Annual N2O Emissions

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Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Bouwman, van der Hoek, Olivier

Publication_Date: 1997

Title: Annual N2O Emissions

Edition: Version 1.1a

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Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Boulder, CO

Publisher: GEIA

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Online_Linkage: http://geiacenter.org/presentData/n2o.html

Description:

Abstract:

The Global Emissions Inventory Activity (GEIA) is an activity of the International Global Atmospheric Chemistry (IGAC) Core Project of the International Geosphere-Biosphere Program (IGBP). The focus of GEIA is to make global emissions available on a one degree grid. Inventories with 1x1 degree resolution were compiled of nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from fertilized arable land, animal excreta, post-clearing effects on soil emissions, fossil fuel and fuelwood combustion and industrial N2O sources. For other sources of N2O, including soils under natural vegetation, oceans and biomass burning, published inventories were used. From these inventories the annual N2O emission was calculated for four broad latitudinal zones covering the globe. Uncertainties were assessed by comparing variants of inventories with source estimates inferred from inverse modeling techniques. Major uncertainties occur in the tropics, where small errors in both soil and oceanic emission estimates may have large repercussions for the zonal distributions. Although there may still be many poorly known and unidentified N2O sources, the analysis has resulted in improved understanding of some sources i.e.: (i) the oceanic N2O emission may be more important than assumed in recent global N2O budgets, with a major portion stemming from the 30o-90oS zone; (ii) the N2O emission from animal excreta forms a significant global source; (iii) most of the N2O from arable lands and grasslands, including effects of synthetic fertilizers and animal excreta, comes from the northern hemisphere; accounting for only the synthetic-fertilizer effect on N2O emission leads to an underestimation of the emission from arable lands; (iv) fossil fuel combustion and industrial N2O sources are dominant in the 30o-90oN zone, while N2O from fuelwood combustion is mainly produced in the 0o-30oN zone; (v) the estimation of enhanced N2O soil emission following tropical forest clearing that has accounted for gradually declining N2O fluxes, along with aging of the clearing leads to a global emission that is significant but lower than previous estimates; (vi) most of the N2O from coastal marine and freshwater systems, and soil N2O emission resulting from N deposition probably comes from the northern hemisphere. More information about GEIA, its products, and the data presented here can be accessed at "http://geiacenter.org"

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Supplemental_Information:

REFERENCE: Bouwman, A.F., K.W. van der Hoek and J.G.J. Olivier (1995) Uncertainties in the global source distribution of nitrous oxide Journal of Geophysical Research 100: 2785-2800.

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Beginning_Date: 19900101

Ending_Date: 19901231

Currentness_Reference:Unknown

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed

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Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -180.0

East_Bounding_Coordinate: 180.0

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 90.0

South_Bounding_Coordinate: -90.0

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Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > AGRICULTURE > ANIMAL SCIENCE > ANIMAL MANURE AND WASTE > GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > AGRICULTURE > FOREST SCIENCE > FOREST FIRE SCIENCE

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > AGRICULTURE > SOILS > NITROGEN > NITROUS OXIDE

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > AGRICULTURE > SOILS > ORGANIC MATTER

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > AGRICULTURE > SOILS > SOIL CHEMISTRY

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Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > VEGETATION > BIOMASS

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > HUMAN DIMENSIONS > ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS > BIOMASS BURNING

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > HUMAN DIMENSIONS > ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS > CONTAMINANT LEVELS/SPILLS

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > HUMAN DIMENSIONS > HABITAT CONVERSION/FRAGMENTATION > DEFORESTATION > GLOBAL DEFORESTATION

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > HUMAN DIMENSIONS > ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS > INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > HUMAN DIMENSIONS > HABITAT CONVERSION/FRAGMENTATION > REFORESTATION/REVEGETATION > GLOBAL REFORESTATION

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > LAND USE/LAND COVER > LAND PRODUCTIVITY

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > SOILS > NITROGEN > NITROUS OXIDE

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > SOILS > ORGANIC MATTER

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > SOILS > SOIL CHEMISTRY

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > SOILS > SOIL GAS/AIR

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Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > FIRE ECOLOGY > FIRE OCCURRENCE

Theme_Keyword: GEIA > GLOBAL EMISSIONS INVENTORY ACTIVITY

Theme_Keyword: GTOS > GLOBAL TERRESTRIAL OBSERVING SYSTEM

Theme_Keyword: IGAC > INTERNATIONAL GLOBAL ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY PROJECT, IGBP

Theme_Keyword: IGBP > INTERNATIONAL GEOSPHERE-BIOSPHERE PROGRAMME

Theme_Keyword: ESIP > EARTH SCIENCE INFORMATION PARTNERS PROGRAM

Theme_Keyword: Agricultural Waste Burning

Theme_Keyword: Biofuel Burning

Theme_Keyword: Biomass Wasting

Theme_Keyword: Fossil Fuel Burning

Theme_Keyword: Geia

Theme_Keyword: Igac

Theme_Keyword: Igbp

Theme_Keyword: N2o

Theme_Keyword: Nitrous Oxide Emissions

Theme_Keyword: Rivm

Theme_Keyword: FARMING

Theme_Keyword: BIOTA

Theme_Keyword: CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE

Theme_Keyword: ENVIRONMENT

Theme_Keyword: GEOSCIENTIFIC INFORMATION

Theme_Keyword: IMAGERY/BASE MAPS/EARTH COVER

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Theme_Keyword: ENGLISH

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Place_Keyword: GEOGRAPHIC REGION > GLOBAL

Place_Keyword: GEOGRAPHIC REGION > GLOBAL LAND

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Temporal_Keyword_Thesaurus: GCMD

Temporal_Keyword: Annual

Access_Constraints: None

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Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: A. F. BOUWMAN

Contact_Position: INVESTIGATOR

Contact_Position: TECHNICAL CONTACT

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address

Address: National Inst. of Public Health and the Environmental

Address: Protection (RIVM)

Address: Box 1

City: Bilthoven

Postal_Code: NL-3720 BA

Country: The Netherlands

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 31-30-2743635

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 31-30-2744417

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: lex.bouwman@rivm.nl

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Annual N2O from Biofuel Burning

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Contact_Organization: IGBP/IGAC/GEIA > Global Emissions Inventory Activity, International Global Atmospheric Chemistry, International Geosphere-Biosphere Program

Contact_Person: PAULETTE MIDDLETON

Contact_Position: DATA CENTER CONTACT

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Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address

Address: GEIA Center

Address: Panorama Pathways

Address: 2385 Panorama Avenue

City: Boulder

State_or_Province: Colorado

Postal_Code: 80304

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 303-442-6866

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 303-442-6958

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: Paulette@PanoramaPathways.net

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http://geiacenter.org

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http://geiacenter.org/presentData/n2o.html

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http://geiacenter.org

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Global Emissions Inventory Activity (GEIA) Home Page

Fees: None

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date:

Metadata_Review_Date: 20120215

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: GENE R. MAJOR

Contact_Position: DIF AUTHOR

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: gsfc-gcmduso@mail.nasa.gov

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Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

Metadata_Time_Convention: local time