New N2O emission factors for crop residues and fertiliser inputs to agricultural soils in Germany
2021
Mathivanan, Gokul Prasad | Eysholdt, Max | Zinnbauer, Maximilian | Rösemann, Claus | Füss, Roland
Direct agricultural N₂O emissions in Germany have so far been estimated using the default Tier 1 emission factor of 1% (0.3–3%) in accordance with the IPCC’s default methodology. Since direct N₂O emissions is a “key category” in the German National Greenhouse Gas Inventory, the IPCC recommends the use of country-specific emission factors or models. With the aim of deriving country-specific and stratified N₂O emission factors, a meta-analysis was conducted using data collected from 71 individual studies comprising 676 separate emission measurements taken at 43 locations across Germany. A Bayesian generalised linear mixed-effects modelling approach was used to model N₂O fluxes and derive emission factors. In contrast to what is suggested by the 2019 Refinement to the 2006 IPCC Guidelines, the model results did not support a distinction being made between emission factors for synthetic and organic fertilisers. Instead, a model based on four environmental zones roughly representing the north-west, north-east, south-east and south-west parts of the country was developed. It was used to derive district-wise emission factors for direct N₂O emissions and revealed that northern districts had relatively lower emission factors than southern districts. The district-wise emission factors ranged from 0.38% to 0.92%. The national implied emission factor for direct N₂O emissions from managed agricultural soils was 0.62% (0.43–0.85%). Accordingly, the estimate of German national GHG emissions from agriculture in 2015 is 8.59% (calculated with global warming potentials from IPCC’s fifth assessment report) lower than the estimate reported in the 2021 inventory submission to UNFCCC.
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