NMIP

Global Land Nitrogen Budget (N) – Model Intercomparison Project (MIP)

Input data

To support NMIP-2, we have developed a comprehensive dataset of historical anthropogenic nitrogen input, with a spatial resolution of 0.250 x 0.250 latitude/longitude, annual time step covering a period from 1850 to 2020. This Harmonized Anthropogenic Nitrogen Input (HaNi) data product has integrated different sources of data including fertilizer N application in cropland (Lu and Tian 2017) and pasture (Xu et al. 2019), manure N production and application to cropland and pasture (Zhang et al. 2018, Xu et al. 2019), partition of ammonium N and nitrate (Nishina et al. 2017), and latest fertilizer and manure N data from FAO and IFA. The HaNi data includes 6 components: 1) fertilizer N application to cropland, ammonium N and nitrate N, separately, 2) fertilizer N application to pasture, ammonium N and nitrate N, separately, 3) Manure N application to cropland, 4) manure N application to pasture, 5) manure N deposition to pasture and rangeland, 6) atmospheric N deposition, NHx and NOy, separately. A detailed description of methods and data sources to generate the HaNi data is in preparation. Here we provide a brief description of all input data with a consistent spatial resolution (0.50 x 0.50 lat/lon) we used in NMIP-2:

The NMIP driving forces

Data Name Time Period Temporal Resolution Spatial Resolution Sources Variables
Fertilization 1910-2019 Yearly 0.5° Lu and Tian (2017) N fertilizer use in cropland
Fertilization 1910-2019 Yearly 0.5° Lassaletta et al. (2014) N fertilizer use in pasture
Manure 1860-2019 Yearly 0.5° Zhang ea al. (2017) Manure production
Atmospheric nitrogen deposition 1850-2020 Monthly 0.5° NCAR CCMI NHx-N and NOy-N deposition
Climate 1901-2020 6-hourly 0.5° CRU-NCEP Incoming longwave / shortwave radiation,
air humidity, pressure, precipitation,
temperature, and wind speed
CO2 1850-2020 Yearly 0.5° NCAR CO2 concentration
Land cover change 1850-2020 Yearly 0.5° LUH2 Cropland/pasture/rangeland fraction
Irrigation change 1850-2020 Yearly 0.5° LUH2 Irrigation
Tillage pattern One time One time 0.5° GFZ Gridded tillage
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