Multi-variable experimental data set of agronomic data and gaseous soil emissions from maize, oilseed rape and other energy crops at eight sites in Germany

Author(s)
Janine Mallast, Heinz Stichnothe, Heinz Flessa, Roland Fuß, Antje M. Lucas-Moffat, Ute Petersen-Schlapkohl, Jürgen Jürgen Augustin, Ulrike Hagemann, Katharina Kesenheimer, Reiner Ruser, Teresa Suárez Quiñones, Annette Prochnow, Klaus Dittert, Vytas Huth, Stephan Glatzel
Abstract

The database (GHG-DB-Thuenen) contains gaseous emission data as well as agronomic variables and management activities for three years (2011/2012 – 2014/2015) at eight field trials in Germany derived from two joint research projects. The database was developed with Microsoft Access Database 2007-2016 and stores 43 million records. Multi-variable data sets consists of gas fluxes (carbon dioxide, nitrous dioxide, methane and ammonia), crop parameters (ontogenesis, aboveground biomass, grain and straw yield, N and C content, etc.), soil characteristics (nitrogen content, ammonium-N, nitrate-N, bulk density etc.), continuously recorded meteorological variables (air and soil temperatures, radiation, precipitation, etc.), management activities (sowing, harvest, soil tillage, fertilization, etc.), and its metadata (methods, further information about variables, etc.). In addition, N2 data were measured and analyzed. Also available are site-specific calculated C and N balances for the respective crops and crop rotations.

Organisation(s)
Department of Geography and Regional Research
External organisation(s)
Thünen-Institut, Leibniz-Zentrum für Agrarlandschaftsforschung, Universität Hohenheim, Leibniz-Institut für Agrartechnik und Bioökonomie, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Universität Rostock
Journal
Open Data Journal for Agricultural Research
Volume
7
Pages
11-19
ISSN
2352-6378
DOI
https://doi.org/10.18174/odjar.v7i0.16124
Publication date
2021
Austrian Fields of Science 2012
105405 Geoecology
Portal url
https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/publications/ea8561dd-bef5-45b8-97d8-5b38cc0b7f6f