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This folder contains data presented in the paper: A framework for integrating the terrestrial carbon stock of estates in institutional carbon 
management plans,  https://doi.org/10.1111/sum.12776

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Introductory information
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Files included in the data deposit (include a short description of what data are contained): 

1) Two Excel files containing data on terrestrial soil and tree biomass carbon at Nafferton Farm and Cockle Park Farm

Explain the relationship between multiple data sets, if required:

The folder contains one Excel file with data from soil cores and tree surveys, and one Excel file with calculated data for the current 
terrestrial carbon stores at Nafferton Farm and Cockle Park Farm and scenarios for carbon off-setting strategies.

Key words used to describe the data:
Climate change mitigation; carbon management; soil carbon; tree biomass carbon; afforestation


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Methodological information
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A brief method description – what the data is, how and why it was collected or created, and how it was processed:
The method description is available in the manuscript and supporting information.


Instruments, hardware and software used: 
The method description is available in the manuscript and supporting information.


Date(s) of data collection: 
2019-2020


Geographic coverage of data:
Northeast England. Information on the location of the farms is provided in the manuscript.


Data validation (how was the data checked, proofed and cleaned):
The method description is available in the manuscript and supporting information


Overview of secondary data, if used:



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Data-specific information
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Definitions of names, labels, acronyms or specialist terminology uses for variables, records and their values: 
See manuscript and excel files for more information about variables and their units.



Explanation of weighting and grossing variables: 
The method description is available in the manuscript and supporting information


Outline any missing data:
The method description is available in the manuscript and supporting information


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Contact
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Please contact rdm@ncl.ac.uk for further information