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Title: Weather data: AC0116, Dumfries, 2012, urine
Related Party - Organisation (Author): SRUC
Related Party - Organisation (Funder): Defra
Related Party - Organisation (Funder): Scottish Government
Related Party - Organisation (Funder): Welsh Assembly Government
Related Party - Organisation (Funder): DAERA Northern Ireland
Abstract:
An experiment was carried out at the SRUC Crichton research farm near Dumfries, south-west Scotland (sandy loam topsoil texture) using small field plots (3 x 6 m) arranged in a randomised block design with three replicates per treatment. Cattle urine (at 5 L/m2), synthetic urine (at 5 L/m2 in summer & autumn and c.1.7 L/m2 in spring) and cattle dung (at 20 kg/m2) was applied to permanent grassland in early-April (spring), late-June (summer) and in early-October (autumn) 2012. The synthetic urine was prepared using the formulation described for “R2” in the paper by Kool et al., (2006). A control treatment was included where no urine or dung was applied. In a separate treatment, a commercially available nitrification inhibitor was tested; dicyandiamide (DCD) was pre-mixed with the urine prior to application to give an application rate of 10 kg /ha for the DCD. The urine and dung was collected from dairy cows at the SRUC Crichton Dairy Research Center, kept refrigerated at <4°C and applied within seven days of collection. Reference: Kool, D.M., Hoffland, E., Abrahamse, P.A & van Groenigen, J.W. (2006). What artificial urine composition is adequate for simulating soil N2O fluxes and mineral N dynamics Soil Biology and Biochemistry 38, 1757-1763. This dataset contains daily rainfall (mm), daily maximum air temperature (degree Celsius) and daily minimum air temperature (degree Celsius) measured from either the closest meteorological station to the experimental site or from instruments located at the experimental site. ND = not determined. If the data file is downloaded/opened in excel, dates may appear as dd-mm-yy instead of the standard yy-mm-dd.
Subject Keywords: Weather data
Geographic Keywords: Dumfries and Galloway
Observed Properties: Air temperature; Date; Rainfall
Parameter: Maximum daily air temperature
Parameter: Measurement date
Parameter: Minimum daily air temperature
Parameter: Total daily rainfall
Geographic Extent - Longitude (West): -3.49 Longitude (East): -3.21 Latitude (South): 54.97 Latitude (North): 55.11 |
Phenomenon Time - Start Date/Time: 2012-01-01 End Date/Time: 2013-12-31
Result Time: 2013-12-31
Valid Time - Start Date/Time: 2012-01-01 End Date/Time: 2013-12-31
Feature of Interest: biosphere
Publication Date: 2017-04-05
This data is made available under the terms of the FBA Licence.
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