ISSN:
1432-0789
Keywords:
Key words Nitrous oxide emissions
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Inventory
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Agriculture
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Belgium
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Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Biology
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Geosciences
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Agriculture, Forestry, Horticulture, Fishery, Domestic Science, Nutrition
Notes:
Abstract In this study an inventory of N2O emissions from agriculture in Belgium was made according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) guidelines. Three sources of N2O were distinguished between: (1) direct N2O emissions from agricultural soils (N2O-direct), (2) N2O emissions due to animal production systems (N2O-animals), and (3) indirect N2O emissions as a result of N losses from agricultural soils (N2O-indirect). In 1996, the total N2O emission from agriculture in Belgium was 12.8×106 kg N2O-N. N2O-direct, N2O-animals and N2O-indirect contributed 60%, 7% and 33%, respectively, to the total N2O emission. The IPCC methodology tended to give an overestimate of the N2O emission from agriculture by 45% when IPCC default values were used instead of country-specific N-input data. Between 1950 and 1996, the total N2O emission from agriculture in Belgium increased from 8.4×106 kg N2O-N to 12.8×106 kg N2O-N. This was an increase of 53%, or about 0.1×106 kg N2O-N-year–1.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s003740050029
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