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Title: Soil moisture data: AC0116, County Down, 2012, urine
Related Party - Organisation (Author): AFBI
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 AFBI Hillsborough research farm near Hillsborough, south-east Northern Ireland (sandy clay loam/clay loam topsoil texture) using small field plots (3 x 8 m) arranged in a randomised block design with three replicates per treatment. Cattle urine (at 5 L/m2), synthetic urine (at 5 L/m2) and cattle dung (at 20 kg/m2) was applied to grassland in early-April (spring), late-June (summer) and in mid-September (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 lactating dairy cows at the AFBI Hillsborough research farm, kept refrigerated at <4°C and applied within seven days of collection. Reference: Kool, D.M., Hoffland, E., Abrahamse, P.A and 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 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. 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; Grassland soils; Clay soils
Geographic Keywords: County Down
Observed Properties: Application timing; Date; Experimental blocking; Experimental treatment; Sampling depth; Soil water-filled pore space; Year
Parameter: Application timing
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): -6.22     Longitude (East): -5.95     Latitude (South): 54.37     Latitude (North): 54.53

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Phenomenon Time -  Start Date/Time: 2012-03-30 End Date/Time:  2013-09-09
Result Time: 2013-09-09
Valid Time -  Start Date/Time: 2012-03-30 End Date/Time:  2013-09-09
Feature of Interest: biosphere
Publication Date: 2017-04-05

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	Agricultural Greenhouse Gas Inventory Research Platform - InveN2Ory. Dung and urine experimental site in County Down, 2012