Ammonia emission from standing crops and crop residues
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Ammonia emission from standing crops and crop residuesTFEIP Agriculture and Nature expert panel meeting
Ghent, 2014
Jan Vonk MSc (RIVM)The Netherlands
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Contents1. Introduction2. Ammonia emissions from:
a) standing cropsb) crop residuesc) grassland
3. Estimated emissions in the Netherlands
4. Discussion/conclusions
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Acknowledgement● Contents based on the research of De Ruijter et al., 2013
– Conducted by:› Plant Research International of Wageningen UR (PRI-WUR)› National Institute for Public Health and Environment (RIVM)
– Funded by:› Ministry of Infrastructure and Environment (IeM)
● Presentation co-authors– J.F.M. Huijsmans (PRI-WUR)– F.J. de Ruijter (PRI-WUR)– W.A.J. van Pul (RIVM)
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Introduction● EMEP 2009 Guidelines
– Standing crops/crop residues recognized as NH3 emission sources– However extremely uncertain:
› Type of crop› Environmental conditions› Success of harvest› Fertilizer amount› Seasonal/diurnal variations› Ambient NH3 concentration
– As a result no default method is given
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Ammonia emission from standing crops (1)● Resistance model, DEPAC (Van Zanten et al., 2010)
– Atmospheric transport
– Layer above canopy
– Canopy surface› External› Vertical transport› Stomatal/mesophyll
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Ammonia emission from standing crops (2)● Emission calculation
– , with:
› xa atmospheric concentration› xs stomatal compensation point
– , with:
› Γs ratio between ammonium concentration and pH in the apoplast of the mesophyll
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Ammonia emission from standing crops (3)● Γs values obtained from extensive literature review
*no experimental data, conservative defaults used
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Crop Area NL(* 1,000 ha)
Γlower Γmedium Γupper
Grassland intensive
523 500 2,000 4,000
Maize 262 200 1,500 4,000Potatoes* 154 500 1,000 2,000Cereal crops 191 500 2,000 4,000Sugar beet* 76 500 1,000 2,000
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Ammonia emission from crop residues (1)● Regression model (De Ruijter and Huijsmans, 2012)
– Relationship of ammonia emission and N content of residues
› NH3-N volatilization (%) = 0.40 * N content – 5.08 (R2 = 0.50)
● No emission if N content is below 12.7 g/kg● Assumes complete exposure to air, both in the amounts of
residue and in time
● Current study:– Amount of crop residues and N content derived from literature– Expert opinions on degree of incorporation
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Ammonia emission from crop residues (2)● Averages (and range) per crop of:
– Residue dry matter– N in crop residue– Contributing fraction
● Including green manure crops, when killed by frost or herbicides
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Ammonia emission from grassland● Already included in the inventory:
– Emissions after application of manure and fertilizer– Emissions during grazing
● Not yet included:– Emissions from non-grazed grassland between applications of
manure and fertilizer› Standing crops
– Emissions from crop residues› Pasture topping› Losses during silage/hay production› Grassland renovation
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Estimated emissions in the Netherlands● Standing crops
– Hourly emission fluxes based on weather data (Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute, KNMI) and ambient air ammonia concentrations (National Air Quality Network of RIVM)
– Integral over growing season of the crop
› Always emission if ambient ammonia concentration is below 5 µg/m3, between 5-12 µg/m3 depending on Γs value, emission stops above 12 µg/m3
› Emission between 0 and 6 Gg NH3-N, best estimate: 1.5 Gg
● Crop residues– Emission between 0.3 and 3.8 Gg NH3-N, best estimate: 1.9 Gg
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Discussion/conclusions (1)● Large uncertainty in emission of standing crops● Two parameters dominate the estimate:
– Ambient ammonia concentration (uncertainty < 10%)– Stomatal compensation point
› Γs values can range up to a factor of ten
● Focus should be on improving the Γs values being used– Differences in agricultural management (N fertilization)– Climate effects (temperature)
● Abatement techniques, for instance on animal housing, could partly be countered by higher emissions from standing crops
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Discussion/conclusions (2)● Ammonia emission from crop residues starts after a few days and
peaks between 1 to 4 weeks– Because emission is more pronounced, less effect of ambient
ammonia concentration– Emission can be prevented by incorporation into the soil as
much/soon as possible› Notable exceptions: potatoes, grassland
● Decreases in fertilization leads to lower N contents of crop residues and volatilization rates (non-linear)– Developments in N contents need further study
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Literature● Ruijter, F.J. de, J.F.M. Huijsmans, M.C. van Zanten, W.A.H. Asman &
W.A.J. van Pul (2013). Ammonia emission from standing crops and crop residues. Contribution to total ammonia emission in the Netherlands. Plant Research International report 535, Wageningen, the Netherlands.
● Zanten, M.C. van, F.J. Sauter, R.J. Wichink Kruit, J.A. van Jaarsveld & W.A.J. van Pul (2010). Description of the DEPAC module. Dry deposition modelling with DEPAC_GCN2010. RIVM report 680180001, Bilthoven, the Netherlands.
● Ruijter, F.J. de & J.F.M. Huijsmans (2012). Ammonia emission from crop residues. Quantification of ammonia volatilization based on crop residue properties. Plant Research International report 470, Wageningen, the Netherlands.
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One sentence summaryAmmonia emissions from standing crops and crop
residues are likely to be considerable, but depend on several factors (crop type, N fertilization, climate and ambient ammonia concentration) and therefore the variation and uncertainty will be large.
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