Global nitrogen and phosphorus fertilizer use for agriculture production in the past half century: shifted hot spots and nutrient imbalance

Lu, Chaoqun; Tian, Hanqin

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-9-181-2017

Articles | Volume 9, issue 1

https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-9-181-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-9-181-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 9, issue 1

02 Mar 2017

| 02 Mar 2017

Global nitrogen and phosphorus fertilizer use for agriculture production in the past half century: shifted hot spots and nutrient imbalance

Chaoqun Lu and Hanqin Tian

Data sets

Half-degree gridded nitrogen and phosphorus fertilizer use for global agriculture production during 1900-2013 C. Lu and H. Tian https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.863323

Short summary

This work has addressed how agricultural nitrogen and phosphorous fertilizer use has changed over time and space. The final product covers global agricultural land, spanning from 1961 to 2013 at a spatial resolution of 0.5° × 0.5° latitude by longitude. It can serve as an important input driver for regional and global assessment and Earth system modeling of agricultural productivity, crop yield, greenhouse gas balance, global nutrient budget, and ecosystem feedback to climate.