Identification

Title

Nitrous oxide emission factors of mineral fertilisers in the UK and Ireland (1999-2019)

Abstract

Data from 38 experimental sites across the UK and Ireland were collated resulting in 623 separate mineral fertiliser N2O emission factors (EF) estimates derived from field measurements. Data were either i) extracted from published studies in which one aim of the experimentation was to explicitly measure N2O and report EFs after a mineral fertiliser application, or ii) raw data were used from the Agricultural and Environmental Data Archive (AEDA). To find the published data, a survey of literature was conducted using Google Scholar for articles considered ‘recent’ (20 years or fewer), i.e. published after January 1998 and submitted before April 2019. The following search terms and their variations were used: N2O, nitrous oxide, emission factor, mineral fertiliser, ammonium nitrate, urea, nitrification inhibitor, nitrogen use efficiency, agriculture, greenhouse gas, grassland and arable. This search based on keywords was complemented with a search through the literature cited in the articles found and known previous research. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/9948d1b9-caa1-4894-93e6-cc0f4326fced

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/data/9948d1b9-caa1-4894-93e6-cc0f4326fced

name: Download the data

description: Download a copy of this data

function: download

https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/9948d1b9-caa1-4894-93e6-cc0f4326fced.zip

name: Supporting information

description: Supporting information available to assist in re-use of this dataset

function: information

Unique resource identifier

code

https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/9948d1b9-caa1-4894-93e6-cc0f4326fced

codeSpace

doi:

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

farming

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

Environmental Monitoring Facilities

originating controlled vocabulary

title

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2008-06-01

Keyword set

keyword value

greenhouse gas

agriculture

emission factor

ammonium nitrate

nitrous oxide

mineral fertiliser

urea

N2O

nitrification inhibitor

nitrogen use efficiency

grassland

arable

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-10.757

East bounding longitude

1.768

North bounding latitude

60.861

South bounding latitude

49.864

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

1999-01-01

End position

2019-12-31

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2021-04-08

Frequency of update

Quality and validity

Lineage

Raw data extracted from the Agricultural and Environmental Data Archive (AEDA) was used to calculate emission factors (EFs) for 25 days after fertiliser application using the log-normal Bayesian approach as described in Levy et al., 2017, Cowan et al., 2019a, which accounts for the log-normal spatial and temporal distribution of N2O fluxes after fertiliser events. Fertilisers treated with nitrification and urease inhibitors in these studies were included for comparison.

Conformity

Conformity report

specification

title

Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2010-12-08

degree

explanation

Data format

name of format

Comma-separated values (CSV)

version of format

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

If you reuse this data, you should cite: Cowan, N. (2021). Nitrous oxide emission factors of mineral fertilisers in the UK and Ireland (1999-2019). NERC Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/9948d1b9-caa1-4894-93e6-cc0f4326fced

pointOfContact

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

organisation name

Environmental Information Data Centre

full postal address

Lancaster Environment Centre, Library Avenue, Bailrigg

Lancaster

LA1 4AP

email address

info@eidc.ac.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2021-06-25T18:43:38

Metadata language

eng