-use change (dLUC) to bioenergy crops, with a primary focus on the second-generation bioenergy crops Miscanthus, short rotation coppice (SRC) willow and short rotation forestry (SRF).

Experimental fieldwork on Miscanthus, SRC Willow, and SRF, and adjacent control sites, was conducted at locations across the length and breadth of mainland UK to capture data across both temporal and spatial scales.