CaMMP - Case Study 6 | UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology

Effects of input data quality and quantity on evaluation of land management policies and agri-environment interventions at catchment to national scales

Participants

Jack Cosby¹; Andy Wade²; Amy Thomas¹.

¹Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Bangor; ²Reading University.

Stakeholder Representatives

Paul Whitehead, Oxford University.

Forum issues addressed by case study

How can I know if land management will be effective?

What is the effect of different land management interventions on water quality?
Will what I’m doing provide secondary or wider benefits in the catchment for carbon, biodiversity or other ecosystem functions?

Does it matter what data and models I use in planning /assessing catchment management? Can the answers they provide be transferred to other catchments?

Is the answer sensitive to the quality and quantity of input data?
Is the answer sensitive to different models?

How can I look at sensitivity / impacts on different catchment functions / services?

Is freshwater biology more or less sensitive than chemistry?

What did we find?

This case study examines the sensitivity / uncertainty in outputs of models at various scales resulting from differences or uncertainties in models and input driving data. Three cases will be considered: A) uncertainties arising from the model structure being used; B) uncertainties arising from the data being used; and C) uncertainties arising from drivers used in future scenarios.

How did we do it? (Synopsis)

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What did this case study show? (Synopsis)

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What were the benefits of using more than one model?

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What were the lessons learned about how to apply the models?

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What pre- and post-processing was done on the input and output data?

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What datasets were used in the case study?

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CaMMP Case Study 6 Project view

Location

CaMMP Case Study 1 — Conwy Catchment, North Wales and England

Issues

Management outcome
Other services
Confidence levels

Pollutants

Phosphorus
Nitrate

Scale

Catchment / National

Models

LUCI
INCA-Pathogens
FARMSCOPER

Effects of input data quality and quantity on evaluation of land management policies and agri-environment interventions at catchment to national scales

Participants

Stakeholder Representatives

Forum issues addressed by case study

Location

Issues

Pollutants

Scale

Models

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