Limits of agricultural greenhouse gas calculators to predict soil N2O and CH4 fluxes in tropical agriculture

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Limits of agricultural greenhouse gas calculators to predict soil N2O and CH4 fluxes in tropical agriculture. / Richards, Meryl; Metzel, Ruth; Chirinda, Ngonidzashe; Ly, Proyuth; Nyamadzawo, George; Duong Vu, Quynh; de Neergaard, Andreas; Oelofse, Myles; Wollenberg, Eva; Keller, Emma; Malin, Daniella; Olesen, Jørgen E.; Hillier, Jonathan; Rosenstock, Todd S.

I: Scientific Reports, Bind 6, 26279, 2016.

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Richards, M, Metzel, R, Chirinda, N, Ly, P, Nyamadzawo, G, Duong Vu, Q, de Neergaard, A, Oelofse, M, Wollenberg, E, Keller, E, Malin, D, Olesen, JE, Hillier, J & Rosenstock, TS 2016, 'Limits of agricultural greenhouse gas calculators to predict soil N2O and CH4 fluxes in tropical agriculture', Scientific Reports, bind 6, 26279. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep26279

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Richards, M., Metzel, R., Chirinda, N., Ly, P., Nyamadzawo, G., Duong Vu, Q., de Neergaard, A., Oelofse, M., Wollenberg, E., Keller, E., Malin, D., Olesen, J. E., Hillier, J., & Rosenstock, T. S. (2016). Limits of agricultural greenhouse gas calculators to predict soil N2O and CH4 fluxes in tropical agriculture. Scientific Reports, 6, [26279]. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep26279

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Richards M, Metzel R, Chirinda N, Ly P, Nyamadzawo G, Duong Vu Q o.a. Limits of agricultural greenhouse gas calculators to predict soil N2O and CH4 fluxes in tropical agriculture. Scientific Reports. 2016;6. 26279. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep26279

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Richards, Meryl ; Metzel, Ruth ; Chirinda, Ngonidzashe ; Ly, Proyuth ; Nyamadzawo, George ; Duong Vu, Quynh ; de Neergaard, Andreas ; Oelofse, Myles ; Wollenberg, Eva ; Keller, Emma ; Malin, Daniella ; Olesen, Jørgen E. ; Hillier, Jonathan ; Rosenstock, Todd S. / Limits of agricultural greenhouse gas calculators to predict soil N2O and CH4 fluxes in tropical agriculture. I: Scientific Reports. 2016 ; Bind 6.

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title = "Limits of agricultural greenhouse gas calculators to predict soil N2O and CH4 fluxes in tropical agriculture",
abstract = "Demand for tools to rapidly assess greenhouse gas impacts from policy and technological change in the agricultural sector has catalyzed the development of 'GHG calculators'- simple accounting approaches that use a mix of emission factors and empirical models to calculate GHG emissions with minimal input data. GHG calculators, however, rely on models calibrated from measurements conducted overwhelmingly under temperate, developed country conditions. Here we show that GHG calculators may poorly estimate emissions in tropical developing countries by comparing calculator predictions against measurements from Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Estimates based on GHG calculators were greater than measurements in 70% of the cases, exceeding twice the measured flux nearly half the time. For 41% of the comparisons, calculators incorrectly predicted whether emissions would increase or decrease with a change in management. These results raise concerns about applying GHG calculators to tropical farming systems and emphasize the need to broaden the scope of the underlying data.",
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author = "Meryl Richards and Ruth Metzel and Ngonidzashe Chirinda and Proyuth Ly and George Nyamadzawo and {Duong Vu}, Quynh and {de Neergaard}, Andreas and Myles Oelofse and Eva Wollenberg and Emma Keller and Daniella Malin and Olesen, {J{\o}rgen E.} and Jonathan Hillier and Rosenstock, {Todd S}",
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T1 - Limits of agricultural greenhouse gas calculators to predict soil N2O and CH4 fluxes in tropical agriculture

AU - Richards, Meryl

AU - Metzel, Ruth

AU - Chirinda, Ngonidzashe

AU - Ly, Proyuth

AU - Nyamadzawo, George

AU - Duong Vu, Quynh

AU - de Neergaard, Andreas

AU - Oelofse, Myles

AU - Wollenberg, Eva

AU - Keller, Emma

AU - Malin, Daniella

AU - Olesen, Jørgen E.

AU - Hillier, Jonathan

AU - Rosenstock, Todd S

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N2 - Demand for tools to rapidly assess greenhouse gas impacts from policy and technological change in the agricultural sector has catalyzed the development of 'GHG calculators'- simple accounting approaches that use a mix of emission factors and empirical models to calculate GHG emissions with minimal input data. GHG calculators, however, rely on models calibrated from measurements conducted overwhelmingly under temperate, developed country conditions. Here we show that GHG calculators may poorly estimate emissions in tropical developing countries by comparing calculator predictions against measurements from Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Estimates based on GHG calculators were greater than measurements in 70% of the cases, exceeding twice the measured flux nearly half the time. For 41% of the comparisons, calculators incorrectly predicted whether emissions would increase or decrease with a change in management. These results raise concerns about applying GHG calculators to tropical farming systems and emphasize the need to broaden the scope of the underlying data.

AB - Demand for tools to rapidly assess greenhouse gas impacts from policy and technological change in the agricultural sector has catalyzed the development of 'GHG calculators'- simple accounting approaches that use a mix of emission factors and empirical models to calculate GHG emissions with minimal input data. GHG calculators, however, rely on models calibrated from measurements conducted overwhelmingly under temperate, developed country conditions. Here we show that GHG calculators may poorly estimate emissions in tropical developing countries by comparing calculator predictions against measurements from Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Estimates based on GHG calculators were greater than measurements in 70% of the cases, exceeding twice the measured flux nearly half the time. For 41% of the comparisons, calculators incorrectly predicted whether emissions would increase or decrease with a change in management. These results raise concerns about applying GHG calculators to tropical farming systems and emphasize the need to broaden the scope of the underlying data.

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