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Title: Soil moisture data: OPTI-N, Cheshire, 2004
Related Party - Organisation (Author): ADAS UK Ltd
Related Party - Organisation (Funder): Defra
Abstract:
Cattle slurry was applied to a free draining arable soil, on a commercial farm located in Cheshire, north-west England. Slurry was applied to minimise ammonia emissions using commercial trailing hose machinery to replicated (x3) plots (24 x 24 m) arranged in a randomised block design. The slurry application rate was appropriate for the application technique (i.e. c.65 m3 ha-1) and was based on slurry N analysis. The amount of total slurry N applied was 113 kg ha-1. Nitrous oxide was measured following slurry application in autumn and from an untreated control. Direct N2O measurements were made using 5 static chambers (0.8 m2 total surface area) per plot and analysed using gas chromatography. Measurements continued for about 12 months after slurry application. 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. NA = not applicable. Water-filled pore space values are the mean of the measurements from the control and cattle slurry treatments. 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; Free draining soils
Geographic Keywords: Cheshire
Observed Properties: Date; Experimental treatment; Sampling depth; Soil water-filled pore space; Year
Parameter: Depth of soil sampling
Parameter: Measurement date
Parameter: Treatment
Parameter: Water-filled pore space
Parameter: Year of measurement
Geographic Extent - Longitude (West): -2.53 Longitude (East): -2.26 Latitude (South): 52.93 Latitude (North): 53.09 |
Phenomenon Time - Start Date/Time: 2004-11-04 End Date/Time: 2005-10-18
Result Time: 2005-10-18
Valid Time - Start Date/Time: 2004-11-04 End Date/Time: 2005-10-18
Feature of Interest: biosphere
Publication Date: 2016-09-19
This data is made available under the terms of the FBA Licence.
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