Modeling global annual N2O and NO emissions from fertilized fields
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Information from 846 N 2 O emission measurements in agricultural fields and 99 measurements for NO emissions was used to describe the influence of various factors regulating emissions from mineral soils in models for calculating global N 2 O and NO emissions. Only those factors having a significant influence on N 2 O and NO emissions were included in the models. For N 2 O these were (1) environmental factors (climate, soil organic C content, soil texture, drainage and soil pH); (2) management‐related factors (N application rate per fertilizer type, type of crop, with major differences between grass, legumes and other annual crops); and (3) factors related to the measurements (length of measurement period and frequency of measurements). The most important controls on NO emission include the N application rate per fertilizer type, soil organic‐C content and soil drainage. Calculated global annual N 2 O‐N and NO‐N emissions from fertilized agricultural fields amount to 2.8 and 1.6 Mtonne, respectively. The global mean fertilizer‐induced emissions for N 2 O and NO amount to 0.9% and 0.7%, respectively, of the N applied. These overall results account for the spatial variability of the main N 2 O and NO emission controls on the landscape scale.
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Direct N2O and NO emissions from nitrogen fertilizer were calculated according to Bouwman et al. (2002).
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- Authors
- Bouwman, A. F., Boumans, L. J. M., & Batjes, N. H.
- Affiliations
- National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) Bilthoven Netherlands
- National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (NL)
- ISRIC - World Soil Information (NL)
- ORCID
- Batjes, N. H.
- Venue
- Global Biogeochemical Cycles
- Publisher
- American Geophysical Union (AGU)
- Published
- 2002-11-12
- Volume
- 16
- Issue
- 4
- ISSN
- 0886-6236 (ISSN-L)
- 1944-9224
- OpenAlex
- W1842141545
- Cited by
- 658
- References
- 0
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- FWCI
- 23.88
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- research.wur.nl
- Locations
- Global Biogeochemical Cycles (publishedVersion)
- Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling (acceptedVersion)
- Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Soil Science › Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Environmental Chemistry › Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Soil Science › Agricultural Science and Fertilization
- Keywords
- nitrous oxide emissions, nitric oxide emissions, agricultural fertilization, global emission estimates, soil organic carbon, soil drainage, nitrogen application rate, crop types, soil pH, soil texture, climatic factors, emission modeling
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