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Title: Soil moisture data: AC0116, Herefordshire, 2011
Related Party - Organisation (Author): ADAS
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:
On a commercial farm near Preston Wynne, west England (clay loam topsoil texture), direct N2O-N emissions were measured from replicated (x3) plots (6 x 12 m) following spring applications of manufactured nitrogen (N) fertilisers to winter wheat. A control treatment was included where no N fertiliser was applied. Ammonium nitrate (AN) fertiliser (34.5% N) was applied at 5 different rates; 60, 120, 180, 240 and 300 kg N/ha, and urea fertiliser (46% N) at a rate of 240 kg N/ha, in three split applications (early-March, early-April and early-May). In separate AN and urea treatments, a commercially available nitrification inhibitor was tested; dicyandiamide (DCD) was sprayed at a rate equivalent to 10 kg DCD/ha onto the plots immediately after each N fertiliser application. The N supplied by the DCD was accounted for in the total N application of 240 kg N/ha, which was applied in three splits. A DCD only treatment was also included, where DCD was sprayed onto the soil surface in three split applications giving a total N application of 20 kg/ha. Additionally, AN fertiliser was also applied in five equal splits in mid-March, early-April, mid-April, early-May and mid-May i.e. ‘little and often’. This dataset contains measurements of soil moisture as soil water-filled pore space (%) taken on the same days as nitrous oxide emissions measurements were made. The measurements were taken across all treatments in each block. The first measurement is a 'background' measurement i.e. before any treatments were applied. NA = not applicable. 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: Soil water content; Arable land; Clay soils
Geographic Keywords: Herefordshire
Observed Properties: Date; Experimental blocking; Experimental treatment; Sampling depth; Soil water-filled pore space; Year
Parameter: Block number
Parameter: Depth of soil sampling
Parameter: Measurement date
Parameter: Treatment
Parameter: Water-filled pore space
Parameter: Year experiment started
Geographic Extent - Longitude (West): -2.78 Longitude (East): -2.51 Latitude (South): 52.03 Latitude (North): 52.20 |
Phenomenon Time - Start Date/Time: 2011-03-08 End Date/Time: 2012-03-05
Result Time: 2012-03-05
Valid Time - Start Date/Time: 2011-03-08 End Date/Time: 2012-03-05
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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