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The global Nitrous oxide Model Intercomparison Project – NMIP

The NMIP driving forces
Data nameTime PeriodTemporal resolutionSpatial resolutionSourcesVariables
Climate1901-20156-hourly0.5°CRU-NCEPIncoming longwave / shortwave radiation,
air humidity, pressure, precipitation,
temperature, and wind speed
CO21860-2015Monthly0.5°NCARCO2 concentration
Atmospheric nitrogen deposition1860-2014Monthly0.5°NCAR CCMINHx-N and NOy-N deposition
Fertilization1860-2014Yearly0.5°Lu and Tian (2017)N fertilizer amount in cropland
Manure1860-2015Yearly0.5°Zhang et al. (2017)Manure production
Potential vegetationOne timeOne time0.5°SYNMAPVegetation fraction
Cropland and pasture1860-2016Yearly0.5°HYDE 3.2Cropland fraction
References

  • Zhang, B., Tian, H., Lu, C., Dangal, S.R., Yang, J. and Pan, S., 2017. Global manure nitrogen production and application in cropland during 1860–2014: a 5 arcmin gridded global dataset for Earth system modeling. Earth System Science Data, 9(2). https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-9-667-2017
  • Lu, C. and Tian, H., 2017. Global nitrogen and phosphorus fertilizer use for agriculture production in the past half century: shifted hot spots and nutrient imbalance. Earth System Science Data, 9(1), p.181. https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-9-181-2017
  • Klein Goldewijk, K., Beusen, A., Doelman, J. and Stehfest, E., 2017. Anthropogenic land use estimates for the Holocene–HYDE 3.2, Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 9, 927–953. https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-9-927-2017

Simulations

Climate CO2 LCLUC Ndep Nfer ManureN
S0 1901-1920 average 1860 1860 1860 1860 1860
S1 1901-2016 1860-2016 1860-2016 1860-2016 1860-2016 1860-2016
S2 1901-2016 1860-2016 1860-2016 1860-2016 1860-2016 1860
S3 1901-2016 1860-2016 1860-2016 1860-2016 1860 1860
S4 1901-2016 1860-2016 1860-2016 1860 1860 1860
S5 1901-2016 1860-2016 1860 1860 1860 1860
S6 1901-2016 1860 1860 1860 1860 1860

Last modified: June 13, 2018